Cubs = Completely Useless by September Part Two

From chicagocubs.com (bolding and number insertion by me):

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs need to get out of their funk, and the players should accept some responsibility for that, general manager Jim Hendry said.

(1) The team entered Tuesday's game 3-10 in its past 13 games, and in that span, the pitchers have a 4.94 ERA and the club has hit .236.

"We're just not getting it done, that's all," Cubs manager Dusty Baker said.

"For whatever reason, (1) we've been in a funk here the last five, six days that (2) we haven't played good baseball and made a lot of mistakes and a lot of mental mistakes," Hendry said. "Collectively, we've also had a little bit of an offensive funk."

The problem isn't Baker, Hendry said.

"I know one thing: (3) The 25 guys in that clubhouse aren't going to quit on Dusty Baker the rest of the season," Hendry said. "Hopefully, it's just a funk and we'll get out of it and make a run at it. (4) If we're not in a better position at the end of August, then we weren't good enough."

I'm just a baseball fan, an avid one, but just a fan, not some fancy expert, but the points I've number and highlighted seem to stand out to me.

First, Hendry thinks they've been in funk for the last six or seven days? Did you notice the part about being 3-10 in their last 13?

Second, this a nice quote: "we haven't played good baseball and made a lot of mistakes and a lot of mental mistakes"... So the team is really playing well, huh? When was the last time a Tony LaRussa team had problems like this for more than one or two games. It begs the question, has the team quit on Baker?

Third, here's another hum-dinger: "The 25 guys in that clubhouse aren't going to quit on Dusty Baker the rest of the season". Okay, sure... the team hasn't quit on Baker, they're just playing bad in all aspects of the game, mentally, offensively, defensively, etc...

Fourth, "If we're not in a better position at the end of August, then we weren't good enough." Yeah, wait until the end of August, no big whoop, nothing important happens in baseball in August. Don't look now, but the Brewers have passed you and the Reds and Pirates are on their way.

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