Cardinals 5 Cubs 4

So the Cubs lost.  But the game was well worth attending.  Baker bought a score card, and I actually scored most of the game, adding a few special touches where I saw fit.  Scott Rolen became Scott Rolen Rollin' Rollin' and I even invented a code for what happened in the ever-so-entertaining eighth inning: UHMP (OUCH), which stands for "Ump Hit in Man Region (OUCH)." 

And I'm sticking to my theory that Zambrano intentionally hit Jim Edmonds a second time so that he could leave the game.  The ump barely had his thumb up in the air by the time Zambrano had left the mound.
 
All that and a bench-clearing brawl (well, without the brawl) makes for a good time at the ballpark as I see it.  I think I could get used to this whole baseball thing.  Too bad I have to wait until next Monday to see the Cubs again live (though then we'll be at Miller Park).