Finally, a victory.I was pretty depressed/pissed off after the Cubs looked so bad over the weekend in losing three in a row to the White Sux. At least now they can put that fiasco behind.
I guess all it took was a trip to San Francisco, where Mark DeRosa hit two homers, one a grand slam, and had six RBI in a 9-2 victory last night. Ted Lilly was superb too, pitching into the ninth inning (though he did strike out five times during the game). It broke a four-game losing streak, the team's longest in a year. Thank God. And they did it without Aramis Ramirez, who had to go home to the Dominican Republic to tend to family matters. He won't be back until Thursday.
By then, Reed Johnson will be back, and on Friday Carlos Zambrano is back to pitch against the somehow-we're-still-in-second-place Cardinals. And Alfonso Soriano will be back before the All-Star break.
But back to DeRosa. He's been a favorite of mine since the Cubs signed him before last season. He plays anywhere you ask him, bats anywhere you ask him, and never complains. I think he gets it, and knows just how lucky he is. If only every baseball player --every athlete (are you listening, guys like Chad Johnson and Barry Bonds?) -- played like DeRosa, sports would be much more enjoyable.
I'll get off my soapbox now. Let's hope Jason Marquis can keep the momemtum going tonight.
DeRosa photo courtesy AP
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