Odds and Ends

In the six games since his recent callup, the Cubs’ Christopher Morel has gone 9-for-26, with four homeruns and nine RBIs. Morel will cool off, and he does show a tendency to chase balls well out of the zone. That said, he hit sixteen homers for the Cubs last year as a twenty-two year old rookie and sure looks lightyears’ better than a whole lot of infielders on the South Side of town. Like who? How about Romy Gonzalez, whose .139 BA includes one RBI in thirty-six at-bats? Or subtract six points to arrive at Lenyn Sosa’s .132, with three RBs in sixty-eight at-bats. And let’s not forget Elvis Andrus, he of the .201 BA and thirteen RBIs in 134 at-bats. Get the picture? If not, then consider Tim Anderson, the erstwhile minister of fun who’s batting .260 with five RBIs in ninety-six at-bats. And yet Rick Hahn gets to keep his job while Jerry Reinsdorf gets to run his ballclub into the ground. Happy days. One more thing. The Royals took three of four from the Sox last week and have now gone on to lose four straight.