The Cubs looked to be breaking out of their slump in the early innings on Tuesday night against Kyle Lohse and the Cardinals, but fell in the ninth.
I saw everything I thought I would see in this game. I saw the Cubs coming out and being aggressive at the plate which allowed them to build an early 3-0 lead. I saw another good outing by Ryan Dempster who was able to give the Cubs 7 strong innings. If it were not for one mistake pitch to Pujols maybe Cubs fans might be feeling differently today.
However, after that game one man did let everyone know how he felt. Lou Pinella appeared to have had enough with the way his team was playing baseball currently. He sounded off to reporters stating that he didn't think his players were playing to win, but instead waiting to get beat. I took his post game comments as Lou laying down a challenge to his players to get that swagger back that he knows they have in them.
Will it come out tonight? Hopefully it does because the Cubs can rely on the Brewers slumping along with the Cubs much longer.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
A Great Start, But Just Couldn't Finish
Posted by uisjmc mcnace at 12:04 PM
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I really hope the cubs turn it around. They seemed to respond to Lou's words after Tuesday's game yet they almost blew it again in the 9th last night. Hopefully it's just bad luck and they get things going in the right direction because their lead isn't even close to big enough to continue playing this way for the last month.
I agree with you. I think Lou sent a strong message out after Tuesday's game and the team responded. They really started to pick up some momentum the last two games of the St. Louis series. Hopefully the rescheduling of the Houston series won't cause our team to get too tired.
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