I’m starting to believe (not really) that the Fates are against the Cubs. What kind of world do we live in where, the guy who spurned the Cubs (Rafeal Furcal) to play for the Dodgers, breaks two bones in Derrek Lee’s wrist? Twisted. That’s what I say. However, I am very encouraged by one thing. The Cubs’ trainers did not come out and say that Derrek Lee’s achilles tendon was injured, not his wrist. Granted, everyone saw the injury so there wasn’t too much hiding or misinformation that could occur. But, I wouldn’t want to put anything past the Cubs’ front office or training staff.

Now, do we look to the return of Kerry Wood and Mark Prior as the saving grace of this season? I think not. DLee is a very important part of the Cubs. No doubt, but there have been plenty of other contributors to the early season success of the Cubs. Perhaps this is an opportunity to further hone the small ball atmosphere of this club. I think that the series with the Cardinals is either going to be a monumental disaster or a huge confidence boost. If they lose, they stand to fall into a deep deep deep slide that will be hard to recover from, but if they win the series, they will gain confidence in themselves as a team.

It looks like John Mabry and Todd Walker will fill in for Lee at first base. While I like Walker a lot, and I think Mabry was a good addition to the club (as a bench player), neither one of them really turn me on at first base. I never thought I’d long for the days of Hee Seop Choi.

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