The Epitome of Mediocrity - Cubs 5 Tigers 6

Game Sixty-Nine - Cubs 5 Tigers 6 WP - Armando Galarraga (4-7) LP - Ted Lilly (7-5) Save - Fernando Rodney (16) The Chicago Cubs are the definition of a .500 ballclub right now. Could things improve? Yes. Could they get worse? Most definitely. This is the reason every year and every team should stand on their own ... and their accomplishments should be celebrated as well as their shortcomings criticized. Nothing in sports should ever be taken for granted or looked over and this is way may be going on with the Chicago Cubs. Most picked the Cubs to run away with the division and looked at October as to when the season would actually start. Lou Piniella's crew has underachieved through the first 69 games. They have been consistently inconsistent from the season's first pitch. On some days they might play a complete game, but those days have been very few and far between this season. The Cubs have shown the ability to run off three or four wins in a row and then show t...