Monday, June 30, 2008

State of the Cubs (6/24 - 6/29)

Tuesday, June 24th vs Baltimore L 7-5
Guthrie (W, 1-0), Marshall (L, 0-1), Sherrill (S, 26)
Wednesday, June 25th vs Baltimore W 7-4
Albers (L, 3-3), Lilly (W, 8-5), Wood (S, 20)
Thursday, June 26th vs Baltimore L 11-4
Liz (W, 2-0), Marquis (L, 6-4)
Friday, June 27th @ Chicago White Sox L 10-3
Dempster (L, 9-3), Contreras (W, 7-6)
Saturday, June 28th @ Chicago White Sox L 6-5
Marmol (L, 1-3), Thornton (W,4-1), Jenks (S, 18)
Sunday, June 29st @ Chicago White Sox L 5-1
Marshall (L, 0-2), Buehrle (W, 6-5)

Defense: bad; pitching: bad; offense: bad; offense RISP: really really bad. Back to back really really bad blowouts on Thursday and Friday, a game that was just as unwinnable on Sunday, two games where porous defense and some shitty bullpen outings screwed the team in the middle innings on Tuesday and Saturday and a win that felt like a loss on Wednesday.

Dat' about sum dat' up.

On the bright side, the Cubs get to face Barry Zito tonight, the Giants, and hell, the NL West are a cure for what ails ya. Yes it's a road series, but the Giants blow and the Cubs should take 3 of 4. The Cubs then get 3 games against the Cardinals in St Louis. The Cubs could concieveably put the Cardinals out of the race with a torrid week this week, and we've had multiple weeks like that this season. I'm not saying it's going to happen, I'm just saying that there's really no reason to panic just because the Ebb and Flow of the baseball season gave you a low tide week these past six games.

Despite the fact that the Cubs dropped 5 of 6, they only lost two in the division, which I guess doesn't make anyone feel any better, but their post season odds only fell about 4% this team is making the playoffs, no matter how unfun this week was. If you're really upset about losing to the White Sox, 1, grow up; 2, be happy that the Sox are winning, because the more they win, the more likley the Indians are to trade CC Sabathia.

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