I blog this only because the Cubs season was officially declared DOA with yesterday's loss.
CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs were officially eliminated from the National League Wild Card race on Saturday.
Craig Biggio and Lance Berkman each hit first-inning home runs off Carlos Zambrano, and Morgan Ensberg drove in two runs to power the Houston Astros to a 8-3 victory over the Cubs.
"A couple balls caught too much of the plate early," Cubs manager Dusty Baker said of the early homers. "We were still in the ballgame, and we ended up giving away like four runs on defense. You can't give away runs in the big leagues. We didn't play very good defense today."
No, Dusty, you didn't. As a matter of fact, you didn't play very good defense all year, you didn't play very good offense all year, you didn't manage very well all year, and if it wasn't for Derek Lee this team just might be in the frickin' basement. Thank God for the Pittsburgh Pirates. They only thing you and your sorry-ass team did do well all year is make constant excuses for yourself and your piss poor performance.
*sigh*
Here's to better days. Fire Dusty now, perhaps we will have them.