Cubs Masochist

It doesn’t break my heart to see the other team having problems from time to time.

In the bottom of the sixth, with the bases loaded and two down, Chicago’s Mark DeRosa hit a ball down the line towards third.  Rather than throw over to first to get the non-gazelle DeRosa, the Padres third baseman, Kevin Kouzmanoff, tried to race Aramis Ramirez to third.  Even a known loafer like Ramirez is going to win that foot race when he’s moving with the pitch.  Duh.

So Kouzmanoff decided to throw late to first, only Adrian Gonzalez wasn’t covering.  Not only was he not covering, he didn’t try to make a play on the ball.  Not only did he not try to make a play on the ball, but he watched it go to the tarp.  And continued to stand there, watching it at the tarp.  Cubs runners kept running, and what should have been 5-3 end of the inning play with minimal damage turned into three runs scored.

To any Cubs Masochist readers in the San Diego area, first, why are you reading this, and second, if you want to know why your Padres are 14-25, just take a look at the bottom of the sixth from Monday’s game.

And while I’m very well aware that the Cubs have been making plays like that for about 100 years, I am also pretty excited that it hasn’t been happening as often this year.