Cubs-Dodgers Musings

So I made a few observations last night while watching the Cubs game (10:40p start) and having a few...adult beverages.
Juan Pierre, ex-Cubs CF, current Dodgers LF, is built like a human version of a Cheetah. Seriously. He's got a tiny head, long skinny body, and he's fast as all hell. All he really needs is to grow a tail and start chasing down and eating live gazelles. Wouldn't that be some funny shit to see on the field.
Bob Brenley, in all his wisdom, right after watching some defensive high-lights from the previous game: "Cubs are in the low middle in the league in fielding %, but they make lots of high-light reel plays. " That's typically the way it goes for both players and teams. Alot of the guys that win gold gloves and make SportsCenter all the time just tank some easy plays. Their raw numbers are usually not that great. But everyone lets them off the hook because 'they try to make plays on balls that the average fielder can't even get to." Same things with teams in general. The ones you see making tons of amazing plays are never the ones leading the league in percentages. And they usually blow a bunch of games when they boot some easy plays or make an error trying to make some hero play.
Cubs pitcher Sean Gallagher's name is a palendrome with 'her' on the end. Just something I noticed.
Jeff Kent looks like he'd be a terrible hitter. Stands there pretty much straight up, standing virtually still. Just an old white guy with a mustache standing in the batter's box like he couldn't hit a little league fastball. And then next thing you know he cranks one over 400ft away. It's eerie. He's the opposite of Ken Griffey Jr.'s sweet graceful swing, and yet the results are pretty much the same.
Len, after a replay of the BoSox-Rays fight: "Looks like Crisp was getting pounded by more than just 1 Ray!" Same thing was probably true later that night. Just swap "Ray" for something more...masculine.
Later in the night when Jeff Kent came up, the stadium guys played Santana's "Oye Como Va". This for a guy has been accused quite a few times of being a racist. Bonds did it back in the day, other team-mates have made the same hints. Seems like an odd choice of music choice for him. I'm not saying he is or isn't, just that maybe they should have thought that out a little bit better. Maybe they could have gone with some Skynard, or maybe a little country-western piece. Just saying.
But alas, the Cubs ended up losing the game 3-0. Not a great showing, but the LA pitcher did seem to be really on his game. Made our guys look pretty bad. But hey, even the best team in baseball has to lose a game once in awhile. When you're riding a 9-1 streak, you're bound to drop to 8-2 at some point. But today is a new day and should be another win. We've got Zambrano going against Lowe today so I feel pretty good.
Done and done.