Offense Disappears Entirely In 4-0 Cubs Loss To Mets

And feeling awful, Cubs Bad and Hawks Bad

I am in sports hell at the moment. If the Hawks don’t get it going I have this to look forward to? YUCK!!!

This was in my in box this morning

“The Season is underway – don’t miss your chance to get rewarded!”

A sales pitch for a Cubs credit card. Thanks guys for giving me my demented morning laugh.

The bench’s body language said it all. There is a lack of spirit that permeates this team. It’s quite infuriating to watch. I posed a question in the game threads: is this team more annoying than last year’s? Those kind enough to answer said this year’s was worse.

Of course, Looper isn’t the answer. But if it leaked, there is certainly a high level of interest by the front office and the on-field management. God help us.

Santana tonight. God help us indeed.

The Cubs could easily be in last place very soon. They are doing nothing right. Z walking the pitcher may have not hurt his ‘quality start’, but it was awful

call on Tracy yesterday. Ramirez is just not seeing the ball well at the moment, he could probably do with a day or two off. Zambrano did pitch well, although again his pitch count was entirely too high by the fifth inning, again. And walking the pitcher to bring up Reyes…dammit.

Braden Looper? No thanks.

The Cubs are closer to “rebuilding” than winning a championship. IMO – this won’t happen for a few years until after they can get rid of Sorriano, Z, Ramirez and D Lee’s roster spots.

I’d rather watch the farm teams right about now anyways…

and a really poor display of hitting right now too.

A lot of the blame has to go to Lou for not getting Tracy in there for Rami and getting Nady in there a little more often. I think part of the problem is that maybe the hitters are thinking a little too much about their hitting (based on input form Rudy) and may have gotten away from their normal approaches at the plate. I see it Theroit, Rami and even Fukudome.

Bullpen is horrible for sure, but the lack of a consistent offense is what will kill this team down the road.

Ramirez and Lee?

is absolutely crucial, and they just can’t seem to do it.

I’ve been saying it for a while now—if they start hitting, the bullpen is going to look better. With all the young arm we have, they can’t get settled or find a rhythm because they have to be absolutely flawless every single time they take the mound.

The starts are there, if the Cubs could just have a two or three run lead when we go to the pen, I think they’d be able to find a comfort zone, and possibly build some confidence for when they do find themselves in this situation.

This is, indeed, an average team, who’s not playing to average right now. Like Al said, they’re not as bad as they look right now, and they won’t be as good as they look when (if) they hit a long win streak.

was horrible, but I wouldn’t characterize the pitch to Reyes as a meatball. It looked down, and on the corner- Reyes just went w/ it. I thought Z pitched very well w/ out his best stuff. His fast ball topped out at 90, and he rarely used the splitter. The off speed slider was his most effective pitch, and he once again kept his composure.

What I really don’t understand is Lou’s hesitance to put runners in motion. Granted, last night there were very few runners, but in the one opportunity to do so with Baker at the plate, Dome sat on first and was promptly doubled up. Then, Lou decides to have Z bunt, and Fonte gets picked off second.

Our hitters just might start making more contact if they know they just have to put the ball in play, rather than hit a gapper or homer to produce runs.

Finally, the strike zones of umps this season has my baffled. I can’t believe how much variance there has been game to game. That zone last night reminded me of the zones Maddox and Glavine got w/ the Braves.

Hope the Cubs win a game by Saturday. Glad to hear I’ll get to see Lilly in Milwaukee.

Finally, the strike zones of umps this season has [me] baffled. I can’t believe how much variance there has been game to game.

are emerging this season.

To win, we have to have our stars play like stars and that isn’t happening right now. The guys who are getting paid the big bucks have to step up and carry the team.

Maybe we need a Bullpen coach in addition to a pitching coach. I feel like maybe Rothschild may not have the necessary time to spend with the BP guys like he does with the starters. Maybe he is better at getting thru to starting pitchers than bullpen pitchers.

anyway, what could it hurt?

but they aren’t a whole lot better either.

Because we shut out the Braves back on April 8th.

to bring in a bat… is Castro. And that just creates a cluster.

We have no catching prospect who hits… and our OF prospect is already here.

the manager should know this as well.

if we get men on base, I would just like to see us attempt to hit and run on occasion.

I would have loved him to get tossed after the strike 3 call to Dome. Anything to light a fire, but he seems sleepy and muttery again this season.

it has to have existed in the first place and I don’t think the Cubs offense does.

Granted the power isn’t there like it should be, but he’s doing a good job getting on base.

I’m really starting to Lou is going to step down before the end of the year and I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing. Not that I hate lou by the way.