Another game this week and another loss. Our third game with the cavalry, our third loss.

Pitching and hitting aside, where they put themselves anyway, by the fourth inning poor Cubs defense had already killed us. Two errors were charged, but here's the real tally:

Ramirez-error leading to run
Macias-slow to ball and poor throw leading to run
Hollandsworth-slow to ground ball leading to run, bobble on ball leading to extra base and run
Lawton-off line throw home on shallow fly ball that also misses cut-off man
Barrett (passed ball allowing runner to advance that later scores

Say what you want about anything else, but teams that play like this don't win games, much less series, divisions or wild cards. Who's fault? I'm not sure, but I'd eliminate as many of these folks as possible next season. Assuming that Ramirez is the keeper group, bye bye to the other four in favor of folks who can catch the ball, throw to the the right base, hit the cut-off man, and take the ball to the opposite field when necessary.

Disgusting.

Dusty received a letter from somebody purporting to be a Cubs fan wishing his cancer was back so he'd die and the Cubs would get a new manager. I'm not sure how much of the current plight is Dusty's fault, but the only folks I can conceive of wishing had cancer are right now praying to Allah for an a-bomb to go off in one of our cities. Wishing that on somebody involved with sports, yes even here in Chicago, is so out of hand that I can't even conceive. Get a life, d00d. It's only sports. Dissect it. Bum out about it. Cheer and yell. Then get over it. It's entertainment. We've got kids being killed and maimed in Iraq and Afghanistan. That's worth taking seriously. It is life and death. Professional baseball isn't.

Great coverage to 1B by Wuertz on a double play groundball. Props where props are due.

Carlos leaves after the fourth inning. The hurt toe has turned into a hurting back as well. Perhaps it hurts from carrying the weight of his anemic offense and defense on his shoulders.