Disappointing

The Cubs just can't beat the .500+ teams on a consistent basis. Padres take 2 of 3 after we lost 2 of 3 to the Giants. That isn't contending team baseball. Now the Dodgers come into town.

I said after the Padres and Dodger's series we will find out if the Cubs are pretenders or contendors. Half way through this important set and we look like pretenders.

If this team is so great when healthy why aren't they winning now? I am starting to believe Dusty Baker is a unique manager, with no talent he can keep a team at .500 and slightly competitive. Give Dusty Baker all the talent in the world and he can keep a team at .500 and slightly competitive. You could bring in Barry Bonds, Ichiro Suzuki, Jason Schmidt, Curt Schilling and Mariono Riveria and the Cubs would probably still have the same record they do now.

The Cubs HAVE to sweep the Dodgers. All this talk about we are in the drivers seat for the Wild Card is hogwash. If we were in the drivers seat we would of buried San Fran and San Diego when we had the chance like the Cardinals did to us when they had the chance.

On a bright note Corey Patterson seems to be doing well in the lead off spot he had a great game today 3 for 4 with 2 SB's and 2 runs. I dont know if these stat's include todays number because the game just finished but in 39 AB's in the #1 slot he is hitting .333 with a .395 OBP. Small sample size, but nice to see him doing well in that slot. I think combination of Patterson's speed and ability to steal bases will create alot of RBI chances for Nomar.