Season Pace: 69-93
SRS: 7th in NL
5 games out of Division/Wild Card
SH: Tied 13th NL

Cubs season HR pace: 101
Starlin Castro NL dWAR rank: t1 (Darwin Barney is also t1)
Bryan LaHair MLB OPS+ rank (minimum 3.1 PA/team game): 3
Alfonso Soriano MLB OPS+ rank: t161, out of 187 official qualifiers
Ryan Dempster MLB ERA+ rank (minimum 1 IP/team game): 5
Chris Volstad MLB ERA+ rank: 116, out of 117 official qualifiers
Team defensive efficiency (NL rank): .715 (3)

DeJesus RF
Campana CF
Castro SS
LaHair 1B
Soriano LF
Stewart 3B
Castillo C
Barney 2B
Maholm P

My hope today is to see 0 bunts from people not named Campana or Maholm.

This is a good inning, especially considering that it included a GIDP.

Yadier Molina is probably my least favorite baseball player of all time.

Hmm ... least favorite ballplayer. Good question. Curt Schilling comes to mind.

LaHair again!

Reed Johnson really shouldn't be our first bat off the bench vs. a righty.

Seriously, Kerry Wood should not be pitching in non-mop-up duty. He's been awful all year.

Soriano's not done yet!

I missed it since I was watching the Tigers put up EIGHT runs against the Sox in the 6th. Only Alex Avila didn't score in the inning.

I'd like to see Bowden get a shot at some important spots.

Fat ####### piece of ####

Oh well.