Cubs Blow 5 - 2 Lead On Wrigley Field's 100th Anniversary

[Initech]

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs celebrated the 100th anniversary of the first game at Wrigley Field in the most appropriate way: with a gut-wrenching loss.

They entered the ninth inning with a three-run lead.

They were one out from victory.

And then they collapsed.

After an error by shortstop Starlin Castro, the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied for five runs in the ninth to beat the Cubs 7-5 Wednesday.

"That one finished not like we would have wanted, obviously," Cubs manager Rick Renteria said. "It seemed like the inning kept opening up, and we weren't able to end up in the end putting a stop to it."

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=340423116

[KamaAina]

1. Well, at least it sucks to be George Will

he was just on Colbert plugging his book about the 100th anniversary.

Would it be too much to ask that the Conservativies implode the way the Cubbies always do?

[ok_cpu]

2. Felt like an appropriate way to start the 2nd century to this Cubs fan

Then they did this:

http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/10834799/wrigley-field-birthday-cake-ends-dumpster-celebration

Those 9th inning losses are like a slow-moving train wreck. I knew where we were going when Castro made the error but I was powerless to turn off the radio.

[Jamaal510]

3. It must suck

to be them...

[Iggo]

4. Good. They deserve it.

After the way they treated that Bartman kid, I hope they never win another goddam game, let alone a World Series.