This weekend for the Cubs has been eventful & memorable for all the wrong reasons:
(1) Team infighting. This time it escalated to the dugout on Friday between pitcher Carlos Zambrano & catcher Michael Barrett. Ouch!! And to add insult to injury, they lost to Atlanta 8-5.
(2) Yet another loss the very next day...the bullpen for the Cubs falling asleep on the job, paving the way for the Braves to win 5-3.
(3) Even manager Lou Piniella had to throw a temper tantrum during Saturday afternoon's game...& of course he got tossed outta there.
Life at Wrigley Field for the past few games has been nothing but hard knocks; this isn't to say that things will have to get worse before they improve drastically for the Cubs. But this ballclub, if it is to stand a chance of breaking the playoff doldrums, needs to play like a major league team, enough said. This means: they need to make the key defensive plays when the situation calls for them; they need to produce offensively; they need to get the fundamentals right (e.g. running the bases properly!!)
At least something good came out of this long weekend: the Cubs finally won, defeating Atlanta 10-1. Now that's good news any Cubs fan can live with. Question is, can Chicago start making noise with their bats more often? Can they clamp down on folks defensively (& this includes great pitching to help make this possible)? It's not beyond Chicago to do all of the above. The time for redemption after Sunday's win starts this month. And I pray that they don't get beaten up more than they already have this past weekend.
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