Take them to the woodshed!

It was quite the disappointing weekend losing 2 of 3 to the Diamondbacks and watching a no name pitcher (Petit?) completely stiffle our hitters. I am SO ready for Derrek Lee to be back in the lineup. We looked lethargic and bored over the weekend. But there is good news.

The Cubs will play 6 games at STL and CIN this week. Now a Cardinals game is never a sure thing, but this Cardinals team is flat out terrible. How they are even remotely close to .500 is beyond me. Kip Wells, Adam Wainwright, and Braden Looper. I look for the Cubs to break out of their mini slump against the Red Birds. Watch for Alfonso Soriano to get hot again on the road and to take Kip Wells deep.

The weekend series at Cincy might actually be slightly more difficult. The reason is because the Cubs will see Bronson Arroyo, Aaron Harang, and Matt Belisle. Arroyo and Harang are tough on the Cubs, but we have already taken Arroyo down twice this year. Nonetheless, the GAB should showcase at least a handful of HRs for Soriano, Ramirez, and Lee. BUT, Michael Barrett always owned the GAB, and we no longer have him. Time for Koyie Hill to become the new Cubs mashing Catcher at the GAB.

Any chance we could trade Jacque Jones for Junior before Friday? Probably no chance but it's fun to dream.

Let's beat up on the NL Central!

Go Cubs Go!