2:40:10 PM
Quote of the Day from here towards the bottom - "You look at this ballgame today, and we just didn't really execute. We had runners on second base twice with no outs and couldn't get them over. The game ended up 5-5, and we could've lost the darn thing. But these are the things we're going to have to work on. I don't expect my boppers to do that, but the rest of these kids in the lineup will have to play that type of baseball if they want to stay in the lineup. That's how you win baseball games. You don't win baseball games with a two-run lead in the seventh inning hitting batters and walking people. These are the things we have to correct and find the right combinations for. That's just fact, and nothing more but fact. These are the things we have to work on. There's talent here, but we have to get it to mesh and we have to get it to execute the way you have to do to win baseball games with consistency. If not, it's just a struggle." -- Piniella, after Saturday's game against Oakland. The Cubs were 2-for-15 with runners in scoring position, and stranded seven baserunners.
Some more along these lines at Another Cubs Blog, the above quote plus this - Lou's quote "What I’m trying to say is if you give up 7 (unearned) runs in a ballgame, you’re not going to win many,” he said. “That’s all I was trying to say. You know, when we play sloppy as a team, truthfully, it’s a reflection on me, and I don’t like it. I’m the one that’s responsible for that."
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