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While team chairman Tom Ricketts has said that he's happy with the job Jim Hendry has done, there seems to be a sentiment from the baseball community outside of Chicago, that the Cubs will likely have a new general manager next season.
Mike McKenry's first major league home run, a three-run shot in the eighth inning, lifted Pittsburgh to a 7-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday night and assured the Pirates of a winning record at the All-Star break for the first time in 19 years.
The end result of Thursday night's Cubs win doesn't come close to tell the story of the game. While the Cubs won 10-9, they were trailing in the fourth inning by a score of 8-0, and starting pitcher Matt Garza failed to get out of the third inning.
The White Sox are caught up in an offensive tailspin and their fans are fed up with Greg Walker. The Cubs are hopelessly tangled in a second straight lost season and their fans are unimpressed with Rudy Jaramillo.
The Cubs rallied from an 8-0 deficit, blew their lead and then managed to win 10-9 to avoid a four-game sweep in Washington.
Carlos Zambrano will make a rehab start Friday in Peoria and is expected to rejoin the Cubs after the All-Star break.
With the second-worst record in baseball, the Chicago Cubs don't really have a realistic chance of making the postseason.
Wilson Ramos decided a game of two-run homers with a suicide squeeze, driving in Michael Morsein to lift the Nationals to a 5-4 victory over the Cubs.
The Chicago Cubs are the not-so-proud owners of the second-worst record in baseball, a miserable 35-52. With this season all but over for the Cubs, the organization has to start thinking about how they can avoid a similar fate in 2012.
If second base were located somewhere on the fringe of the outfield grass behind the shortstop, Jeff Baker's throw would have been on target. The Chicago Cubs wish they could invoke lots of similar "ifs" this season.
