Return of the Evil Cubs
Submitted by Brian C on Thu, 2005-07-21 13:53.
Sigh ... we've seen this all too often before.
Things do turn fast, don't they? One minute the offense is clicking, the pitching is lights out, and it seems you're invincible.
The next, the starting pitcher gets chased around, and the offense blows more scoring chances than the Pirates get in a month. Then the bullpen caps it all off with the kind of total meltdown that makes you wonder why you like baseball in the first place.
The Cubs are now on the way to Saint Louis with two straight of the latter under their belts. They've been pretty flaky all year, and it looks like another rough stretch has begun.
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Highs and Lows of a Baseball Fan
Robert Novoa entered the game in the bottom of the 7th with the bases loaded and no one out. I immediately thought: this is bad. Novoa has good stuff, but too often poor results. Plus, he lacks control. Which is especially bad when the bases are loaded and there are no one out.
Being at work and checking the box score every 20 minutes or so, I come back to the game and see that, amazingly, the score is still the same. With a force at home on a grounder, a strikeout, and a flyout, Novoa had escaped.
I immediately thought: That's what I'm talking about. The Cubs need that go-to setup reliever, and Novoa could definitely be that guy. He's going to turn into Lee Smith.
I then proceed to continue working. I come back to the game a little later. Reds 9, Cubs 5. Novoa out. Dempster in. And it hadn't mattered. They both failed in the 8th, and allowed the Reds to take a substantial lead. I immediately thought (well, after the "sigh" Brian refers to above): Novoa is back in Des Moines when Scott Williamson is called up.