"Wait," I hear you saying. "The Cubs didn't hit rock bottom when our manager gave multiple starts to a LOOGY reliever, or when he repeatedly used a player with only 17 career HR in over 300 career games in the #3 spot in the batting order?"
Nope.
"How about getting swept at home by the worst record in baseball - the only team with a worse record than the Cubs? That's not as bad as it gets?"
Strike two.
"Well, then, going almost the entire first half of the season without winning back-to-back series, or winning more than two consecutive games - nothing's worse than that, right?"
Just got a piece of that one, so you can have another guess. Here's a hint - take a look at Tuesday's probable starting pitchers.
[Looks] "Holy f@$#%*g $h!#! In Tuesday's doubleheader against the Giants, the Cubs are starting...Doug Davis and Rodrigo Lopez?!? OK, you were right - that's rock bottom. For the doubleheader, the marquee should say 'Abandon hope all ye who enter here.'"
There you go!
"But hitting rock bottom means that we've got nowhere to go but up, right? Things are going to get better the rest of the way, aren't they?"
I'd like to believe that, hypothetical blog reader - I really, really would.
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