You wonder if Dale Sveum has finally looked at the numbers his team has posted against lefties or he got a phone call from the higher-ups, but, in any case, the lineup today against the Astros lefty Happ looks like a rational one. I mean, the Cubs are 4-17 playing the awful right-handed lineup and guys like Baker who routinely play in the platoon splits aren't exactly blowing things away.
The Cubs are 22 games under .500, 13 of which are accounted for by their special right-handed platoon even though only roughly a fifth of their games have been against lefties. Quite an achievement.
The Cubs finally got a good start out of Paul Maholm and they played a good game to win 4-0. Of course, they should beat teams like the Astros, who are really just a glorified AAA team. I was glad to see LaHair go 3 for 4. He's been in a protracted slump through June, which is complicated by the fact that he hardly ever plays given the number of lefties being thrown at the Cubs.
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