Let's hope they don't start calling him E-Patt

Cubs Cruise Behind Hill's Gem

What is Theriot eating these days?

"Nothing," the rookie infielder said.

Perhaps this explains why his home run Friday afternoon was his first of the year (including Iowa) and only the fifth of his professional career. Something tells me we might be seeing a lot of Eric Patterson next year.

The Cubs still are the only team in the Majors to not have a pitcher post a complete game.

I'm sure the people in the Cubs' front office are burning holes in their shoes looking for an answer to this complete game-less drought. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that the ERA of Cubs' starters is 5.16. Or that, excluding Greg Maddux, who could throw no more than 75 pitches while with the Cubs, and Z-Machine, Cubs rookies had started a total of four games coming into this season. All four starts were Rich Hill's. The rest of the rotation (Wood, Prior, Rusch) have been too injured to get six innings into the game.

Also, Les Walrond was bad enough that he was let go by the Royals's minor league affiliates.