Make no mistake, I am a Cubs fan. The current series between the Cubs and the Mariners is a actually a treat. But my allegiance is clear. I have one singular rooting interest, the Cubs. I couldn’t want the Cubs to win, and the Mariners to lose these three games more than I currently do. The strangest thing is watching a game at Wrigley Field and not listening to the Cubs broadcast team of Bob Brenly and Len Kasper. It just doesn’t seem right to hear Dave Niehaus, Dave Sims, and Mike Blowers talking about the ivy, and the rooftops like they did on Tuesday evening. The Cubs are in need of a lot more wins, and the Mariners have already gotten their roadtrip off to a good start. Unfortunately, the Mariners came out on top in Tuesday night’s marathon 13 inning game.

First of all, Michael Barrett, You’re my favorite Cub. You’re scrappy, you bring a lot of offense from the catcher position, you smack around your rival catcher, get smacked around by Big Z. But my goodness, you have to catch that ball in the top of the 13th, it was there in plenty of time. Sure it was in the dirt a bit, but it’s your job and your team needed you to make that play. Similarly Derrek Lee, you did a great job knocking the ball down, it would have been an amazing play for you to catch it, but again, these are the types of plays your team needs to pull itself together and back into the hunt in the NL Central.

I always like to keep a whipping boy in the Cubs pen, it just helps me cope. Ryan Dempster has pitched his way out of my doghouse, making plenty of room for Will Ohman. Ugh. I’ll take Carlos Marmol, Angel Guzman, or hell, bring back Jeff Fassero, but Will Ohman has some serious getting-guys-out problems. I hope Lou is pitching him, just to expose his weakness, so Jim Hendry has no choice but to get him out of town. It is small consolation that Ohman was used so late in the game. That Lou trusted so many others before he went to Ohman. It helps. It helps me to see that Lou isn’t just as bad at managing a pitching staff as Dusty Baker.

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