07/27 CUBS (Lilly) @ Houston (Myers) 7:05 CDT, WGN TV

[TruffleShuffle]

ok well since we're getting back 3 games from the pirates, i'd like to say that the phillies are better than the cubs so let's give them two games in that series (you gave us a sweep) and let's give the cardinals another game from that series (after all, they're better than us too). we had that 4-run 8th inning against the brewers earlier this year to come back from down 6-3; should've lost that. there was also the game where we beat the mariners in 13 innings when they left 35 guys on base or something.

 

based on pythagorean winning %, we should be 12.5 games behind the cards. so i guess we should consider the cubs lucky to be only 9.5 games out.

[jersey cubs fan]

Ive said it before, if the Cubs could have just gone .500 vs. the Pirates and Astros, wed be right in the race. These are the garbage teams that would be contenders are supposed to take advantage of.

 

right, but the cubs are pretty lousy too, which is why they lose to teams like the pirates and astros.

 

The second half theyve been prety decent so far. Right now, were 9 games out I believe. Were 2-9 vs. the freaking Pirates. Even if that was 5-6, wed be 6 games back. Everyone beats the damn Pirates. Then give us at least 2 of the 3 games on the last home stand we should have won, the 1 vs. the Phils with the play at home and the 1 vs. the Stros where we had guys on 2nd with nobody out in the bottom of the 9th and 10th, and were 4 games out. I know throughout the baseball seaon our going to have those games where you look back and say damn, we should have won, but the Cubs have had an obscene amount of those this season.

 

Bad teams lose lots of games, and when you lose lots of games odds are there are going to be quite a few that looked like ones you should have one.

 

 

Oh, and in case you were wondering, the Cubs are a bad team.