Cubs News

The Cubs lost a tough one last night.  Haren was not exactly impressive, but he did not pitch that badly.  They lost basically because they played a really sloppy game defensively and because Travis Wood, who is showing clear signs of overuse, could not get anybody out after the Cubs tied the game at 4 with homers by Scwarber and Rizzo.

Other notable news:

The Cubs resigned Clayton Richard after deciding to put Rafael Soriano, a useless veteran pickup if ever there was one, on th DL with shoulder problems.  The downside of this is they are kind of locked into the eight man bullpen through August unless they dump somebody else.

Gordon Wittenmeyer essentially asked Starlin Castro whether he had considered seeing a shrink for ADHD in light of his frequent and unaccountable defensive blunders. An impertinent question no doubt, but maybe he is on to something and just maybe some higher-up planted the question.  Lots of major leaguers are on Ritalin these days.