Miscellaneous Baseball Thoughts

With the way the Cubs have collapsed - you just have to shake your head. Excellent starters (at least on paper), a decent offense and they even added a big piece of the puzzle mid-season with Nomar Garciaparra. It is the sort of thing that would make you believe in a curse if you were so disposed... People are down on Sammy Sosa (.252 with 34 home runs and 79 RBI in 124 games) but the folks in Cincinnati are happy with Adam Dunn (.264 with 45 home runs, 101 RBI, 107 walks and six stolen bases in 158 games). It's basically the same stat line (except for the number of games)... Prediction: the Yankees will keep Jason Giambi on the post-season roster and it will come back to haunt them in a big game... I am definitely rooting for the Astros for the NL Wildcard... I think Johan Santana is still the choice for Cy Young but his last outing against the Yankees may have cost him the award. Some writers may think he was fattening up against teams like the Royals in the Central while Curt Schilling was toiling in the pressure cooker of Boston and give the edge to Schilling... If the Angels make the playoffs - then Vlade Guererro is the AL MVP (and this is coming from a huge Manny Ramirez fan)... Cleveland has to win their last two games to finish at .500... 26-years ago today Bucky Dent earned a new middle name among all Red Sox fans. I still blame Mike "F*cking" Torrez...