ST. LOUIS -- For much of the season, there has been a power outage on the north side of Chicago, as the Cubs have worked to transform their offense from one of many strikeouts and home runs to one that makes more contact. Of course, they want to keep the long ball in play -- and they're starting to deliver home runs as well -- but right now they rank just eighth in the National League in homers per game (1.1) after missing out on the league lead last season by just one big fly.
"That's not a good thing because power was down for my team last year," hitting coach Chili Davis said with a half-smile on Saturday before the Chicago Cubs played the St.