And none too soon. 32 runs in three games. Bullpen a shambles. Same dumb lineup, same ineffectual results. Look, what can you say?
I thought I detected - although this may be my cynical self reading more into it than it merits - a note of relief and a subtext criticism of the Cubs and Piniella gestalt in the remarks of Lilly and Theriot in this article from MLB. Theriot did go 0 for 4 Sunday with two strikeouts and 1 for 4 Monday night whilst DeWitt was 3 for 4 Sunday and 0 for 3 today.
I came across an interesting statistic today. Alfonso Soriano's numbers in June and July are .234/.310/.468 and .225/.271/.450. In other words, he is getting paid around $18 million to put up what look a lot like Fukudome type numbers at his worst, though at least the latter gets on base more often even when he is in a funk. However, nobody seems to notice this tail off as the season wears on and he plays every day and some people think he is having a good year. It just bothers me no end to think this guy is likely to be the starting left fielder for the rest of this season and the next four years thereafter and that he was the leadoff man for his first 2 1/2 seasons with the team. It is an indication of just what a joke the Cubs front office and management has become.
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