Cubs Held Hostage, Day 11

We should just rename this blog "We told you so." Here's Jim Edmonds' gory performance last night:

Bottom 2nd- Still hitting sixth, works the count to 2-2 before tapping to third.
Bottom 4th- With Fukudome on first, Edmonds goes in the hole 0-2, battles back to 3-2 in an eight pitch at-bat before... popping out to center.
Bottom 6th- Two on, one out. Jimmy pops out to center on a 1-1 pitch.
Bottom 7th- The Cubs rally, plating two runs before Fukudome bats with runners on first and third. With Edmonds decomposing on deck, the Dodgers pitch to Fukudome, who doubles in another run. Edmonds steps up, takes three pitches to go down 1-2, and then rolls one to the first baseman to end the inning.

And now, here's a quick list of selected Cubs, ranked by OPS:

Carlos Zambrano- .829
Ted Lilly- .572
Jason Marquis- .528
Ryan Dempster- .286
Jim Edmonds- .285

That's right, our starting center fielder (who is cherry-picking only PAs where he has the platoon advantage) has a .160 OBP, a .125 SLG, and is being outhit by every regular starting pitcher on the team. We told you so!