Dodgers 10, Cubs 3
Posted: Friday, October 03, 2008 by Travis Cody in
Uhm...yeah...well.
My Dodgers (don't worry Jamie, you know I'll share ownership) put a 5-spot up in the top of the 2nd after the Cubs commited a couple of errors. Andre Ethier and Rafael Furcal had RBI base hits, and Russell Martin capped the rally with a 3-run double. The Dodgers added a couple more runs and went on to beat the Cubs again to lead Chicago 2 games to 0 as the Division Series heads to Los Angeles on Saturday.
I didn't know what to expect from the guys. But check it out. Chad Billingsley pitched into the 7th, giving up only 2 hits to that point before the Cubs got back to back doubles to score their first run. Cory Wade came in from the bull pen though and shut the rally down. And then the Dodgers came back in the top of the 8th to pick up 2 more runs.
Carlos Zambrano didn't pitch badly for Chicago. But the Cubs did commit 4 errors, 2 of which led to 4 unearned runs in the 2nd inning. And the bullpen couldn't hold LA after Zambrano got chased in the 6th.
Dodger closer Takashi Saito struggled in the 9th. He couldn't get anyone out and gave up a couple of runs. It wasn't a save situation obviously, just a chance to get Saito some work. But it was clear that he wasn't sharp, so Jonathan Broxton was brought in to shut things down.
Now I have no intention of getting ahead of myself. I'm pleasantly surprised, and enjoying the moment just like I enjoyed the Lakers and their run to the NBA Finals earlier in the year.
But the Division Series isn't over until one team wins 3 games.
Go Dodgers!
Thanks to those of you asking in comments about my studies. So far so good on this second section, which is called Tactical Supply Chain Management.
Just to give you an idea of the program, it's completely online. You go to the website and sign in, then you go to your class program and view the lesson plan for the week. There are chapters to read in the text, which is called Managing the Supply Chain for this section, by David Simehi-Levi, Philip Kaminsky, and Edith Simehi-Levi. Then you play the lectures. The lectures are recorded in short segments, anywhere from 8 to 15 slides per segment, averaging about 9 segments per week. There are power point slides that outline the high points of each lecture.
So what I do is go through all the slides and copy down the power point lecture notes. That takes about 90 minutes. Then later in the week I go back and listen to the streaming lectures and add any notes to my outline. There are 8 weeks of lectures and 5 exams to take for each section. You pass each exam with 70%.
This Tactical program runs through Nov 25.
Zzzzzzzz....
you didn't watch Dancing with the Vice Presidents?