Five Glimmers

1. 33% of the Cards' run production just got hurt.

2. The Fighting Frenchmen (Pierre and Jacque) woke up this week, at long last.

3. Only one man can out-overmanage Dusty.





4. The four teams ahead of us in the Central aren't all that good and, thanks to the unbalanced schedule, we get to play them a lot.




5. In the entire month of May (29 games), the Cubs walked 59 times.
This weekend against the Cards (3 games), the Cubs took 15 walks.
Walks are roughly equal to and, in certain ways, better than hits.

(Whoever heard of a picture of a guy taking a walk? Hence, the pride of Lawrence, Kansas.)


All I'm trying to say is: The summer is young. And yes, I will be ranting about baseball for the duration.