astros 3, cubs 2

it all looked so good from the beginning. the cubs scored in each of the first two innings, but were punchless after that.

woo-hoo for juan pierre! 4 stolen bases. big whup! now i see why people say stolen bases are overrated. he only scored one run and he would've scored it without the stolen base. the blindfold has been lifted from my eyes. steals are useless, which in turn, makes juan pierre useless.

but who is even more useless than pierre? dusty baker himself. the guy has no feel for the game. zambrano was rolling through the astros no problem. but, for some reason baker felt nevin had a better chance to get the run home that zambrano. maybe, but at least i know zambrano would have given it more effort--he just cares more. baker just puts in nevin b/c that is what they got him for. big deal. you have to feel the game. was it better to have a little better chance of getting the run home or having zambrano going back out there and dominating the rest of the game.

bottom line: zambrano cared more about getting the run home and zambrano would not have let the astros score in the next inning. howry did. get out of town baker--NOW!