At least we don't have to face John Smoltz today. That would have a been a tall order for a reeling offense and a young starter who is trying to regain his confidence.

The Cubs once again manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Terry Boers from WSCR put it best when he said the Cubs "went from seeing Carlos Zambrano almost pitch a no-hitter to just being kicked in the balls."

So after watching Jacque Jones miss a fly ball to blow El Toro's no-hitter to watching Ryan Dempster walk in a run to watching Neifi Perez do what I thought was impossible - commit two erros in about half a second.

I thought we hit the low point of the season when we were swept by the Marlins, but this is the lowest point yet, going from the eletricity of Zambrano's pitching to the suicidal feeling that followed Michael Barret's popout the ended the game.

So what do we do now?

We can't fire Baker, the Tower won't let it happen. I think the first thing that needs to happen is Jacque Jones and Neifi Perez should not be in the lineup tomorrow.

Tony Womack was called up today to replace Ryan Theriot on the active roster.

On 670 WSCR today, Mike Murphy was talking about "backing up the truck" a.k.a. trading a bunch of the current players for young, but probably unproven talent. A few weeks ago I would have been 100% against that, but now I think I'd be almost 100% for it.

Despite the mega-slump the Cubs are in, they still have several players with pretty high trade value. Maybe it's not early enough to think about giving up on the year - but getting swept by the Marlins is about the worst thing that could happen.