The past few days I have been preoccupied with events of a personal nature. Our family has adopted a ten-month old Lhasa Apso from a nearby shelter facility.
If you are considering getting a dog or cat for your home, please visit a local shelter. There are a number of wonderful animals available for adoption. Please let that be your first stop.
That said, the Cubs are not playing well. Okay, the Cubs stink. I hate to say it that way, but it needed to be said.
The team is losing two of every three games in the early going. It is not too late to fix the ship, but right now things are not going well.
It is hard to get excited about a 12 – 4 or 6 – 0 win when we lose the next two or three; especially the way we are losing those games.
Last night is a great example. There were several opportunities to push over a run to win the contest. I cannot be upset with rookie Rocky Cherry for giving up a home run to someone expected to hit home runs in those situations. Our home run hitters failed to respond in the same situation.
With Felix Pie perched at second with one out, eighteen million dollar Alfonzo Soriano failed to chip a base hit into right field that would have finished the game. Michael Barrett batted with a man on second and failed to deliver. Aramis Ramirez had a two run home run early in the game, but failed to deliver in the clutch.
I still like the Cubs roster. There are very few changes necessary, since replacing Wade Miller with Cherry. We will need another starting pitcher from Iowa. As I stated in a recent posting, I see the benefit of promoting Koyie Hill in place of Ronnie Cedeno. Maybe we could put Miller or (chronically injured) Mark Prior on the sixty day list to free a roster spot.
Any way you look at it, April has not been a good month, but the season is not over. The series with the new, improved Milwaukee Brewers has barely begun. Rich Hill is on the mound tonight. Let’s go Cubs!
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