Chicago Cubs: things that cancel each other out.
Whenever I eat a bag of chips, I get that guilt feeling that comes from years of being told that stuff my mom used to put in my lunch bag is really bad for me.
So I eat an apple, and the whole deal evens out.
It's like no harm no foul, or something.
Okay, maybe not totally, but you know what I'm saying.
Take a look at these Cubs and apply the same thinking.
Alfonso Soriano has committed some of the worst errors in left field that I've ever seen committed in the Bigs.
On the other hand, he's made some spectacular throws from that corner.
Carlos Marmol has come into some tight games and proceeded to hit batters, walk batters, have batters stand with their bats on their shoulders til Carlos can get one over.
Gives me the worst kind of heart attacks - the bottom of the 9th is no time for this stuff.
On the other hand, 138 strikeouts last year.
One hundred and thirty eight.
Best in the majors by 26.
Honestly, Marmol's one of those players who's becoming so breathtaking to watch, if something bad happens it's totally no big deal.
He'll be reaching some kind of God-like status if he keeps up the good part.
You could invest in this new "6-Pack" ticket idea at Wrigley, and I guess the Saturday Yankee game would cancel out the Diamondbacks at 1:20 on a Tuesday.
Oh but wait, you gotta buy Padres, Marlins, and Nats too. Plus the Astros. I guess this one's just a kinda-cancellation.
There's Starlin Castro with the million errors, but on the other hand the range, the athleticism, the effort, the youth...
The loss of D Lee and his gold glove at first, but also the new (though not as often) gold glove from Carlos Pena.
Koyie Hill with no ability to hit the ball whatsoever, but then the... oh wait.
He really can't do anything.
I guess some things just can't cancel out.
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