More mediocre baseball. Chalk up the Saturday loss to Quade who for some reason left Samardzija in the game even when it was obvious he could not throw a strike and did not have a lefty warming up even though every other Royals hitter due up was a left-handed batter. Having inserted the normally ineffective Grabow to start the inning and gotten an out, one wonders in any case why you would remove him in the first place or why you didn't just put in Russell to begin with. Of course, the Royals starter Duffy had 23 walks in 41 innings coming into the game, but the Cubs managed to get just one all night.
Sunday's game was another stinker, highlighted only by Mike Quade's hissy fit about Castro's lack of hustle after a diving attempt at Gordon's hit in the first inning. OK, this was a careless play, but if you are going to get snotty about it, why don't you call out Alfonso Soriano and the other veterans who seem to lack any attention to the plays going on around them altogether. I missed the play in question, but later on Castro ran into medium depth left field to catch a popup that would have landed a couple of feet from where Soriano was standing dumbfounded and not moving a muscle.
I kind of feel sorry for Quade whenever I hear him try to explain all this stuff, but I am beginning to think he is in way over his head. So are his coaches who were routinely sending runners to their doom at home and third base all through the series. I guess that is all about playing aggressive baseball so that the fans think you really care.
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