Bankruptcy is for sissies.
There is nothing the Cubs could do in 2009 that would shock me.
This team is so weird that any damn thing might happen this year.
Should the Cubs file for Chapter 11 it would be a mere paragraph in Chapter 101 of the Big Book Of Lose.
Did you not think that the Cubs would be ohhh, maybe one hundred games in first place by now?
They're a .500 ballclub in 3rd place.
Last year Kosuke Fukudome, Geovany Soto, Aramis Ramirez, Kerry Wood, Carlos Zambrano, Ryan Dempster, and Alfonso Soriano were all representing the Chicago Cubs in the All-Star game.
This year the lone Cub is Ted Lilly.
Milton Bradley hit .321 and slugged .563 last year, and this year just up and forgot how to swing.
Alfonso Soriano hit 14 homers pretty much out of the gate this year, and hasn't hit one since.
Jason Marquis won 11 games for the Cubs last year.
He's so much higher than his regular altitude this year that he's leading the league with 11 wins at the All-Star break, only he's pitching for the Rockies.
Randy Wells was a guy I'd never heard of - a 2nd rate minor league catcher who got moved to pitcher and this year?
He's got the best ERA of any Cub starter.
Carlos Marmol is still filthy, but it doesn't matter when the ball doesn't go over the plate.
Aramis Ramirez separated a shoulder while fielding a grounder.
Ryan Dempster busted a toe jumping over a fence.
I am numb, brother.
I was done being shocked about a month ago.
And I would like to continue not being shocked by the Cubs going on a winning binge this second half.
Because the other not-shocking thing is they're only 3 1/2 games out.
Go figure.
