'Member: ZOMG, Cubs Lost!!1! Everbody Panic!!1!

MLB:Okay, Cubs fans. We’re going out on a limb and say that it wasn’t a goat curse that made your team lose last night. It was the three straight walks given up by Ryan Dempster and the James Loney grand slam that brought them in. And the other homers by Manny Ramirez and Russel Martin. Yeah, that might’ve been it, Dodgers 7, Cubs 2 [LA Times]

More scores and highlights you may have missed while wondering why Travis Henry hasn’t hit you back yet after the jump…

MLB: Is Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels man, machine or just plain beefcake as our girlfriend continuously declares. Well, he won the first game of the division series against the Brewers, so he’s at least that. [Philly.com]
MLB: It’s been woefully under reported, but the Yin to the Manny Ramirez signing’s Yang is the Red Sox acquiring Jason Bay. He’s Canadian, so there’s not that much fervor compared to Manny, but he still swings a mean stick. Yesterday, his bomb helped the Red Sox continue to prove the regular season records mean nothing as the Sox took game one against the Angels in Anahiem. [ESPN]
MLB: And they say Dodger fans are lame (ok, sometimes they are). This writer is pissed off that her friend got Angel tickets simply by going up to the window two hours before the game and plopping down $40. [UmpBump.com]
Champions League: Chelsea was held to a 0-0 draw against Romanian club Cluj in CL play. We’re going to say the Romanians did it on the left side of the pitch with the candlestick. [Herald Tribune]
Champions League: Lionel Messi hit a Dimitar double yesterday against Shakhtar Donetsk, saving his Barca teammates from having to explain to their mothers why they’re back so early from Champions League play in a couple of months. [Xinhuanet]