When you're 8 games below .500, the least you could do is try to be lovable. But the Cubs, 7.5 games out in the pathetic NL Central, can't even manage that.

Most of you have seen the dugout footage by now; unfortunately, there was no camera in the clubhouse after the game. Zambrano went after Barrett again, clocked him in the lip, and Barrett wound up in the hospital. But it's not like Barrett can get mad at someone for randomly punching somebody.

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