Making Us Ill
Ron Santo is resting comfortably in a Pittsburgh hospital after becoming ill after Monday’s game. He’s not the only one sick after seeing the Cubs lose to the Pirates for the sixth time in seven games this season. Seems that, with their current offense, the only way the Cubs can get a victory is for their pitchers to throw a shut-out. It’s time to put Ramirez on the DL and let his thumb recover. Maybe rest Lee for a few days, too. The Cubs are suffering from heart failure, as in the heart of their order. We need someone in the middle of our order to at least get hits, if not RBIs.
The Cubs are out of town for what seems like forever. This is their longest road trip so far this season, nine games in eleven days. All three series are against the bottom of our division, so if we don’t pick up games these next few weeks the season will start looking pretty bleak, with yet a month to go before the All-Star break.