Well, Jon Leicester came, saw and got kicked around by the New York Mets on Monday night on his 1st ever start in a MLB game. He made 59 pitches of which only 37 were strikes. He gave up a walk and 5 hits, 2 of which were Home Runs. This could have been worse if it were not for the rain delays allowing Leicester to settle down on the bench. Then again, its possible that Mets manager Willie Randolph told his hitters to have mercy on Leicester's soul since doing so would strengthen his candidacy for the Nobel Peace Prize. Seriously, if the Cubs's opponents this game had been either the Pirates or the White Sox, you would have seen hitters running up the pitch counts and knocking Leicester out of the game well before the end of the 3rd Inning with more than just 4 lousy runs scored off him.

The Cubs did manage to tie the game and that led to the Mets getting serious about winning the game again. They were helped in their newfound resolve by Dusty Baker who opted to play LaTrocious Hawkins in the 8th Inning. Bad move for Hawkins's psyche has been damaged and really needs a change of scenery to restart his career. Then, in the 9th Inning, the Closer Dempster Experiment was on and the Mets offense really boomed so much so that the Cubs were lucky to escape with only 2 runs scored. Except for a Macias double, the bottom of the 9th was just more of the same old, same old and now the Mets look poised for a sweep especially since the Cubs played 5 relievers Monday night. Also, Dusty's man love for Hollandsworthless remains as strong as ever while Neifi's decline continues and the likes of Hairston, Patterson & Ramirez continue to wallow in mediocrity. All this & a worthless bullpen & more of the same for a payroll said to be tops in the National League. And you thought that the Yankees were wasteful spenders.

Hopefully, now that Leicester is being sent down to Iowa, he can recuperate from his ordeal and regain his confidence. Whoever in the Cubs organization thought that starting him was a good idea needs to have his head examined. Last place in the NL Central here we come.