Someone please stop the bleeding!

When will the horror end for a team that has lost 6 straight games, including 12 of their last 15. The 12-3 blowout to the Tigers Sunday showed clear indication that the season is getting even worse for the Cubs. The lowly Pirates are creeping up on them in the Central, on the verge of pasting them for fifth place. Mark Prior's season debut was a nightmare. He gave up 6 earned runs on 4 homeruns through 2 innings of work and didn't last but 3.2 innings. His replacement Robert Novoa didn't fair much better, also giving up 4 homeruns.

Since acquiring Phil Nevin not much has changed with the Cubs offense. Run production has been dismal the past month. I don't know what direction the club's management thinks they're going in, obviously it's not forward. It was unfortunate the Cubs have to run into the Tigers this weekend, they're having a miraclous season. Now the Cleveland Indians are coming to town as the city of Chicago can only be excited about the Southside Sox.

How a team can struggle season after season and slide to the bottom of the division, completely out of contention is mind boggling! To understand Cub fans' pain you have to be able to bear what's they're witnessing every week. The lineup got 5 hits on Sunday. It's nearly impossible to win consistently without averaging at least 4 runs a game. The Cubs are lucky to knock home 2 runs per game. All the Cubs runs came from solo homers agaisnt Detroit. This doesn't cut it by a long shot!

The tragic performance from Prior couldn't have come at a worse time. At least his first game is over because I'm sure there much more humiliation left for the remainder of the season. It's been far too long for Dusty Baker not to get aggressive and emotional with his team. He needs to get the players all riled and pissed off. If this team isn't going to find a way to manufacture enough runs, they need to be insulted and ragged on to transfer over to a form of motivation where they're damn well determined to win. Right now they don't look driven to succeed. I may be wrong, but I saw a 2003 team with fire in their eyes. This year is quite different.

Pleading for mercy looks like the best option for the Cubs right now. At 26-42 it's hard to be positive and keep good morale in the clubhouse. Once spirits are crushed, hope is lost, and eerie silence fills the air a team has called it quits before a season is even over. There is absolutely no sense in this club playing so horrible! I don't know when the appropriate changes will come to this franchise or if a turnaround will evolve soon, but the Cubs should want to finish the season with a shred of dignity. Otherwise, they'll just be a showcase for pity and shame.