After Thoughts

Good to see some Cubs baseball again. Glad to see Baker trying two lefty hitters in the #1 and #2 spots to get on base ahead of Sosa. If that happens for the entire year Sosa will have a return to 140+ RBI.

It seems the Walker defensive play has confirmed the fears that he is horrible in the field. Lets get this straight the slow as a brick Grudz would of had a difficult time getting that ball. Wet grass, slipping of feet, dont want to get injured. Hell Bonds nearly did a face plant running to the OF.
One Giants player did do a face plant and got injured and left the game running for a foul ball down the 1st base line. Another Cubs player, Scott McClain(?) at 1b missed a ball completly on a simple pop up.

So what am i trying to say? It was terrible field conditions to judge any defensive performance. On the plus side Sosa had a nice sliding out field catch and Hollandsworth did a nice diving stop. So they must be instant gold glovers right?

Some other key points, Zambrano looked like he lost weight, about 10-15 pounds. The announcers on ESPN even commented on that. And Beltran gave up a grand slam. Other than that a typical spring training game.