RON MALY HAS BEEN WATCHING THE PARADE GO BY FOR A LONG TIME. THIS IS ONE OF HIS WEBSITES.

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Rookie Kris Bryiant finally hit his first home run as a Chicago Cub tonight, then received the ultimate compliment--complete silence [even complete absence] from his teammates. After Bryant's 3-run bomb gave the Cubs a brief 3-2 lead in their game at Milwaukee, his teammates hurried to the clubhouse and weren't there [photo below] to greet him after he rounded the bases. That's typical treatment for a rookie. Bryant's teammates quickly came back to the dugout and congratulated him. Unfortunately, the good times didn't continue for Bryant and the other Cubs, Milwaukee ripped them, 12-4. By the way, if I see the Cubs' Travis Wood [the starting pitcher] and Edwin Jackson [an awful former starter who is now an awful middle-innings reliever] in the same game again, it will be too soon. Wood allowed six runs and took the loss. Jackson didn't retire a batter and allowed three runs. Don't look for the Cubs to be doing any bigtime winning with those clowns on the pitching staff. No. 3 catcher David Ross pitched a scoreless inning of relief, with a 76-mile-per-hour fastball, demonstrating that at least there is someone on the roster who can get people out.

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