Somebody in this picture needs to be sent to the glue factory, and it's not the horse. The Cubs have had a rough go of it lately, and Scott Eyre didn't really help matters Wednesday night in Atlanta.
The latest in a series of nad punch losses included many things we've already seen too much of this season: a shaky start from Big Z, a late inning comeback that falls just short, crappy pitching from the bullpen lefties not named Neal Cotts, and a defensive miscue from Little Cesar.
The team is 0-6 in games decided by two runs or less. When they get good pitching, they hit like Neifi. When they get good hitting, they pitch like Wade Miller. If they can just figure out how to hit and pitch simultaneously for a week or two, they'll be fine. This division is like the NFC North without the Bears.
The latest in a series of nad punch losses included many things we've already seen too much of this season: a shaky start from Big Z, a late inning comeback that falls just short, crappy pitching from the bullpen lefties not named Neal Cotts, and a defensive miscue from Little Cesar.
The team is 0-6 in games decided by two runs or less. When they get good pitching, they hit like Neifi. When they get good hitting, they pitch like Wade Miller. If they can just figure out how to hit and pitch simultaneously for a week or two, they'll be fine. This division is like the NFC North without the Bears.
- The agony started on Friday. Carlos was cruising along with a 5 run lead when the roof caved in during the 5th inning. Ohman came in and helped out by walking in a couple of runs. Mt. Lou's first eruption of the season almost made up for this crapfest. Rich Hill and Lilly pitched a couple of great games back to back, but Lilly's was wasted when Kyle Freaking Lohse struck out 12 of these knuckleheads in 8 shutout innings.
- Monday's win over the Pads was notable for another good start by Marquis (who seems to have forgotten for now that he sucks) and the inevitable injury to Soriano. Turns out it was just a hammy pull, and it gave us the opportunity to see Felix Pie for a few days. The only thing I want to remember about his debut is the laser that he unleashed to gun a guy at the plate in the 10th. The outcome of the game itself made Cubs fans feel like they had eaten some tainted puppy chow. Even Lou didn't want anything to do with it (from the Trib):
Jason Marquis was inserted as a pinch-runner by "assistant manager-for-the-day" Cliff Floyd. Because the Cubs were out of position players, Marquis would have played first base in the 15th if the game had been tied up."I told Floyd to figure it out," Piniella said. "That was his job."Floyd said he chose Marquis because of his athleticism, but wasn't really sure why he was asked to make the decision."I was just sitting down there chilling," Floyd said, "hoping we'd win this game."
- Rich Hill salvaged a split in Atlanta after Eyre's pants-pooping Wednesday night. Hill has looked so good that his arm will probably be eaten by a wood chipper pretty soon.
There are a lot of questions surrounding this team as the Cards come to town. Can they turn it around before they dig themselves too big of a hole? Will Pie play well enough to stay up once Soriano is healthy? If so can Hendry just get rid of this bum already? How many more starts will noodle-armed Wade Miller get before Angel Guzman gets a shot? Was anyone else creeped out when Jesse White told Ron Santo "We don’t want your organs now, we’ll take them later" during a visit to the radio booth?
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Have you guys invited Len and Bob to view your blog? They are very pro blog as you may already know. Perhaps they could add some sweet Lou pedometer jokes? Just a thought
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