The Cubs are 8-26 since August 1. They have been outscored 187-125 in that span (that's the equivalent of losing every one of those games 6-4). They really don't have much hope at all of winning this one, either.
So what do you want from me? Puppies and rainbows? Cute kittens? Matt Murton on a unicorn? OK, that I can provide:
I think I'll tell you another story out of history. 40 years ago this month, a career minor leaguer got to play in his only five major-league games, for the 1972 Cubs. Talk about Quad-A -- this guy did draw a lot of walks early in his minor league career, but spent six years in Triple-A with just the one cuppa coffee. His name was Al Montreuil -- he was a second baseman. He started three of the games he played and was a defensive replacement in the other two. He went 1-for-11 and never appeared in the majors again.
The reason I remember him is that Jack Brickhouse had no idea how to pronounce his name -- Montreuil was from Louisiana, probably a Cajun from way back, and his name should have been pronounced, French-style, "mon-TROY", or something close to that.
Brickhouse called him "Al Montreal." Yes, pronounced like the city.
Sometimes, all we have are the old stories.
Cubs lineup:
DeJesus RF, Valbuena 3B, Rizzo 1B, Soriano LF, Castro SS, Clevenger C, Jackson CF, Barney 2B, Germano P
Nationals lineup:
Werth RF, Harper CF, Zimmerman 3B, LaRoche 1B, Morse LF, Desmond SS, Espinosa 2B, Suzuki C, Zimmermann P
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The last time Justin Germano faced the Nationals was more than five years ago: June 2, 2007. Only Ryan Zimmerman is still on the team. Current Nats are 3-for-6 with a home run off Germano (Jayson Werth). Seriously... Germano's a placeholder. You really expect him to get this team out? Doomed.
Jordan Zimmermann gave up a pair of runs (one unearned) to the Cubs April 8 at Wrigley Field and lost despite throwing seven good innings. It's the only game the Cubs have won against the Nats this year. They've been outscored 34-16 in the six games so far. You don't really expect a different result tonight, do you? Doomed.
Today's game is on CSN Chicago.
Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today.
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Discuss amongst yourselves.
Source: http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2012/9/6/3287878/chicago-cubs-washington-nationals-preview-thursday
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