That's what has been bothering me about this team this year as well.
Their inconsistant hitting. They keep switching back and forth from steaming hot
to icy cold. Last year in addition to winning 97 games,
Cubs lead the league in most runs scored and I think most base on balls. Our
starting pitching has been pretty consistant so far,but the offense needs to
crank it up and the bullpen has to start getting it together. The four game
series with the cardinals this weekend is going to either make or break this
team.-Jael



--- In thecubhouse@yahoogroups.com, "Robb" <sanuriel@...> wrote:
>
> I have to agree with you guys that the offense is confounding. I believe it
really frustrates Santo as well. Its sad to see..Last year's line drives are
this year's outs. I thought I saw a light at the end of the tunnel for Soto and
Bradley as their batting averages raised in May and June, but thus far in July
aren't looking so good. Kosuke has started hitting again, but the enigma thus
far has been Soriano (as except for April he's not posted a OBP higher than .274
any other month), and I hope the two days off for Soriano and Soto with Von
Joshua can get them going. We're a shave past the halfway point and somehow this
anemic offense has gotten us to .500, and I believe part of that is our strong
pitching...others might be Cubbie luck if there might be a thing.
>
>
> --- In thecubhouse@yahoogroups.com, Frank Bales <frank.bales@> wrote:
> >
> > Not me. I'd rather have it the other way. The way it is now I'm miserable
> > the whole season, not just the playoffs. I loved watching the Cubs last
> > year; this year's another story.
> >
> > Frank
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 9:08 PM, Dewayne Matteson <girabaldi_b5@>wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > I agree, Better to miss the playoffs than have to go through that again.
> > > This team is just so frustrating this year. At this point there is no
longer
> > > any reasonable excuse for how bad they are playing, especially with the
> > > pitching they have gotten.
> > >
> > > -Dewayne
> > >
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
>