July 12, 2015: The Stopper

He’s the guy you count on. He’s the guy that gets the big win. He’s the guy who ends losing streaks. For the Cubs, this guy is Jake Arrieta.

Big time win. Not only because it was against the white sox, but because the Cubs were on a three game losing streak and this was their last game before the break. Regardless of a first half performance that was satisfactory, losing four in a row, and getting swept by your crosstown rivals would have been rough. A win was huge, taking the Cubs to seven over 500 for the first half.

It slowed down the red hot sox too, at least for a day.  Sox fans enjoying watching a game in a full stadium; enjoying watching a game in the cathedral that is Wrigley, can go back to their appropriately named park. Appropriate because that’s where some Sox fans end up after a night of boozing. They got a taste of real baseball this weekend on the north side.

The sox brought their A game too, taking 2 of 3. They’ve been playing good ball, that can’t be disputed.  Yet, they’re still in last place. How they come out in the second half will go a long way in telling the story of the rest of the season. Sale can’t do it alone. Other guys have been pitching well too..,add in some offense, and maybe an exciting second half is in store on the south side.
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Back to the Cubs and their stopper. He’s been the man this year, not Lester. Stopping all those losing streaks does tell a story since he throws right after Lester. If the season ended today, and we had the one game playoff, I’m going with Jake, and it’s really not that hard of a call. Plenty of time to think about that, if/when we cross that bridge, but he’s been the man. He chipped in his first career dinger too. He pitched about as good as you could. We saw the Sox ace on Saturday. You saw the Cubs today.

Another 3 weeks, we do it again at the cell. I’m ready now. I’m ready to start the 2nd half and see if this Cubs team has what it takes. Will there be some help on the way?  Will there be a move made?  I think the answer to both is yes. Exciting times lay ahead, starting with tomorrow. Two guys in the HR derby. How awesome is that?

That’ll be fun. This weekend was fun. As Jake hit 10 before the break, I think a 20 game winner would be fun. Playoffs even more on the way to the unbeatable glory. Deep breath.  If you would have told me before the season that the Cubs would be 7 over at the break, I would have been ecstatic. I am ecstatic. Go Cubs!