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At this point in the season, things couldn’t be sweeter for birthday boy Sweet Lou.

 After notching their 6th win in a row last night with a come from behind 6-4 victory over a strong Philly team, capped off by MVP candidate Aramis “I Promise” Ramirez’ 8th inning grand salami birthday present to Lou, things couldn’t look any rosier for the Cubs. Right? Not so fast pal. Let’s not forget.

100 years is a long long time ago but what concerns me even more is what occurred only 7 short years ago when Sweet Lou laid a huge egg that still plays on my mind especially when I think about his Cubbies sporting the best record in all of the major leagues.

How can we forget that 2001 season when his Mariners lost to the Yankees 4-1 in the NLCS after compiling an incredible 116-46 .716 season record. Lou’s Mariners’ team was invincible but errrrrrrrrrrrr!!! thanks for playing. Lets all wish Sweet Lou a happy 65th Birthday but let’s hope he can remember how fast a good/strong/invincible team can get bumped off in the playoffs if they don’t bring their “A” game each and every pitch.

Submitted by: AJ

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Aramis “I Promise” Ramirez is keeping his promise of late, slugging 3 x 3 home run blasts in the last two games. Suddenly talk radio has him slated as a NL MVP candidate. That may be a stretch but considering the Cubs’ success one would think the leagues’ MVP should come from this team, the best record in all of baseball. With all the contributions this team gets up and down the lineup and off the bench, choosing one player as MVP is a tough job. Those having impact years have to be the likes of Soto, Ramirez, Theriot, DeRosa, Soriano, Dempster, Wood, Marmol and Harden. (we can give Derrek Lee an honorable mention) I would vote for Soriano, evident by his numbers despite missing 49 games and how well the team plays when Fonzy is in the lineup.

Kosuke Fukudome may have had a chance if Lou would have talked to him two months ago when the “young man” was doing front foot pirouettes at the plate swinging at everything and anything that moved. If the MVP is a true measurement of the player who is considered the most valuable to his team, that honor would have to befall the likes of Mark DeRosa who by far has demonstrated his high value to the team and if you take a peek at his numbers, you will notice, that boy is having a career year at the plate.

Don’t count out Aramis just yet. If he continues his torrid pace into September, you never know what will happen. Looks like the Cy Young will most likely find itself going to a member of the D-Backs.

Submitted by: AJ

Note:  This is the first in a series of “Guest Posts” submitted by fans of the Clark & Addison Cubs Fan Blog. If you are interested in authoring a Guest Post, please contact us with your idea!