Last night, the Chicago Cubs sent their nominal seventh (eighth, when everyone’s healthy) starter, Javier Assad, and a completely taxed bullpen to Philadelphia to face a very stout Phillies lineup and one of the best pitchers in baseball, Christopher Sanchez.

Not only that, but Sanchez had already gotten off to another brilliant start this season, AND he’s a lefty, against whom the Cubs have struggled quite a bit this season because of their lefty-heavy lineup (Moises Ballesteros, Michael Busch, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Michael Conforto, Ian Happ).

And I’m supposed to be surprised they lost that game? Nah. That was over before it started.

And while that is not, itself, a good thing (you’d obviously hope the Cubs have a better chance on any given day), we all just have to realize that there are some games the Cubs are not in a good position to win. Sometimes you win those games anyway. And sometimes you lose games you ARE in the better position to win. But when the obvious happens, you really shouldn’t hold a referendum on the entire team/season/winter.

Especially not on April 14.

I’m Still Not Freaking Out About the Cubs, And You Can’t Make Me (via Michael Cerami)

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