And Another Thing! wasn't to happy with Patterson today in the field.

If you didn't see it, let me describe these two plays to you. So Taguchi led off the inning with what should have been a routine fly to Corey. He didn't turn the wrong way. He didn't misjudge it. He basically ignored it until it flew way over his head for a triple. Howard, Jeff and I were staring at him in disbelief.

I can say that is flat wrong about the first play. Taguchi slapped a base hit and Patterson was running over to cut it off like any other base hit. The ball hit the grass and didn't bounce back up like it normally does. Instead the ball hit the grass flattened out and accelerated. This also happened to the Cardinals in the game before.

From Redbird Nation: ... Taguchi's single becomes a triple b/c of a divot in right center. Second time in two days we've seen e.g. of poor Wrigley turf. Did ZZ Top play here last night?

Jim Edmonds was the victim that time.

Cubs bloggers roasted Wendell Kim for sending (which he didn't) Macias, you know because Kim sends everyone, just like any thing bad that happens to Patterson is because he is a jerk and trying to show off. Nothing is ever out of their control, once bad always bad. So its perfectly fine to jump on their case even when they did nothing wrong.

I have no idea about the second play because after the triple I turned over to watch Reagan being brought to Washington. It just sounds like Womack hit the ball in the right spot and Al was still pissed off about the earlier play.

The Cubs got gift runs in the other game, the Cardinals got gift runs in this game. Like I say, Baseball has a way of evening things out. Take it when it happens in your favor, shrug it off when it happens against you.