The four games on the west coast are all close to finished already. This is drawing out bigtime. :D Oh yea, and AZ is about to take the division lead by beating the Padres while SF leads the Dodgers.
Over the course of Marquis' contract, he's destined to become unbearably and reliably brutal. What are the chances that, in that event, the Cubs switch his and Marmol's place on the team?
I really hope Marquis finds his off-speed stuff again and regains his early season studliness, but this thread being started with a picture of him in his Cardinals uni surely can't be good juju.
Interesting.... I wonder what roster move will occur once that becomes finalized. Bye, bye Rocky. Thank God. Cherry for Wood, straight up. Now there's no need to make a blockbuster trade, dude, because that's basically what Wood's return will be!!
Phils and Mets will be tough, and I have a feeling the Brewers will do better against them at Miller than the Cubs will at Wrigley. I'll say August 15th is the day the Cubs take the outright lead, and they won't relinquish it.