Keep your hands to yourself!
Didn’t we all learn this in grade school? Well, fans at Wrigley were not helping the home team today by grabbing at baseballs that were still in play. At least the Cubs won; so no harm, no foul. We’ll never know whether Cliff Floyd would have caught that fly ball at the wall if the fan hadn’t grabbed for it, causing the ball to drop for a hit and score the only Padres run of the game. And I was listening on the radio, so I haven’t seen the ball hit by Derrick Lee that was called a double but appeared to some to be a home run touched by a fan over the yellow line. Like I said, small details when the Cubs won the game. But you’d think that fans would have learned a lesson after that infamous 2003 playoff game! Of course, in both of today’s incidences, the fans were in the bleachers and were trying to catch home run balls. They just need to make certain that they’re home runs first.
I’m really liking DeRosa at third base. He’s made some awesome plays there and it allows Theriot and Fontenot to continue clicking at short and second, respectively. Not that we won’t miss Rameriz’s bat eventually, but this line-up is working for me right now. We’re not only winning close games, but we’re winning them at home.
Lilly looked good today. It’s never a sure thing when you come back after such a bizarre outing (facing only two batters before being ejected in his last start). If Zambrano can continue the trend of the starters going deep into the game, our bullpen can just get to work on their tans.