Notes

Lee: Glad to see Dusty Baker going with Derek Lee in the #2 slot and the offense has responded. Lee or Walker I don't care as long as the Cubs keep a good OBP guy in the #2 slot this team will start winning more games.

Patterson:I understand players need a day off, but I hate it when Dusty rewards a guy after having an awesome game by benching him the next day. Tom Goodwin got the start today in CF. Way to take advantage of a player locked in. Just bench him so he loses that mental edge.

I swear Baker can't stand the younger players on his teams having any kind of success. And he must be really pissed off that Patterson is hitting .330 in the #1 spot. How dare he actually hit! That isn't part of the plan! Your supposed to suck, like Tom Goodwin and Jose Macias! You haven't earned the right to be good Patterson!