A Strange Game

07/27/2012

Cubs 6 Cardinals 9

Dear 'birds,

This was not the type of start

Lance Lynn will write home about-- he coughed up

all six runs.  And he is the first starter since June

to not go at least six innings. But hey, Lance, 

at least your ERA is still under four.

The Cards took Cubs starter Travis Wood deep today. They knocked 

five home runs out of the park-- one for each of the first 

five innings. Matty hit one in the first, Yadi

in the second,  Puma in the third (right-handed!), Baby Carp

in the fourth, and Craig in the fifth. That's historic. A first

in franchise history.

Another thing: the wind wasn't blowing 

out today at Wrigley. Those balls were just hammered.

(And I'm sure that plenty of Cubs fans were the same

way during the course of the game.)

I love beating up on the Cubs. But mostly

I love winning all the time.

I wonder what kind of winning percentage we can

put up from here to the end of the season?

Til Later.