Chicago Cubs celebrate Miguel Montero's 8-inning Grand Slam Homerun
With Game one in the books of the National League Championship Series, the Chicago Cubs may have proved to the world that the curse of the billy-goat may have finally been lifted when Miguel Montero blasted a grand slam homer onto Sheffield Avenue on Saturday night to take a 1-0 series lead in this year's NLCS.
42,376 were in attendance to watch game one, which witnessed Montero's dramatic pinch-hit grand slam in the bottom half of the eighth inning.
Of course, it's only one game in a seven-game series and by no means does it mean that the Cubs should book their tickets to the World Series just yet.
Things will definitely not get easier tomorrow, as they must face Dodger ace, Clayton Kershaw, who is one of the best pitchers in the business.
Game 1 actually featured the Los Angeles Dodger coming back and tying the game off Cub's closer Aroldis Chapman. Chapman is probably the hardest throwing closer on the planet right now. Adrian Gonzales hit a rocket up the middle on Chapman 103-MPH fastball to knot up the ballgame at three runs apiece.
With the game tied, that is when the proverbial cat and mouse game begin between Cub's managers Joe Maddon and Dodger's skipper Dave Roberts. Each manager is known for being a master tactician. Unfortunately, someone had to lose.
Roberts who has recently been applauded for being creative with his pitching staff to get by the Washington Nationals in game five of the division series admitted today's move of walking two Cub hitters intentionally to get Chapman out of the game, simply didn't work.
The Chicago Cubs won 103 Major League games this season and from start -to- finish of the regular season were the best team in baseball.
In this game, they came back to win and that's what good teams do. Curse or no curse, the Cubs are a good team.
