It has been a frustrating first ninety eight games on the north side of the "Windy City."
They were pre-season favorites to win the National League Central Division and make a run at their first World Series appearance since 1945.
Up until now, it has been a tough go at it. At some points, they found themselves scuffling and making a run at the bottom dweller in the division they were supposed to run away from.
Some blame Jim Hendry for partially dismantling the team from one year ago. The trade of Derosa still has some reeling, but the point is, not even he ...
The Cubs have been very disappointing in the first half of the season. They start today 41-41, when in reality, they should be six or seven games above .500.
Luckily, they are not too far away from that. Any day now, they could go on a six game winning streak and be right back in the thick of things.
There are a numerous things that the Cubs need to do to win consistently over the next 80 games. If the Cubs can achieve at least the majority of them, they should find themselves a top the National League ...
I have been paying a lot of attention to Milton Bradley in the box scores lately.
His average has creeped up to .245, not a great number by any means, but better than the .208 he was at on June 9.
Since then, he has hit safely in 17 of 23 games. Starting June 10 and through June 21, he had a 10-game hitting streak. His average jumped to .248. He then went four games without a single hit.
The thing is, in those four games, he only had eight official at-bats in 13 plate appearances. His averaged dipped back down, ...
