True Reflections of Cubdom

Continuing on with my merging of music and the Cubs, my two favorite things in life, I decided to break it down with a verse from Dave Matthews Bands True Reflections - written by Boyd Tinsley from DMB and recorded on his solo album - but the song is more popular from the live DMB album - "Listeners Supported".

You think life is like a movie/Where it all works out in the end - Well, for the most part, the Cubs only movieesque theme would be Sosa's HR battle with that guy Mark something from St. Louis, or a documentary on the 100 year drought of one of the oldest teams in sports.  Or maybe even something on Tinkers to Evers to Chance (that is how it goes right) - BUT NOW the Cubs are in the process of testing out the waters for a new flick - and it could be 1 of 2 - a depressing film called "Bust" that would portray every Cubs fans heart breaking in half and Cubdom burning to the ground after such an unreal start, but a Metsesque fallout. The film would include references to a similar season in I believe 1969.  Or it can all work out in the end as seen in an upcoming fantasy film called "CUBS WIN CUBS WIN", but Ill leave that one for our imaginations so I don't add an extra curse to this franchise and be personally responsible for jinxing this team. 

I think life is like a dessert/Where does it go where does it begin - Everyday is a new day, we don't know what to expect.  We were sitting there drying up in the dessert of Arizona, almost dehydrated to the point of passing out (of first place), but we came across a watering hole and have re hydrated ourselves once again with Soriano's return, clearly revitalizing the team.  Where does this season go from here?  Are we beginning another amazing half of baseball?  Goodbye Arizona, hello Friendly Confines. 

When you look into a mirror/Do you like what's looking at you - Was this game the game that shows the Cubs true identity, our "true reflection" for 2008, rather than our true reflection of the last millennium?  I don't think Lou Piniella looked in the mirror with his Cubs uniform on for the first time and liked what he saw, in terms of who the Cubs WERE, but rather gave this team a makeover with his partner Jim Hendry - a new identity - new hope - new excitement - NEW SEASON.  So Cubdom - when we look at our fan base and our team, do you like what your looking at?

Now that you've seen your true reflections/What on earth are you gonna do - Well the Cubs played like their true selves again.  Soriano has returned, most everyone is healthy (except Wood - go figure, but hell be fine) and we didn't get swept, which is an accomplishment in itself considering the poor quality of play the Cubs have partaken in since the All-Star Break.  Reed Johnson with a grand slam!  He comes in and does his job. Theriot has found out his job... hit singles.  Ramirez knows his true reflection - clutch hitting in the late innings. DLEE will hopefully see his old reflection and come back playing consistent baseball again, Fukudome's job is to build up the pitch counts and provide some timely hitting. Soriano is the "whatever we need you better do" guy, considering the amount of money he is making. Big Z has played his role as the Ace pretty much perfectly, Harden provides a 1-2 punch with Big Z as they both work well as slump stoppers.  Fontenot is baby ruth, or the wonder hamster as people like to call him, "Hello Soto" is  the surprise guy that most every team under looks as he drives the ball into the gaps consistently while maintaining a peace amongst the pitching core of our beloved Cubbies.  Soto is catching for the only team with 3 pitchers with double digit wins - that says a lot for a rookie.  Dempster is seeing what may be his true reflection as a dominant home starting pitcher and our bullpen, specifically Marmol, is showing glimpses of his flat out dominant sliders, I just hope those ears continue to distract the hitters.  Overall, yesterday showed what I believe is the Cubs true reflection, much like the first half of the season with drawing all those walks and scoring all those runs... so what on Earth are they gonna do with all this talent - They hopefully will just hold on to that 1st place spot because I cant handle a heart attack at the age of 22.