In losing eight of their last ten games, including today's, the Cubs have kept pace with the Reds and D-Backs, and actually gained ground on the fourth-place Brewers. But at this point, even with a finish like the 1935 squad they'd still wind up below .500. Through Sunday they're still three wins shy of half the total of the last '06 Cubs. The 2006 Cubs' 81 losses matches the total losses in 1906 and 1907 combined (223-81).
I can't even bring myself to write about Michael Barrett's injury. Hurts just reading about it.
The Cubs have now set a team record with 19 DL appearances. Wade Miller was finally activated, those "couple of days behind Prior" totaling over 70, and hasn't yet appeared in a game. Prior is on the DL for the third time this year...
And just a comment on the fans, this thing about throwing back opponents' home run balls is getting old. Some little kid wound up with Barry Bonds' 729th homer today and, after much goading from surrounding bleacherites, threw it back on the field. That peer pressure could have cost the kid a year's college tuition or a shiny red convertible on his 16th birthday. A year from now with Bonds closing in on Bad Henry, it might have even brought more. Nice work, you idiots.
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And now you can add Zambrano to the list. So sad ... losing to the damned Pirates.
Yup, that's 20.
Losing to the Pirates isn't that sad if you want to see serious changes made in the next six months. The time for "hug it out, my little bitches" will have past.
Chuck,
I think that you are being a bit panglossian in saying that Bonds' 729th homer ball will ever be worth a year's tuition.
I love the Cubs, but hope they lose close to 100 games. They need to be reborn like a phoenix from this disaster of a season. Remember, the hotter the fire, the stronger the steel.
I disagree about the ball, WinDaddy. There aren't many 700+ home run balls floating around the collector's market. All-time there have still been fewer than 100, and there are a lot of high-profile collectors with serious coin. Todd McFarlane, Keith Olbermann, Charlie Sheen... not to mention companies that would cut it into tiny bits and shove 'em into baseball cards. Upper Deck could get several times the ball's value in press (and become a primary marketing point), and Bonds game-used HR ball cards could make it the set to buy that year if Barry sticks around until he passes Aaron.
I wouldn't hesitate to gamble on a post-714 home run ball bringing mid-five figures or more at auction.
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