Phuck the Cubs Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 SAN DIEGO -- How low can they go? For an organization whose fame is rooted in failure, the current edition of Cubs is doing its best to rival its musty ghosts of misery and mayhem. The only meaningful question now is how horrible they can really be as the free fall picks up speed with no bottom in sight after seven consecutive losses. Even Greg Maddux couldn't stop the pain because he didn't have his usual pinpoint location on pitches. He lasted only 3-2/3 innings Monday night at Petco Park, pounded for seven runs and nine hits in this 8-3 setback to San Diego. A four-run fourth permitted the Padres to open a six-run lead and win their ninth straight. Khalil Greene homered, Mike Cameron added a two-run double and Brian Giles' RBI double finished off Maddux (5-2). ''You need to step it up a notch, and I didn't do it,'' Maddux said. ''You know the easiest way to win a game is to shut the other team down. I didn't do it. You'd like to control the first five, six innings and see what happens from there.'' The Cubs' offensive futility was best illustrated in the second when Aramis Ramirez led off with a double and continued to show that he is emerging from a slow start. Ramirez went nowhere as Matt Murton, Jacque Jones and Jerry Hairston were retired by Padres starter Chris Young. Jones hit a solo homer in the seventh, when Ronny Cedeno's RBI triple cut San Diego's lead to four. But it was too little, too late, even if manager Dusty Baker saw a silver lining. ''To me the worst is over,'' he said. ''Guys are starting to hit the ball good. There's not a whole lot to show for it, but they're hitting the hell out of the ball. We got beat by a hot team. ''You can see [the offense] coming. We're in a bad streak in a bad way. No matter what we tried, it didn't work. Everything they tried worked. I'm optimistic, more optimistic than when we came here.'' Ramirez drove in a run in the fourth with a sacrifice fly to take the Cubs off the hook for yet another shutout. But this 0-6 journey has them shut out where it counts most and wandering aimlessly as it moves on for another three games beginning tonight in San Francisco. It only took two Padres batters for the Cubs to make their first mistake. After Dave Roberts walked and swiped second, Cameron singled to Juan Pierre in center. Rather than hold Cameron at first with no chance to throw out Roberts, Pierre threw home and Cameron went to second on that misjudgment. Cameron scored on Brian Giles' single to center for a 2-0 lead just three batters into the first inning. As soon as the struggling Cubs fall behind these days, there's an immediate feeling that they won't be able to overcome. ''I'm thinking day-and-night on stuff,'' Baker said. ''I have made more notes and talked to more guys than I have in a long time. We'll get it figured out.'' By that time, it could be too late, because the NL Central has become extremely competitive. As much as they talk about doing better, they really seem incapable of showing it in any unified fashion. It should be noted that they can well remember the last time they lost seven in a row. It was just last August, when the losing streak went to eight. This is not foreign ground for the Cubs to travel. In fact, they are treading familiar turf in creating more bad memories that will last a lifetime. http://www.suntimes.com/output/cubs/cst-spt-cub09.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iWiN4PreP Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 f***ing cubbies. haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Flubbs shooting for loss number 8 in a row, already down 2-1 early against Frisco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan4life_2007 Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 (edited) QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ May 9, 2006 -> 10:06 PM) Flubbs shooting for loss number 8 in a row, already down 2-1 early against Frisco. Make that 3-1. But they're still popular. Make that 6-1. Edited May 10, 2006 by Jordan4life_2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerhead johnson Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Cubs lose! Cubs lose! :sleep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 To make it all worse for them, they will be part of history (I'm bookin that) and not the good history of giving Bonds his record from Ruth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phuck the Cubs Posted May 10, 2006 Author Share Posted May 10, 2006 To make it all worse for them, they will be part of history (I'm bookin that) and not the good history of giving Bonds his record from Ruth. How? Pierre robbed Bonds of 714 last night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 QUOTE(Cuck the Fubs @ May 10, 2006 -> 08:43 AM) How? Pierre robbed Bonds of 714 last night They still have 2 more games, and plenty more rookie pitchers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phuck the Cubs Posted May 10, 2006 Author Share Posted May 10, 2006 They still have 2 more games, and plenty more rookie pitchers. Actaully Zambrano is going today and then I think Guzman on Thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 QUOTE(Cuck the Fubs @ May 10, 2006 -> 08:54 AM) Actaully Zambrano is going today and then I think Guzman on Thursday. Guzman being a rookie, correct? ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phuck the Cubs Posted May 10, 2006 Author Share Posted May 10, 2006 Guzman being a rookie, correct? ;-) Yes, but that's it after Guzman, as Marshall won't be available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Man, these guys look horrible. I remember how the Sox went through a losing streak like this back in 04 and it sucked real bad. But the Cubs should be used to seeing lots of L's at the end of ballgames. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamTell Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 (edited) Make it 9 tonight Giants, haha. Edited May 10, 2006 by WilliamTell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 QUOTE(WilliamTell @ May 10, 2006 -> 01:55 PM) Make it 9 tonight Giants, haha. As long as tetrahydrogestrinone is kept in the park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phuck the Cubs Posted May 11, 2006 Author Share Posted May 11, 2006 As long as tetrahydrogestrinone is kept in the park. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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