Surviving a disastrous weekend the Cubs set their minds on achieving goals. One of those goals was to not again become the laughing stock of the NL. The organization received good and bad news on Monday. Due to his behavior and actions at Wrigley on Saturday Lou Piniella was suspended an additional 3 games by Commissioner Selig. This makes a total of 7 games the Cubs will be without their skipper. Well, he's already eat up 1 or 2 games so far so it's not as bad. I still can't comprehend why Lou was hit with such a penalty when every baseball fan who's tuned in to ESPN has seen the antics from other ball club managers.
Actually the incident involving the Mississippi Braves minor league coach put all other ejections at the pro level to shame. I found it quite amusing really...with the flipping of the bases and the crawling toward the mound then heaving the roselin bag at the home plate umpire. What Piniella did was tame compared to that guy's actions. I'm sure old Lou regret his actions now and will put it past him.
Anyway, the Cubs have won two straight and last night Soriano delivered with 5 hits. His 3-run homer in the 7th gave the Cubs a comfortable lead. Carlos Marmol collected his first win behind 5 big innings of work by Jason Marquis who gave up an earned run on 7 hits and 3 walks. The best part I think was the lineup producing 12 hits for 7 runs. Of course they stranded 15 runners, but that doesn't matter when a team wins. A sharp turnover for the rest of June would be great. They'll see the Brewers for 2 more before traveling to Atlanta for 4-game series. The player issues and other distractions hopefully will vanish. Let's go Cubs!
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