May 29, 2016: The Sweeps

It was the tale of 2 weekends for our baseball teams.  Some of us were very, very happy with the outcome, and some of us were ready to jump out of a window.  Both of the series ended in sweeps, yet Chicago baseball came out at .500.  Let’s start with the good news.

The Cubs completed their sweep of the Phillies on Sunday.  It was men against boys out there.  The Cubs dominated the weekend series.  Yes, it was only the Phillies, but they continue to leave no doubt on who the best team in the majors is.  At 34-14, the Cubs have hit their high water mark of the season at 20 games over .500.

The bad news is brought to us by the Sox bullpen.  Wow.  Talk about an epic weekend failure.  If you would have told me the Sox would be winning in the 7th inning of each game of their series against the Royals, I’d like the chances of a series win.  Remember, it’s the Sox who score all those runs in the 7th inning or later.  The Sox bullpen blew each and every lead.  It was a 3 run lead on Friday, a 2 run lead on Sunday, and a 6 run lead… in the 9th inning on Saturday.  Talk about gut wrenching…

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The two Chicago teams that were destined to meet each other in October after the first month of the season, have now taken 2 different paths.  As the Cubs reach 20 games over, the Sox plunge towards .500.  As we reach Memorial Day, it’s a good time to check the standings.  The Cubs are 6.5 games up on the Pirates, while the Sox are 1 game back of the Royals and 1/2 game back of Cleveland… 2 teams that have recently beat them.  Detroit sits only 2 games behind the Sox in what is the most tightly contested division in baseball.  The Cardinals remain in striking distance at 9.5 games back of the Cubs.

Where do we go from here?  If the sweeps were any indication, it’s at opposite sides of the standings.  I think the Cubs will continue to play well and lead their division, while I think the Sox we’ll be in a dog fight from here on out.  Cross town World Series?  It’s still possible.  Well, at least we get our 4 games in July.  Wonder how things will look then…