By Marty Gangler
Another week and two more series wins. I guess you could be mad that the Cub didn’t get the brooms out and sweep away a couple of the worst teams in the league, but winning two of three in every series is not bad. I just think the fans expected more.
Is that wrong? Maybe we’re asking too much as fans to say that the Cubs should of won all six games this week instead of a mere four of six. But before you reconsider, consider the fact that this team has done nothing but disappoint its fans for 100 years. Wait, so does that mean we should expect more from these guys? Like they should of swept both of these series’? Or do we realize that they always disappoint us so we should take what we can get?
I for one don’t know what to think. And I further don’t know if this team deserves to be ripped this week for disappointing me. But I can’t tell if I’m disappointed. And if I should I be. And if I’m speaking in circles it’s because I don’t know what to call this week. I mean, it wasn’t bad, it wasn’t horrible, but it wasn’t great either.
Kind of like going to a restaurant and ordering the Half-Pound Cheddar Burger. Only they are out of cheddar cheese so instead you order the Swiss Burger. And the Swiss is pretty tasty, but you wanted the big Cheddar Burger and, in fact, you drove all the way across town to House of Cheddar Burgers just to get it. And you could have gotten a Swiss Burger from the place right by your house, but you wanted more than that. Yet, in the scheme of things it was totally fine. But you don’t know if you should be angry or not. You just feel okay. Okay, I think Cub fans should feel okay.
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Week in Review: The Cubs took four of six from two of the worst teams in baseball. It was good, but it wasn’t like the Cheddar Burger.
Week in Preview : The Cubs travel to Pittsburgh for three against a Pirate team depleted as usual after the trade deadline, and then come home again to close out the month with four against the Phillies. It’s all about Pennsylvania this week.
The Second Basemen Report: Mark DeRosa got four starts, while Mike Fontenot and Ronnie Cedeno each had one. Six games, three second baseman. I’d really like to see just one more week where we can get four guys at the second sack in the same week. Just like Henrdy drew it up.
In former second basemen news, Davey Lopes is the Phillies’ first-base coach. And even though he’ll be here this week, he is missed.
The Zam Bomb: Big Z chipped a tooth and that made him angry. But he knows it’s the stretch run and – with the help of sedatives – he’s receded to apologetic.
Lost in Translation: Fukudome is Japanese for “one-month wonder.”
Sweet and Sour Lou: 69% sweet, 31% sour. Lou is down two points on the Sweet-O-Meter due to losing twice at home to really, really bad teams. And like your real crazy drunk uncle, you can say all you want about the second-place finish you had in the citywide under-15 hog calling contest, but Lou knows the kid who beat you was weak. He’s just not going to say anything about it. Just makes sure his Falstaffs stay cold this week or he might kick the dog.
Center Stage: Jim Edmonds got four starts, Reed Johnson got two. And as good as J-Ed has been, we all know Reed Johnson is the fucking man.
The Cub Factor: Catch up with them all.
Beachwood Sabermetrics: A complex algorithm performed by the The Cub Factor staff using all historical data made available by Major League Baseball has determined that playoff hysteria is about to become unbearable.
Over/Under: The number of games Ryan Dempster loses the rest of the way: 1.
Mount Lou: Lou remains at green. But if there was a shade of Mount Lou in between green and yellow he would be there. Like a banana about to turn.
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Posted on August 25, 2008