Since it seems that disaster and decline and general angst is the name of tha game here lately I thought I would point out some relatively awesome things that are going on:

• TheRiot morphing into a Mighty Cajun Power Infielder to go along with Fontenot
• Fukudome hitting very well and not getting down on himself after bad strike calls
• Some great throws in from the OF from Milton and Soriano- even if their range and jumps are the best at least they are limiting guys from taking an extra base
• Some really great plays from Fukey and Reed in the OF- it seems like Gregg should be buying these guys sushi and whatever Reed eats for dinner since they have seriously saved his tail lately
•  D .Lee so far removing the DP from his name (As Al mentioned) and hitting homers like he is reading all the 'decline' stuff you guys are posting
  
• Micah HoffPower earning his keep at the plate and even flashing a bit of leather in the field (not awesome in the OF but he has looked above avg at times in RF and 1B)
• Ramirez keeping the Mr Clutch title- even if TheRiot is trying his best to steal it from him
• Ted Lilly with a low low 0.98 WHIP
• Sean Marshall maturing nicely: BB are down and Ks are up!
• Koyie Hill hitting and throwing baserunners out!
• Milton Bradley only getting thrown out of one game

I know it's alot easier to argue about stats, find problems, and get all anxious about Z's hammy but the Cubbies played well against a rather hot Marlins team and a lot of the things generally thought to be major problems (Hill, Hoff, MArshall, Theriot) are actually doing very well so far.

We have our work cut out today against Cy Young, but hopefully the collective psyche of our tortured fan base can exhale. Think positive boys n girls- it is a long season.

Now get your buts down to the ball park, have an Old Style, and go back to having a good time!