Watching the Reds take the series in Chicago this weekend was certainly enjoyable, but watching the Cubs quit on soon-to-be retired manager Lou Piniella is sad, even by the Cubs’ standards.

No team is more laughable when it comes to winning. After a solid run over the past decade or so, the Cubs have once again become nothing more than lovable losers. They are playing with no heart, poor fundamentals and without purpose. Since Piniella announced last month that he will retire at the end of the season, the team has continued reeling going 5-11 in that span, including dropping nine of their last 10 games.

Chicago enters Sunday’s series finale trailing the Reds by 15 ½ games in the N.L. Central and 16 games below .500 with a 47-63 record.

The team simply has stopped playing. Really, many of them never even started to this season.

Two of the team’s best hitters, Derrek Lee and Aramais Ramirez, have struggled all season. Lee is batting .248 and has homered just twice since the All-Star Break. Ramirez has been even worse, batting .224 with 16 HR and 53 RBI through 110 games.

Staff ace Carlos Zambrano has been a ticking time bomb and spent more time off the mound than on it of late.

For Piniella, why wouldn’t you retire? This team is a mess and with a ton of money tied up into players that aren’t producing it won’t get any better any time soon. The World Series title draught now goes to 101 years and counting.

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