The Cubs

I haven't posted in a long time for various reasons, but the last week has been dissapointing for the Cubs to say the least. I was at the game last Sunday when they looked listless against a very good Brewer team. Since then they have played 7 more games and have won one of them, Monday against the Pirates. And according to many statistics, they are lucky to even have this many wins. It's not that the Cubs are unlucky, at this point they just are not very good. But what can you do as a fan, except take one game at a time starting with another Maddux start tommorrow night.

If you haven't heard, help is on the way. 12 strikeouts in 5 innings is impressive at any level. If anything, he might be able to hit left handed pitchers better than Jones or Pierre.

Mike North
If you are not from Chicago, Mike North is the morning radio host on the main Chicago sports radio station, the Score. Like many radio hosts, North has a big mouth and I really only listen to him while I'm getting dressed. But in that short amount of time, he has some real astounding things the past couple of days. So I'll try and report those more here and then report why he's wrong.

#1 Joe Crede compared to Ron Santo and Brooks Robinson

Granted, Mike North did say that he wasn't comparing them, but said Crede is approaching their abilities. I don't understand the obsession over Crede. One of the Score's commercial's has North saying that he would rather have Joe Crede over Aramis Ramirez, because of defense. North is entitled to that opinion, but I would tend to believe that 29 general managers in baseball would choose Ramirez ove Crede. Back to my point, here are Crede's numbers for his career before this season: OPS+ of 91. Ran Santo in his 15 year career: 125. Brooks Robinson in his 23 year career: 104. In fact his storied defense is ranked 12th in Range Factor this season, behind even, you guessed it, Aramis Ramirez. I think Joe Crede is a great 3rd baseman for the White Sox, he just isn't great. As baseball reference points out, he's more like Pedro Feliz, Casey Blake and Russ Davis.