And while that's understandable, you'd like to see some guys try to work a BB at that point. Chances are we won't hit 8 solo shots. But a few walks, a few basehits, get into the bullpen...who knows. Regardless, Rusch is awful, and the one thing the Cubs have to learn is when these veteran guys bust out with a magical season, chances are they'll regress the next year and thus, don't deserve a longterm contract . (See Fassero, Gaetti, Rusch, Morandini, Borowski to a lesser degree, etc.)