The Roller Coaster ride that is the Chicago Cubs

The last two games are the perfect illustration of what Cubs fans have had to deal with...

On Friday, the Cubs bullpen blew a great start by Rich Harden, who went 6 innings while striking out 10. Between the 7th and 9th innings, the pen walked 5 batters and gave up 2 runs despite only giving up one hit. Derrek Lee went 0 for 4. Neal Cotts and Sean Marshall were brought in to face one batter each and both failed. Ryan Theriot made an error in the first inning which led to a run, and then questionably threw home when turning a double play was the play to make. In the end, they lost a game they should have won.

On Saturday, Carlos Zambrano did not pitch like the ace of the staff. He pitched 6 innings and allowed 10 baserunners, however, he did strike out 7. The bullpen struggled again, with Guzman pitching 1/3 of an inning giving up 2 runs without allowing a hit. Cotts couldn't get the one batter he was brought in to face, again. Offensively, the Cubs left 14 runners on base. But in the 9th, Carlos Villanueva decided to throw Alfonso Soriano a first pitch fastball. Soriano guessed correctly, and parked it in the left field bleachers. Then in the 9th, Carlos Marmol came in and struck out Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder to put the finishing touches on the come from behind win. This time, they won a game they should have lost.

This is the roller coaster ride that is the Chicago Cubs. It has been 5 games, and Cubs fans have already experienced a close win, a loss in extra innings, a blowout win, a blown save loss and a come from behind win in the 9th. It's alright though, there's only 157 games to go.