The Chicago Cubs are continuing their 100 years of World Series solitude, and are taking the appropriate amount of crap for their effort. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart broke out a pie chart that shows Chicago Cubs fans are stupid.

Hey Cubs fans.. There’s still a silver lining here. At least you’re not Red Sox or Yankees fans. Granted, would’ve seen your team win a championship in your lifetime, but you’d also be labeled a Fucktard or a Douchenozzle.

Manny Ramirez and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Chicago Cubs 10-3 Thursday night giving the Dodgers a 2-0 series lead and making LA reporters nervous. Los Angeles celebrated their playoff berth in the traditional fashion by spraying and drinking beer and champagne. Manny made sure that the local media was part of the fiesta.

Let this be a warning to all members of the media attending game three, and possibly game four. Wear a hat. And cover James Loney’s eyes. I don’t wanna see him blinded by the bubbly.

Ludacris puts his twist on Take Me Out To The Ballgame in this old Atlanta Braves commercial. I expected a little more from Luda, but I’ll give him a pass since he didn’t have the most Hip-Hop inclined song to work with. If you prefer traditional performances check out Michael Wilbon at Wrigley.

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The Chicago Bandits fastpitch softball team had “Carlos Zambrano Day” on June 26, the same day the Bandits were taking on the Venezuelan Olympic softball team. Zambrano was free to be honored because he was doing a two week stint on the disabled list. Things started out all right for Big Z, but when the Venezuelans made a pitching change (around 1:20) it was lights out. Carlos tried switching sides and a different bat, but he couldn’t catch up to the softballs.

Here’s part of an interview Big Z did just before stepping into the batter’s box.

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Sorry for the lack of audio but you don’t need any sound to tell that the Peoria Chiefs and Dayton Dragons got into a nice scrap during Thursday’s game.

UPDATE: VIEW FROM THE STANDS

The Class Low-A Midwest League matchup featured three batters hit by pitch, a fan beaned by a pitcher, and a brawl all before the second inning. It’s usually a big square dance when two baseball teams clear the benches. Justin Reed of the Dayton Dragons wasn’t in the mood for dancing.

Pictures courtesy of the Dayton Daily News

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The Chicago White Sox have lost five games in a row, and seven of their last 10, but manager Ozzie Guillen isn’t worried about that. At a time when his team is struggling to score runs, Ozzie is more concerned with who the Chicago Cubs choose to honor.

”How about the Cubs celebrating that Lee Elia bull[crap]? How many times I curse people out, I will make a lot of money with my [crap]. I have to keep going because in the future Ozzie [Jr.] will need money and I can say, ‘Here, give me money, here’s the 10-year anniversary of the time I called [Sun-Times columnist Jay] Mariotti stuff and the time I went on the radio and cursed out Mike North last year.’

I hear Ozzie but he’s overvaluing his rants. Even in these hypersensitive and politically correct times, calling Jay Mariotti a fag and cussing on the radio doesn’t touch what Lee Elia did in 1983.

Here’s the Lee Elia clip:

It’s funny every time I listen to it, and like DiMaggio’s 56 game hit streak, this feat will never be topped.

More from Ozzie. Courtesy of the Chicago Sun-Times

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Michigan’s loss, at home, to Appalachian State is obviously the story of the week, and possibly the story of the year in college football. I had no rooting interest in the game, but I couldn’t help pulling for ASU. I’m sure they’re still screaming “We Beat Michigan“.

Joining Michigan in the hanging it up for the season category are Tennessee and Florida State. I didn’t have either squad challenging for the national title, and the 0-1 starts kill any hopes they had… But at least FSU lost AT Clemson and the Vols lost AT Cal.

MLB

Maybe this chick is a good luck charm for the Mets. The NYMs swept Atlanta, and then they welcomed Pedro Martinez back to the the team. Martinez picked up his 3000th strikeout and his first win of the season during his 5 inning outing on Monday.

The NL Central and West are the home to the only divisional races. The Cubs lead the Brewers by a game and a half and the Cardinals by two games. Chi-town will hold on to win the division, even if they can’t get Zambrano going. San Diego leads the west by a game over Arizona, and I’m taking the leader again. As a matter of fact, I’m taking all the leaders across the board… The divisions, the wildcards, everything. The playoffs are set in my book.

GOLF

I didn’t think it was possible, but the FedEx Cup is kinda interesting. Phil Mickelson balled (Are golfers ballers?) and held off Tiger Woods to win the Deutsche Bank Championship. The victory moved Phil back to the #2 spot in the world rankings and #1 overall in the PGA playoffs. I’m glad to see somebody trying to hang with Mr. Woods, but if Phil skips next week’s event in Chicago, the FedEx Cup is back to being a joke.

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