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What's the score? It was 2-1 when I stopped listening with Willis coming up to bat.

Being in 2nd place by being 4 games under .500 is nothing to brag about.

At least we're good at sucking. Oh well, looks like I'll have another free summer ahead of me for the second straight year. I certainly won't be wasting beautiful days inside watching this sorry sack of losers.

It's the Dusty mentality: Nothing that goes wrong is ever your fault.

Steve Stone is a very smart man. That and Jim Hendry is a complete idiot. Steve Stone is the reason we choked down the stretch in 2004. Just ask Dusty Baker and Kent Mercker.

yyyyyyyyyyyyyiiiiikes At least you can understand what he's trying to say.

I would very much like to see teams in all sports at both professional and college levels try to curb this "thug" culture as much as they can.

Peavy's been given the Maddux Zone tonight, eh?

Pitchers ought to be the best bunters on the team.

As are 90% of pitchers.

I know there are lots of knee jerk reactions in this thread, and knee jerk reactions to those reactions. Part of me wants heads to roll for today's loss. Someone's gotta take the fall. It was absolutely inexcusable. NO team should be able to come back from 4 runs down in the 9th. I don't care if you're playing the [expletive] 1927 Yankees reincarnated and Murderer's Row is due up. You don't blow that game. The facts are that Jim Hendry spent $300 million this offseason and what we have to show for it are a bad bullpen, an inconsistent offense, and 3 games below .500. The offense may correct itself.. there are a lot of good hitters who have proven themselves for several years in the past and who have produced both here and in other places. I'm not so much worried about the offense, frustrating as it can be. I am, however, very worried about the bullpen and don't see it getting better anytime soon. We really don't have anyone we can call up from the minors who could make any sort of immediate positive impact, we don't have enough guys who can really be shut-down and lights out. We have far too many question marks in the pen. And I don't see who we can trade for right now to make this pen what it should be. Demp was an ok starter and had a couple good years in the pen, but was a question mark. Cherry is a rookie. He may be good one day but he can't be counted on yet. Our regulars are terrible.... things are looking pretty bleak. And if you can't hold leads, you won't win ballgames. Period. $300 million will be lucky to buy us .500 this year.

I love pi. 3.14159265857 Mmmmmmm.......pi.

If this was a division game it would have been called.

Was the game interrupted by rain or are we still waiting to start?

clutch is intangible Have you noticed a lot of players (not just the Cubs) who get into a good situation, say runners at 2nd and 3rd with no out and go up there hacking at pretty much anything? Patience has a lot to do with clutch, I think. Guys have to be calm enough in a situation to not get themselves out.

I know the word "clutch" is laughed at around here, but this leads me to think there may be something to it. Lack of clutch hitting--- hits with RISP, especially, is what kills us. Does anyone have the number of runners the Cubs have left on base so far this year and where we rank?

Wait, what? What just happened? I just got in. Score, please.

Yeah, this season is over unless they pull their heads out of their asses, and soon.

Good to see Dusty is able to admit his mistakes and not blame others for his own shortcomings.

Ah yes. The first of about 100,000 "Trade for Dunn" threads that will litter the NSBB message boards this summer.

This road trip should be very horrifying.... fixed Nah, we'll do well on the road trip. It's the crappy teams that give us fits.

What did Doumit do?

I missed the whole game except for the bottom of the 8th and the 9th. What did Doumit do to ensure his dickwad-iness?

I wouldn't look happy either losing 2 of 3 to the 1927 Yankees. Oh wait, they're the Pirates? Damn, they way they play us you had me fooled.

If this happens you have a month of premium on me.