Yes, there's a game out there somewhere....
From my favorite fence leaning seats in right field, I took this picture in the 2nd inning of yesterday's 6-2 loss to the Reds. Why the umpires let this game start on time is beyond me, as the first few innings made for some treacherous plays. Including this one....
Luis Valbuena will drop this popup, yet was not charged with an error. I mean, there's no way he could have even seen this ball. None of them can! The Cubs are pretty darn bad defensively, and they don't need any help sucking at fielding by some pea soup fog! Ri-freaking-diculous!
Scott Feldman, pitched OK, except for the part where he gave up a grand slam. in the 3rd inning Can't blame the fog for that though. Feldman gave up 7 hits, and 5 runs over 6 innings. The main problem was the Cubs offense, again. They collected only 6 hits, 2 by Schierholtz, (boy I'm gonna miss him when they trade him to a contender for a player to be named later), and 1 by the pitcher Feldman. It's great that the Cubs pitchers can swing the bat, but it sure would be nice if the position players could do the same. Yesterday, the Cubs were 2-11 with men in scoring position. Rizzo went 0-3, and Soriano struck out three times. Nope. Not gonna win any ball games with that kind of performance. Starlin Castro finally did get a hit, a double in the 9th, that actually plated a run, during the Cubs fake rally in the 9th. Castro wears his heart on his sleeve after this double. Look at the relief in his eyes. I don't think he's ever struggled like this in his 23 years on earth. He's batting .243. Ouch.
This fake rally that the Cubs are so fond of staging late in the game, actually could have gotten us somewhere ,if not for 2 defensive gems by the Reds, especially Brandon Phillips, who unlike Darwin Barney, can hit too. It's not just that the Reds have 27 errors to our 42, but it's that they make the big play when the games on the line. Diving sliding catches, over the shoulder grabs. You know, stuff the Cubs usually don't do, like robbing teams of doubles and base hits. I wish the Cubs would do that. Now here's a thing the Cubs should NEVER do.... Send Dioner Navarro on contact from third base. Unless he's running towards a Chinese Buffet, you're not going to get much juice outta this guy.
Umm, yeah, you've been out for a while now Dioner. I wish he woulda run over the catcher Pete Rose style.
Well, that was game one of a 4 game set. Tonight, Tony Cingriani, 2-0, 3.27, goes up against Matt Garza 1-0, 4.03. Hopefully the Cubs memory of last night will be as foggy as the first few innings of yesterday's game. My memory of last evening is a bit foggy too, but I think that's the Old Style.
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