Morning Walk-thru - Who Voted for Barry Day

So how does this work?...I'm not quite sure what to do in this situation. The Cubs had the best record of any team in June and they're perfect so far in July. They just took two of three from the Brewers, and won nine of their last 10 to close out the month. They've hit that $#%^&! groove.

Who the hell are these guys? The Cubs don't do this, win games on squeeze plays, get out hit by the best team in their division and still win. It's absurd and these last 10 games have been about as good a stretch as I can remember as a Cubs fan.

All to get to .500. One game short of the halfway point of the season and the Cubs are perfectly average. I'm not trying to be Mr. Doom & Gloom, I'm ecstatic like everyone else, but let's realize where we're at. This little surge got the Cubs back to where they should've been all season. That's all. Now we're even, and Pinella knows it.

As Sweet Lou says, "Let's see if we can extricate ourselves from the .500 mark."

I like that, a bit overwrought, trying too hard to use some of the vocabulary words, but it's effective. Let's see if the Cubs will continue to be. They've got the Senators and the Pirates before the break. Now would be a good time to make a move.

Photo: AP/Jerry Lai

So how does this work (pt. 2)?...I'm not upset at the fact that Barry Bonds will be starting in the All-Star game. Doesn't bother me that he overcame a 119,000 vote deficit to knock Alfonso Soriano from the starting line-up. I just want to know how the hell it happened.

Think of all the people you know who follow baseball, people who would potentially vote for the All-Star starters. Do any of them like Bonds? Is there a single person who could even cast a "San Francisco sympathy" vote in your five? I don't know any but apparently there are almost a million of them.

So let's make today, July 2, Who Voted for Barry Day. You don't really have to do anything different, just be suspicious. Every person you see today, ask yourself: "Did they vote for Barry Bonds?"

What you do when you come to a conclusion is up to you.