Hey, it’s been a while and while there’s not much to get caught up with on the current day Cubs, I know I’m behind on the 1907 diary. Please bear with me because the network I write for had some system wide problems that basically prevented me from posting. Things are fixed though, so I’m hoping to get caught up pretty quickly.
It seems like everytime the Cubs make a push at the .500 mark, they have a set back and fall back. The latest is a series of one win, lose one after dropping three straight last week. And with interleague play on the horizon, you never know whether, even with some wins, you can make up ground because you’re not playing someone in the division. The good news is though, the Brewers have cooled off so a few wins might mean a pickup in the standings.
Of course the Derek Lee injury is going to hurt. He hadn’t found his homerun swing but you can’t scoff at a .390 batting average and a 1.016 OPS. Aramis Ramirez has gotten it done and with Alfonso Soriano back to his old ways, the Cubs have the hitting in place. The pitching has been there as well, but the pen hasn’t been all that great and it seems like the Cubs have just gotten unlucky. They’ve underplayed their pythagorean win/loss by four wins and if you look at those standings, the Cubs would be just one game back of the Brewers. The 6-12 record in games decided by less then two runs sticks out.
The Cubs have one more game against the Mets this afternoon and then it’s back to Wrigley Field for three games with the White Sox. The Brewers have to contend with the Twins so that’s kind of a wash. And hopefully the Astros cool down as well. A guy can wish.
