Goooooooooooooooooodddddddd damn it.
I haven't really had a ton to write about lately because the Cubs had been playing pretty decent baseball* and because I've been pretty lazy**. But after the Cubs decided to shit on yet another fabulous start by Ryan Dempster I figured this was as good a time as any to start writing again. Let's get to it then.
Technically you can't fully blame the Cubs offense for messing this one up because they did manage to put a run across tonight. In fact you could go ahead and blame Dempster entirely because it was pretty stupid of him to give up the one earned run that he did (which ballooned his ERA all the way to 1.02) considering by this point he should be well aware that if he does anything less than throw a perfect game and hit a home run he's guaranteed a no-decision. Come on, learn from the past dude.
Red has now started five games this year and in them he has received all of eight runs from his offense en route to an 0-1 record. He's striking out a batter per inning, his WHIP is stupid low (0.85), and hitters are batting .164 against him. I just...these are top tier numbers. Meanwhile in starts that Ryan Dempster has not been involved in the Cubs are averaging nearly 4 runs a game. What's going on?
I know, it's bad luck and that's it. It's early in the season, the sample size isn't big enough, yada yada yada. Still, if I'm Dempster I'm shaking my head. Especially when in the eighth inning Kerry Wood gives up two runs to break a 1-1 tie (a borderline insurmountable deficit for this team), and then throws his glove into the stands as if he's the one that's frustrated. In an ideal world a cameraman would cut to Dempster right at that moment to reveal him giving Wood a couple of these:
Cool inning bro!
Anyway, Cubs lose, which means I'm back for a while.
*With great respect to Carlos Marmol's pitching, Tony Campana's bunting, Kerry Wood's shoulder or whatever, and Chris Volstad's general face.
**This is the actual reason.
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