I just got off a plane and there are other topics awaiting my attention, so let’s skip all the fluff and get right down to it. After playing really well for about two weeks, the Cubs got back to their MO from earlier in the season by dropping back-to-back one-run games in Cleveland. They’ll need a win tonight to keep the gravedigger from firing up his backhoe.
Jameson Taillon has been very shaky in two of his last three starts, the first of which came on the eve of the trade deadline with rumors swirling. And even though he was credited with a win against the White Sox after getting seven early runs of support, giving up five scores on nine hits over five innings against the worst team we’ve ever seen was disappointing.