7/22 Cobs (Marquis) @ D-Backs (Petit) 8:40 PM CT WGN-TV

[cubs121]

The collapse starts here.

 

Yeah, it's doom & gloom....I don't care. They're not going to magically not suck on the road. The schedule works against them with those road games at the end. It's 2004.

I hate to say it but i kind of agree. I think this team doesn't have it. And yes mark me for saying if we do "reach" the postseason because i don't see this team doing anything.

[Sammy Sofa]

The collapse starts here.

 

Yeah, it's doom & gloom....I don't care. They're not going to magically not suck on the road. The schedule works against them with those road games at the end. It's 2004.

I hate to say it but i kind of agree. I think this team doesn't have it. And yes mark me for saying if we do "reach" the postseason because i don't see this team doing anything.

 

I'll happily eat crow, but the road woes have been there all along and are only getting worse.

[cubs121]

The collapse starts here.

 

Yeah, it's doom & gloom....I don't care. They're not going to magically not suck on the road. The schedule works against them with those road games at the end. It's 2004.

I hate to say it but i kind of agree. I think this team doesn't have it. And yes mark me for saying if we do "reach" the postseason because i don't see this team doing anything.

 

I'll happily eat crow, but the road woes have been there all along and are only getting worse.

And i think there going to get worse. Someone tell me a reason to be optimistic. I've been throught the thick and thin but this team is getting to a point that it's dissapointing and i doubt its going to end good.

[E.J.]

So, after the game tonight, send Hart and Hoffpaiur back to Iowa, bring Soriano back, bring up Ascanio or Wuertz. Play a forfeit lineup that looks something like this:

 

Soriano LF

Fontenot 2b

Ward 1b

DeRo 3b

Davey Martinez CF

Johnson RF

Cedeno SS

Blanco C

Lilly P

 

Don't play Soriano tomorrow. Especially if Hudson is hurt badly. Believe it or not I am a bit worried about retaliation.

 

Alright. Put Glenallen Hill in LF then.

[cubs121]

So, after the game tonight, send Hart and Hoffpaiur back to Iowa, bring Soriano back, bring up Ascanio or Wuertz. Play a forfeit lineup that looks something like this:

 

Soriano LF

Fontenot 2b

Ward 1b

DeRo 3b

Davey Martinez CF

Johnson RF

Cedeno SS

Blanco C

Lilly P

 

Don't play Soriano tomorrow. Especially if Hudson is hurt badly. Believe it or not I am a bit worried about retaliation.

 

Alright. Put Glenallen Hill in LF then.

yeah, i doubt he could be any worse.. other than the "pocket rocket" mike fontenot no one is deserving to play or heck get there pay check.

[Little Slide Rooter]

The only thing that brings a smile to my face is the thought of Lou having this pack of losers cowering in a corner as we speak.

[Butterscup1679666578]

Tonight is the worst for sure with the total defense and pitching collapse.

 

last night was 100x worse than this.

Atleast we had some sort of pitching last night.

 

That's what makes it a worse loss, IMO.

 

Great pitching. Crushing the ball. Nothing to show for it.

Yeah there were some balls that were crushed earlier today but had nothing to show for it either. Like for example the Aramis three run warning track blast in the 3rd.

 

Yeah, that still blows my mind. I have no idea how it didn't get out.

[DiamondMind]

derrek lee is KILLING ME

[BigSlick]

well team is playing like crap but Theriot and Fontenot keep hitting well, middle of the order just blows TERRIBLY

 

And our starters are pitching well. We all know that once the offense gets going our pitching will start slumping, of course. Still no reason to panic yet.

[C.C.]

The collapse starts here.

 

Yeah, it's doom & gloom....I don't care. They're not going to magically not suck on the road. The schedule works against them with those road games at the end. It's 2004.

I hate to say it but i kind of agree. I think this team doesn't have it. And yes mark me for saying if we do "reach" the postseason because i don't see this team doing anything.

 

I'll happily eat crow, but the road woes have been there all along and are only getting worse.

 

 

This feels like last year, but in reverse. Brewers are coming on strong and the next two days they have CC and Sheets. They are going to sweep the Cards...

[Little Slide Rooter]

The collapse starts here.

 

Yeah, it's doom & gloom....I don't care. They're not going to magically not suck on the road. The schedule works against them with those road games at the end. It's 2004.

I hate to say it but i kind of agree. I think this team doesn't have it. And yes mark me for saying if we do "reach" the postseason because i don't see this team doing anything.

 

I'll happily eat crow, but the road woes have been there all along and are only getting worse.

 

 

This feels like last year, but in reverse. Brewers are coming on strong and the next two days they have CC and Sheets. They are going to sweep the Cards...

 

The difference is, last year the Brewers had horrible pitching, and pretty much everyone expected them to fall off. The Cubs, on the other hand, have the best rotation in the NL. you have 2 legit number 1s, one 1.5, a number 2, and Marquis, whose a number 5, but argueably one of the better number 5s in the league, unless of course he has his mid season drop off..

 

We all know that the offense will come out of this funk, but the questin remains, how far will they let the Brewers and/or Cardinals run before they do?