Chicago Cubs @ MindSay

Ted Lilly pitched 6 scoreless innings against his former team today and gave the Cubs a 7-4 win.  The Cubs are 20 games above .500 right now...that's insane and unbelievable and wonderful.

The Cubs beat the Cardinals 9-3 yesterday, thanks in large part to pitcher Ted Lilly.  Lilly worked seven solid innings, recorded his 1,000th strikeout and added his second career extra-base hit.  Not bad for a day's work.

Possible bad news on the way for Cubs fans--Alfonso Soriano might be down with an injury for awhile.  Soriano left the Cubs game against the Cincinnati Reds last night in the top of the first inning with a strained right calf.  Cubs manager Lou Piniella told reporters that Soriano was undergoing an MRI and the team would know the results on Wednesday.

Moving to his left for a shallow fly ball to left field hit by Ken Griffey Jr., Soriano made what has become his trademark skip to make the catch and landed awkwardly. He immediately began to limp, favoring his right leg, and was helped off the field.

Here comes trouble.

Well, what do you know...the Cubs lost AGAIN.  They've won one of their four games this season which is not too pleasing, but I'm trying to tell myself that it's way too early to worry.  All the same, it's not a strong start. 

I'm going to tomorrow's game...hopefully I'll bring good luck?

Here's a chilling thought: Wrigley Field may not be "Wrigley Field" for much longer.

Sam Zell, Chief Executive Officer of the Tribune Company, is planning to sell the Chicago Cubs and the stadium separately.  Whoever buys the stadium will have naming rights; a handful of potential buyers have already been approved by Major League Baseball.

I think any baseball fan out there would agree that this is beyond upsetting.