I actually went out to Wrigley Field last night to see this wretched assortment of AAA rejects go through the motions of playing baseball. A lovely night, but...
Garza did not have command of his breaking ball, but he did keep them close enough (down 3-1into the sixth inning). Then Votto hit a line drive directly at Scott Hairston who proceeded to play the ball into a triple (actually scored as a single and a two-base error). He had misjudged and misplayed a similar ball earlier, but managed to catch it by half kneeling down and bending backwards. Tried the same thing this time.
I don't know if he saw the ball, but whatever. Garza was obviously steamed, doing his best impersonation of Carlos Zambrano trying to hold it all in. Somehow or other, the Cubs bench never seems to pick up on this sort of thing. You would think they could at least send the catcher out there to calm things down. Anyway, after that it was all over. Six runs later, Sveum pulled the plug.
Actually the Cubs made four errors officially on the night, having especial trouble fielding bunts and soft grounders. Maybe I'm grousing because I am out over $100 on the night even though I got tickets on StubHub, but it seems Cubs fans are just way too understanding of the whole rebuilding process. Lets face reality: this team is a disgrace.
More about the rebuild later. In other news, the Cubs finally picked up a decent first round pick to play third base in Chris Bryant. They have also picked up Henry Rodriguez from the Nats. He has to be better than the dreck they have in the bullpen currently. They should also try to claim Zack Duke. Duke can get lefties out and would allow the Cubs to use Russell in a more adventurous role.
They claim to have had a great draft and to have populated the minor league system with quality arms. We'll see. Right now they are a bunch of guys you never heard of and probably won't hear about again.
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