Cubs get an 8-3 lead, don’t blow it this time
This is the team we’ve been waiting for all year. We’ve seen flashes, and this may have been just another one of those, but a solid performance all-around last night by the Cubs. Ted Lilly didn’t bring his A-game, and his control was pretty bad, but he managed to not be horrible and the defense and batting delivered. The Cubs were never built to win with pitching, even though it looked that way in April, and Lilly’s ERA of 4.03 isn’t as worrisome as it may seem. This team should score more than that.
And once again, the defense was great. It seems like every day they’re either exceptional or horrendous, but considering the recent history of the franchise (where it was either mediocre or horrendous), I’ll take it. Another great day for the rookies playing (Fontenot and Hill) where they both hit balls to the outfield wall for doubles. Showing power is very important for these guys to be able to keep up their stellar play this year, and I’ll have more on that tomorrow.
Zambrano takes the hill this afternoon for the second sweep in a row. That would be great.
Elsewhere…
Dempster officially went to the DL yesterday. Billy Petrick, a right-hander from AA, was brought up. I’m going to defer judgment on the Dempster issue, and I know nothing about Petrick. But we’ve called up several different bullpen guys from AAA this year and sent them back… any chance we’ll see any of them again?
The fan who rushed Bob Howry is going to court. It’s bad enough when “fans” do reckless and stupid things like this… but why do people insist on trying to damage their own team?
Interestingly enough, the guy should be lucky he didn’t touch Howry. As it is, he’s probably looking at a serious misdemeanor, but had he even laid a finger on the pitcher; it’s a felony.
Jacque Jones is leaving soon… but he’s not going to the Marlins. Fine with me. I’d rather have the Cubs tough it out a few days than to get less value than they could.
Here’s a great piece of Ryne Sandberg’s short, but successful career as a minor-league manager. Ryno was one of my favorite players as a kid (even though he was on the very tail-end of his career), and if he’s the real deal as a manager, I’d love to see him in the dugout in a few years when Pinella’s gone.
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And finally, this isn’t about baseball, but it’s not worth a full post. This ongoing mock draft with Bill Simmons and Chad Ford is one of the greatest things I’ve read on the Internet in a long while. Plenty of heated banter going back and forth between the two, but Ford is pretty much delivering the smackdown to Simmons right now.
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