The Wheels Are Falling Off...FAST

Wow. That's all I can say about the Cubs and their play since they were 15-14 and looking to be heading in the right direction. Since reaching that 15-14 mark on May 6th, the Cubs have went an awful 7-15 and looked horrific doing it. They've been finding old ways to lose as well as new ways to lose. They can't hit and when they do, the bullpen blows it. They can't run the bases, and when they do they can't hit. They can't get good starting pitching, and when they can they can't hit. They can't make plays, and when they do they find another way to blow it. It's horrible, pathetic, disgusting and any other negative adjective all rolled into one. Their needs to be a new word created to describe the Cubs 99 years of disappointment because any word in the English language right now doesn't do their play and actions justice.

Anyway...to get to the point of this post. In the top of the fifth inning, the wheels really fell off for the Cubs. They had already made two errors which had cost them two runs and were looking to screw themselves over even more. Two runs scored on a double by Jeff Francoeur, which included the single worst relay throw I've ever seen by Jacque Jones. Cubs trailed 4-1 after that. The next batter hit a single to left-field and the Braves decided to test Soriano who threw a perfect strike to Barrett to gun down Francoeur for the second out of the inning. It looked as though they may get out of the inning only trailing 4-1 with some momentum. Boy was I wrong. During the sequence with the next batter, Zambrano threw a tailing fast ball that Barrett misplayed. However, to Barrett's credit, he was clearly expecting a slider. Anyway, the ball got away and instead of holding onto the ball and letting a guy get to third with two outs in the inning (something a smart player would do), he threw the ball into left field allowing another runner to score. Two more batters came to the dish (including pitcher Kyle Davies) and roped shots into the outfield increasing the Braves lead to 7-1. That's bad enough, right??

No, actually it got worse. After the break, the replays showed Barrett and Zambrano coming into the dugout. They got into a heated argument about who sucked worse and then it got physical. They pushed each other and tried to throw some blows, but none connected. It only lasted for a couple of seconds until the other players and managers got in the middle of it.

Today's game pretty much sums up how the Cubs have been playing the last three weeks. It's absolutely horrible and I don't see it heading in a positive direction anytime soon. What I would like to do is challenge the 40,000 people who will be at the games Saturday and Sunday to let them know exactly how shitty they have been playing. Or better yet, don't show up. Sell your tickets for half price and do something fun in Chicago. There's 8,000 other things to do in the city that won't leave you extremely frustrated and with a sour taste in your mouth. Why people (including me) continually spend $50 (or more) to watch that team play like complete garbage is beyond me. Find better things to do with your money because it's not worth watching those losers run out onto the field and make fools of themselves.

Here's the video of the fight in the dugout...and now it has been reported that they got into later in the clubhouse. What a bunch of babies.


(2nd Note: I really feel bad for guys like D-Lee, Theriot, Lilly and Marquis. Those guys care and play hard every day they're out there...too bad most everyone else on the team doesn't. Also, get Jacque Jones out of my face...he certainly isn't much better than Pie.)