CHC --- 29 Postponed @ FLA (makeup TBD) SFG 1.5 26 Hennessey v ARZ Randolph SDP 2.0 29 Wells v COL Jennings FLA 2.5 30 Postponed v CHC (makeup TBD) HOU 3.0 29 Clemens v PIT Perez
That certainly is becoming quite a bunch.
Friday’s CHC @ FLA is officially off due to Hurricane Frances. Saturday and Sunday are just about officially off.
I have no idea what I’ll do with myself with four days without Cubs baseball. I expect heavily withdrawal symptoms by Saturday night. Cold shakes. Weird cravings. Strong desires to kick fans. Inability to remember how many outs there out on a flyout.
This leads to a whole bunch of bad, worse, and worst scheduling scenerios. No idea what they’ll actually go with at this point, so I’ll skip ’em till they decide. Too bad they couldn’t find a way to keep all the teams playing, because which (or both) of the Cubs and Marlins who don’t make the playoffs are going to be ruefully pointing back towards this Hurricane for the next ten years or so.
The good part is the Giants and San Diego falling apart over the last few games, so they can’t pass the Cubs while they’re waiting. Guess I was wrong about last night – Peavy’s inability to go long is what killed the Padres, and Jason Schmidt got worked over for a lot of pitches in the first two innings
The bad part is the beat writers have nothing new to talk about, which means warmed over season subplots good: (Corey’s really good this year) and bad: (the Cubs don’t get along with the TV guys). Baseball – well, more the people covering baseball – has to have something to talk about each day, and if it isn’t an outcome, it’s the same old things.
Early clubhouse leader on most over talked subject: Cubs to add their own LCD banner behind the plate. I bet they were hoping to drop this when Cub fans were paying attention to the Marlins and not when the media has nothing better to do than to kill this for a weekend.
Immediate reaction to the Mercker suspension: Uh, okay, fine. Three games without Dusty being able to use the third best lefty in the pen, I think they can manage.
I can’t believe a real paid person at a real paper got paid for this Daily Herald semi-column.