Boom.

Cub fans know what it’s like to see a whole season flash before their eyes.

I was all set to talk about the fact that while I enjoy watching low-scoring games, they’re kind of dull to describe. With the Dodgers taking a 4-2 lead in the sixth, on the heels of a low-scoring loss, I started checking out team pitching stats.

Besides, the radio signal is several seconds ahead of the cable signal, so there’s ample time to get back to the TV when something happens. Except there’s kind of a fuzzy area as the brain blends the two signals together. But I digress.

The Cubs are the only team in the majors that’s allowed fewer than 100 hits. And that’s without Kerry Wood, Mark Prior and Wade Miller.

By the time June rolls around, the Cubs could be looking at a front five of Maddux, who deserves the ace role for every possible reason this year, then Zambrano, Prior, Wood and Miller, or if he doesn’t return to form, Sean Marshall.

And the bullpen has been tight except for a couple of the younger guys. You start to think about what kind of a…

…and Furcal BUNTS!… Eyre dives to his left, stabs it… flips with his glove WAAAY…

And that was the last thing I remembered seeing.

With the radio still on, I heard the call before I could see it, and my brain sort of reset the surge protector until Lee was lying on his side clutching his forearm. It was only a split-second, but I saw a gaping hole open up in the Cubs’ title hopes and a lot of frustration in that split-second.

Then it became apparent Eyre wasn’t getting up so quickly either. It turns out, there are guys who can bellyflop and guys who can’t. It just usually works better when more of your inertia is moving horizontally, like an outfielder. Fortunately he’s not expected to miss much time.

It was reassuring when both players tried to stay in the game, particularly Lee. The thought that ran through my head was, “clink when he walks.” But with two broken bones in his wrist, more guys are going to have to pitch in for the next two to three months. Hopefully the Cubs can fill in for Lee’s injury as well as they’ve managed to plug the injury gaps in the pitching staff so far.

After the dust settled, the Cubs rallied around their injured comrades. Additional awful throws due to the dew-covered grass helped the Cubs more than they hurt them, and while Ronny Cedeno launched one of the departing flights - the runner didn’t score - he also contributed the game-winning RBI.

Broken and bruised, the Cubs take two out of three from the Dodgers just in time to face white-hot Albert Pujols in their first trip to the new Busch Stadium. After a desperately-needed off-day this time, Jerome Williams faces Mark Mulder Friday night in the opener.