Series Preview: Cubs vs. Nationals

OverviewCheck out these two stat lines… NL Team #1: 13th BA, 10th OBP, 10th OPS, 7th BBNL Team #2: 3rd BA, 2nd OBP, 4th OPS, 3rd BB Based on these numbers, who would you think is the team with a record above .500 and who is the worst team in all of baseball? That’s right my friends. NL Team #1 is your Chicago Cubs and NL Team #2 is the Mighty Nationals of the District of Columbia of Washington. While I’m just as tired as you are of watching the Cubs get knocked around like a Tijuana prostitute, they can’t think they are just going to roll over the Nationals (yes, I did just type that despite their 44 wins) because they can hit suckas. Cubs pitching actually did a decent job for the most part over the road trip, but the offense needs to catch up. Scoring against the Nationals should be easy. The operative word of course being “should.”   The MatchupsAugust 25th – Garrett Mock vs. Carlos ZambranoIt appears that Mock has been used in relief for most of the season aside from...