No offense and terrible defense hurt Cubs in 5-0 loss
It was a pretty disappointing game for the Cubs on Thursday as they played a makeup game against the White Sox. It was such a bad game I didn’t even want to watch the end of it but I sat there anyways for some reason. I still don’t why to be honest.
Alfonso Soriano once again misplayed a fly ball which accounted for a three base error and allowed the White Sox to score. Before that play in the eighth inning, the Cubs were right there in it as it was only a 1-0 ballgame. Soriano man, come on!
The tough luck loser was Ryan Dempster who threw a great game. He didn’t call Soriano out in his press conference as he said we are a 25 man team and we just have to keep on going out there and playing. Soriano should be the one up there saying my fault, I totally messed up once again. Maybe I would be better to sit on the bench and let Jake Fox or Sam Fuld play left field.
It looks like the Rockies are going to lose this afternoon as well so the Cubs could have picked up a full game had they been able to hit the damn ball and catch a fly ball. Is it to early to ask “Can this season just be over?”
- Cliff
These Cubs are not out of it yet. Playing well in September has a lot of the optimists drinking the kool aid once again.
With the sale of the team going final recently, many thought the Cubs players gave up on this year and were looking forward to next spring (the 102nd spring since the last World Series). A few dissapointing offseason moves and some underachieving star players make it very easy to give up.
I believe this team will make a run and make it a somewhat interesting second half of September. I mean for the Cubs payroll, don’t us fans deserve one half month of excitement this summer?
-Joe