Cubs Lose Game Everyone Turned off in the 7th

What can you say about a game the Cubs lost 10-4, and ended after midnight on a Tuesday?  Well, not much, except to say that most of you didn't see the end of this game..  Dale Sveum got ejected for arguing balls and strikes, or in actuality, he was ejected because Cody Ransom flipped his bat and Home Plate Ump Dana Demuth stared at Cody, and Dale started barking at him, and then Dale was tossed.

Yer Outta Here!

DeMuth and Sveum look like they're about to kiss....I don't know how they argue so close to each other's faces without laughing.  They almost did laugh last night it seemed.  

Fascinatingly enough, Demuth quite possibly means "Of Death".   Dana of Death!  Ha ha...he's got a girls name!!!!

Anywho....Starlin Castro struck out and slammed his bat....he was 0-4.

The new kid Gillespie made another great catch!

He then slammed into that bullpen fence in front of him.  He was OK, but his body has intertwined with many a hard and injuring obstacle lately.  

Vegas odds on him being injured soon, 2-1.  Just in time for DeJesus to come back.  I'd love to see an argument between Dana of Death, and David of Jesus!  Biblical!

Junior Lake, pretty much the only reason to actually watch this game, or any game these days, went 3-5, is batting .545, and hit a home run.  He also missed a really tough catch in center and slammed into a wall.  Please don't get injured Junior.  You're our only hope!

Unfortunately,  clean shaven, Travis Wood couldn't get out of the 6th, (maybe it's time to grow the beard back), and the #bullpenisterrible hashtag made a return shortly after his exit.  The Dbacks scored 3 in the 6th, 7th and 8th, so If you turned off the game after the 7th, you got an extra hour of sleep and missed a few "Ugh" moments.  But the Cubbies did fight back, scoring 2 in the 8th and 1 in the 9th off a Schierholtz 2 run shot, and the aforementioned Junior Lake "too little, too late" dinger. 

Yeah, the bullpen was bad.  Rondon and Bowden each gave up 3 runs.  The Cubs have been trotting these guys in and out for a few years now.  Neither one of them has been consistently effective.   Doubt they are a part of any future plans.  Or at least I hope not, unless they figure out a way not to get shelled every other appearance.  Rondon seems to have a little Marmol in him, but without the wicked slider. The comparison is more about style, intensity and approach.  And walks....lot's of free passes.

Meh.

There's another game tonight!  Samardkjbgirtgb958 vs. Ian Kennedy.  I like our chances tonight.  C'mon Cubbies!  Give us a reason to turn into the midnight pumpkin.  But Please.... don't lose 4-3 in the 9th after leading 3-1 all game.  That's the worst, when you stay up all late, and they lose at the last minute.  If you do lose, could you make it a blowout early?  People gotta go to work.

In the meantime...everyone hate Angel Hernandez!

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