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Saturday Morning Headlines

For those of you keeping score at home -- the chicago Cubs are two and a half games back in the NL Central. And we can make up some ground if we win tomorrow's game, as the division lead is held by (wait for it) the Cincinatti Reds. However -- and this is where trouble starts to brew -- if the number of Cubs losses and Reds wins from this point out exceeds 151, the Cubs will be mathematically eliminated from the division. We're a whole three and a half games back of the wild card right now, for those of you curious about that already.

If you are ready to conceed the season in the face of a two-and-a-half game deficit, please, go discuss it here. If you're ready to mutter the words "small sample size" to yourself like some sort of mantra, settle in for a little bit with your favorite adult beverage (you probably need it) and join me on a frollick through the headlines.

That said... Gordon Wittenmeyer says the Cubs are better off without Wood and Prior. So how bad would we have been so far with them? Nationals bad? '62 Mets bad? 1899 Cleveland Spiders bad? If we seriously install Les Walrond into the rotation, as he mentions, I'm voting for Cleveland Spiders bad.

Now, I'll confess that Paul Sullivan has been a working journalist for some time now, and I just recently made it into J-school... but seriously, Paul. An injury to Mark Prior is no longer unusual, timely, useful, or even in proximity anymore. It ain't really news at all, is it?

Either Paul Sullivan's readers only care about the two people least able to help the team right now, or Sullivan doesn't feel comfortable answering questions about players actually on the 25-man roster.

Donnie Veal must get the same mailbag as Paul Sullivan.

Kerry Wood has tendinitis. Of course he does.

Oh, and Ramirez has a swollen wrist.

Lou, I know you're frustrated, but blowing up in the postgame press conference is hardly a good way to stop getting stupid questions. It's like sharks smelling chum in the water.

Big Z, on the other hand? Eerily calm.

And Will Ohman can't explain that, either.

Nate Silver at Baseball Prospectus points out that At least Michael Wuertz did something creditable today.

Here's a scary thought: 11 of our next 16 games are at home.

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