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***Freak out Alert*** This post has actually made me laugh. Call me crazy but I have a quiet confidence in this year's team. I think they will be fine. :)

There have been far more ups than downs, after all, this team has lost the fewest games in MLB and they lead all teams in comeback wins... It still sucks to lose. We're a little spoiled this year.

NO doubt! Those three unearned runs sucked but Wuertz could have pitched better too. Oh well, the Cubs are never really out of it at home.

DLee steals 2nd

Are you freaking kidding me? The Cubs are the best team in baseball and that trash 8 miles to the south is getting credit? Talk about the ESPN hype machine. :eye roll:

OH MY 7rw%eqy%$&%$(&$(&$(&% CAN'T WE HAVE A CUBS NATIONAL GAME WITHOUT CURSES AND BARTMAN CRAP??/

In other Cubs ex-pitcher news, I'm really glad the Cubs parted ways with Prior. I wish him luck with his life but I think he's done (at least as far as being dominant is concerned). He's having season ending shoulder surgery again. Everything is going right for the Cubs now and I'm glad they don't have this hanging over their collective heads (all the questions and nonstop media talk that is).

3pm CT was a scheduled national moment of silence; it just so happened that the Cubs were batting. I heard about it this morning while watching cable news... I bet the teams, and umpires, were told about it ahead of time.

Tribune

Overreaction much? I believe that is sarcasm...

Fontenot didn't get a real strike in the AB. He's sucking badly right now.

Thank you for the Walk Matt Tied 3-3

Oh no, ground ball Murton. Prove me wrong. No DP

No DP! :beg:

Trailing 3-2 right now

OMG, THAT WAS A GREAT CATCH! Straight up web gem

That should have been a sacfly for Fuku.

DeRosa is at .284/.389/.473 right now and is a better player year-to-year than cedeno and theriot, how does that make him the odd man out? Cedeno is .375/.444/.563 and Theriot is .321/.384/.449 My comments have nothing to do with yearly production. DeRo's numbers have been on the decline over the past week. I'm referring to Lou's penchant for playing the hot hand. Also, it should be noted that DeRosa is most effective when rested during stretches of the season (he faded during stretches last season and in TX the year before). There should be no issue with sitting him if someone else has the ability to produce offensively (and can play his spot defensively). DeRosa is hitting .240/.323/.280 over the past 7 days. Right now it's not an issue because Soriano is out but if he's in a prolonged slump and Cedeno is continuing to hit he should sit.

Today's lineup per the Suntimes:

DeRo is getting a pass. If things remain as they are now, among the trio of DeRosa, Theriot, and Cedeno, Mark should sit in favor of Ronny when Sori returns. At the very least, Lou should consider moving Soto up a spot in the batting order because he's been hot over the last week. EDIT: This isn't a commentary on Theriot's worth it's about accommodating the hot batters.

OK, I disagree but you're entitled to your opinion.

The difference in the Cubs start this year and the Brewers early run in 2007 is that the Cubs were under-performing their pythagorean win/loss record by several games. My contention last season, was that the Cubs were going to start making up ground because of their slow start (i.e. they lost an inordinate number of one-run games in the first month of the season which, coupled with the Brewers hot start, caused them to fall behind in the standings). However, their extended winning streak in June and July, and eventual division championship, did not completely reconcile their slow start; the Cubs ended the season, at 85-77, two games below projection. For the record, the Brewers final record of 83-79 was spot on. The 15-7 2008 Cubs have not been completely outperforming as a team and there should not be an expectation that they will stop winning all of a sudden. They are one game above their projected pythagorean of 14-8. Let's keep in mind that PECOTA projects the Cubs to win an NL high 95 games which is five games better than the next closest divisional rival. Of course, that doesn't mean that they can't underachieve... BTW, the Brewers are also exceeding their pythag of 12-10 by one game. Not surprisingly, the Cardinals 14-9 record is as predicted considering their schedule thus far. The Pirates are the only other NLC team exceeding Pythag by one game (the other two are one game worse than projections). No matter how you look at it, the Cubs are where they should be at this point of the season; leading the division with the second best record in the League.

Lou just said that Ronny will start tomorrow.

Cubs Win! Cubs Win! Cubs Win! Go Cubs Go

WOW, RONNY! Damn, the Cubs are scoring a lot of runs lately. They really should have double digit runs today...