Sweating the Small Stuff

So, another frustrating close loss by our boys, and, despite our widely-recognized lack of star pitching or hitting, it's not like we didn't have a relatively good game offensively with 7 hits and 2 HRs from Zimmy.?Ǭ† Nor was the pitching especially bad compared to our usual outings and hurlers (not to mention Perez being sick during his 5 innings on the mound).

But the key take-away for us last night was: it's the little things that win?Ǭ†-- and lose -- ball games.?Ǭ† Covering bases on your toes and in anticipation of bag thieves or, like, putting in that smidge more of hustle on sucking up the ground balls.?Ǭ† We're not taking care of these itty-bitty details and thus we see a two-homer effort goes to waste.?Ǭ† Not to mention almost beating a .500+ team currently sittin' pretty at third in the NL Central, one game away from the competitive Cubbies.?Ǭ† I?Ǭ† just know we can really compete and have another great string of games if we clean up our act and keep our composure.

You know, like last week.