Cubs: Bring on the goat

The pressure is crushing the choking Cubs as they suffer a humiliation by the Diamondbacks as bad as anything they’ve been through before

Remember when Moises Alou threw a fit after the Bartman play? Way to set a tone, Ted. There was the normally unflappable Derrek Lee, whipping down his helmet. There was the $136 million man, Alfonso Soriano, admiring his first hit of the series as it bounced off the outfield wall -- and being held to a single because he loafed. There was Aramis Ramirez, a beaten man, swinging and whiffing again and again. I cannot sugarcoat or softpedal how awful the Cubs look. They are playing like quitters, imposters, losers. And all you need to know about their immediate future: A five game series, Diamondbacks have won 2 and the Cub 0. Fifty teams have fallen behind 0-2, and only seven have returned to win a best-of-five series.