In an AP story today, Dusty Baker said that he is concerned that six interleague games against the same opponent are too many because it could cause a competitive disadvantage. He's referring to his team's six games against the White Sox (three of which are this weekend), which is currently the best team in baseball, while the Cardinals get to play six games against Kansas City, which is a highly-paid AAA team.
If the Cubs were a factor in the divisional race, that could be an issue, but right now, Dusty has bigger problems. He can't keep his three staff aces on the mound, and the bullpen is pitching like bull doots.
Carlos Zambrano is the latest ace to fold. He threw over 130 pitches in a complete game win over Philadelphia last week, but couldn't last past the 4th against the Nationals over the weekend. He left that game with elbow problems and will miss at least one start.
Kerry Wood is still in the middle of his two-month DL stint and Mark Prior has already done time in the med ward.
The Cubs are trailing the Brewers by a game and a half and the Cards by six and a half. Until the Cubs appear to be a threat to anyone but themselves, Dusty should probably keep his complaints about interleague play to himself.
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it's dusty's own fault that his starters are hurt. he overused prior and wood in 2003. he is notorious for overusing his young starters. that's why his starters are constantly on the DL. burning question - will prior EVER win 10 games in a season again?
other problems - little team speed, low on-base percentage, poor plate discipline (terrible bb/k ratios), poor defense. the cubs have the look of a team that will struggle to finish over .500. i.e. - the cards will run away with the division.
The Cardinals do not play the Royals for 6 games; they only play 3 against the Royals. The other interleague games are Boston, New York, Toronto, Tampa Bay, and Pittsburgh.
Yes, I know Pittsburgh is not interleague, but that is who the Cardinals' opponent is during the last interleague segment.
Oh, that's funny. It didn't even occur to me to see if Dusty had the Cards schedule right.
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