THE BEAT GOES ON!

ROBIN VENTURA has lost his baseball mind.  for the second day in a row, he mismanaged the WHITE SOX into a loss and sent them into another tailspin with his blindfolded handling of the bullpen.  

scenario: boston has tied the game in the sixth inning and have runners at second & third with two outs and DAVID ORTIZ coming to the plate. on deck is MIKE NAPOLI, who hasn't hit a ball hard the entire series. QUINTANA has given up ONE HIT to this point. solution? walk BIG PAPI and pitch to napoli. correct?  sorry, that is not the correct answer. pitch to the gorilla and let him slam one off the green monster for a two run double. game, set, match.

as i've stated earlier, check out the dynamics in the dugout. einstein is always in bench coach MARK PARENT'S ear but pitching coach DON COOPER should be listed as a missing person.  twice on his radio show yesterday, coop mentioned that "well, robin felt the pitcher could still get it done so he left him in."  does that sound like they're working together? i think one of those two will have a 'going away' party when the season ends.

and now......GOOD THINGS ABOUT THE CUBS! i don't know where they got him but i would love to see ARISMENDY ALCANTRA in a foot race against cincy speedster BILLY HAMILTON. wow, can that kid fly! he beat out a two hopper between the mound and third yesterday and the play wasn't even close.

manny ramirez?

and kudos to ANTHONY RIZZO for standing up for his teammates and calling out ARNOLDIS CHAPMAN for buzzing not one, but two of the cubs with head high 100 mph fastballs in the ninth inning. guts are not often displayed on the north side.

congrats to both CHRIS SALE & rizzo for winning the popularity contest and being named to the all star team but if you're being honest about it, sale deserved his spot and JUSTIN MORNEAU got screwed over.  he's hitting FIFTY points better than rizzo but plays in a small market where votes are harder to come by.

i see where the city has approved the cubs plan to modernize wrigley field and the plan allows them as many as seven outfield signs which pretty much guarantees years in the courts with the roof top owners.  the toppers are now willing to sit back down at the negotiating table. yeah, i bet they are. talk about losing your leverage.

and the best part for me is that all the wrigley purists can now disappear down the sewer as their beloved shrine (see crap hole) is now contaminated by advertising signage and modern scoreboards and video screens.  so that's one less thing for cub fans to talk about now that wrigley will be just like any other park.  hey, can you fix the bathrooms?

fear not cub fans.  i heard several pundits proclaiming that 2017 was going to be the year they make it to the world series because the 'core' of minor league players will be mature by then.  just a quick question.  who's pitching?
maybe manny ramirez?