Well, for the second game in a row, the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals. Excuse me for a moment as I bang my head against the wall….

Now, I have never managed a Major League team, nor would I want to question Tony LaRusa’s expertise… well no, actually that’s exactly what I want to do. WHY!?! Why are Cardinal pitchers throwing to Lee? Anyone? I didn’t think so. In today’s game Derrek Lee came up with the bases empty in the eighth inning of a tie ballgame. He then proceeded to crank out his second home run in as many days against Cardinal pitching.

Benjamin Franklin once said that “the definition if insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Ben gets it, why cant Tony?

Let’s hope someone in the Cardinals dugout figures it out in time for the Cards to salvage tomorrows game and avoid the sweep. With the Cubs sending a starting pitcher to the mound who spent most of last year in AA-ball, I would hope the Cards would be able to score some runs and avoid any more Derrek Lee-inflicted losses.

Other odds and ends: The Cubs have extended General Manager Jim Hendry’s contract for another two years. To be honest, this comes as somewhat of a surprise to me. Hendry has done a great job with the lineup (getting Lee, Pierre, Ramirez, etc) but many Cub fans were upset with Hendry’s lack of action this winter in regards to the club’s starting pitching. As mentioned earlier, with Wood, Miller, and Prior on the shelf, the Cubs are sending a rookie who hasn’t pitched above the Double A level to the mound in tomorrow’s game. Most Cubs fans aren’t exactly thrilled with that prospect and many felt that Hendry should have made a move to shore up the injury plagued rotation.

With Hendry’s extension done, Dusty Baker’s status becomes the next focal point for the organization. If ownership is satisfied with the club’s performance enough to give Hendry and extension, I’m guessing Baker is probably off the hot seat barring a worse than usual Cub-like collapse during the course of the season.
 

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