The cycle of baseball

The game of baseball is so cyclical it's amazing that all the teams don't end up 81-81. Thank goodness for the Nationals of the league.

Last week I was moaning about how crappy the White Sox were playing as they were losing 12 of 15. Then they wake up and have won 5 of their last 7. Including a 20-1 loss to Minnesota and a 17-3 win over the Angels last night. Go figure.

They get turned down by Jake Peavy in a trade for him which in essence may have been a wake up call by Kenny Williams to the whole team. Shape up or ship out. They still need better hitting with men on base and starters John Danks, Gavin Floyd, and Bartolo Colon need more consistency. At 20-24 this is not a record that intimidates teams but maybe they're ready get things going.

Of course most Cubs fans think their team is in first place by ten games. Reality, they're 21-22 and mired in an eight game losing streak. I had mentioned how they were winning but not playing well. They are playing the same way and it caught up to them.

This is a team close to imploding.

Let's see, Ted Lilly gets thrown out of the game that he's not even in, Ryan Dempster gives his best stuff to the Gatorade machine, Milton Bradley blames the Tribune for making him say stuff about the umps, they use Carlos Zambrano as a pinch hitter on a cool damp night as he's just days off the DL and Neal Cotts keeps longing for 2005 and his days with the White Sox. All that in a 10-8 loss to Pittsburgh

You better start waking up Cubs fans and realize that Jim Hendry is not doing a good job so far. The injuries are piling up and he's not doing much to find fill-ins.

I know Cubs fans, you have a better record. Guess what? We're not in your division, lucky for you.
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