I normally don't post franchise stuff, but this is my first year with "The Show" and I'm having a blast keeping on-schedule with the current Cubs season. After 120 games (Aug 19):
Cardinals 81-41
Reds 65-55
Brewers 64-56
Cubs 61-59
Astros 53-67
Pirates 46-76
WC Race:
Reds
D-Backs 0.5 GB
Brewers 1.0
Phillies 1.0
Cubs 4.0
Nationals 4.0
Braves 4.0
My lineup:
Soriano .318
Beltran .329
Ar. Ramirez .323
Teixeira .280
N. Johnson .328
Soto .279
Bill Hall .289
Fontenot .286
Bench:
J. Vitters
G. Kottaras
J. Baker
J. Gathright
R. Johnson
(Hall is playing short as Theriot just got hurt for the season)
(Nick Johnson is playing RF for Bradley for another week or so)
Rotation:
Dempster 13-7 4.12
Randy Johnson 9-7 5.39
Harden 11-8 3.25
Zambrano 10-8 3.13
David Price 2-1 2.63
Bullpen
R. Wells
A. Heilman
N. Cotts
E. Gagne
C. Marmol
B. Wagner
K. Gregg
Significant trades I've made: (I normally don't make this many trades, but with my Cubbies under .500 I had to make some moves)
J. Samardzija, W. Castillo, and E. German for D. Ortiz, G. Kottaras, and B. Traber
D. Lee and B Guyer for M. Teixeira and J. Johnson
D. Ortiz, A. Miles, and R. Freel for C. Beltran and B. Wagner
S. Marshall and D. Patton for J. Cantu
K. Fukudome, A. Guzman, and S. Castro for B. Hall
C. Gomez and C. Fox for J. Baker
J. Cantu, T. Wright, and K. Burke for N. Johnson
T. Lilly and R. Cantzler for C. Carpenter
C. Carpenter for R. Johnson and J. English
E. Loaiz, J. Herrera, and S. Taguchi for D. Price and A. Colome
Sorry for the long post, but like I said I'm just lovin this game right now and had to vent. Funny storylines of the season, Bradley has gone on the DL twice, Ramirez and Lilly have spent time there as well, and my personal favorite:
7/12 Signed LF Dave Roberts to a 4 year/1.3M contract
7/15 Recalled LF Dave Roberts from Triple-A Iowa
7/16 I started Roberts in his first game with the major league club. In his first at-bat he hits a triple! On the foul ball of the next batter, he tears a ligament in his finger diving back into third base and is done for the season