Karma is a Bitch

Apparently karma wanted to get in on the party.

In a year when everyone and everything has been beating the Cubs, it was only a matter of time before abstract ideas started getting in on the fun. So it really should not have been a surprise when A.J. Pierzynski smashed a poor excuse for a breaking ball over the right field wall for a game-winning 3-run homer in the 9th inning today. The same A.J. that had been booed and jeered by anyone in Cubby blue since getting sucker punched by Cubs catcher Michael Barrett for apparently making a great play.

Karma is a bitch.

A few other notes from today's game:

- I know it didn't matter in the end, but my God, Brian Anderson, go learn how to get a bunt down! You can't even hit .200, at least you should be good for a sacrifice bunt every now and then.

- The lack of hope in Wrigleyville is ridiculously low, as evidenced by the mass of people leaving after "closer" Ryan Dempster watched the Cubs lead and his pitch to Pierzynski fly out of the ballpark. It was as if the Cubs fans didn't even think their team should bother batting in the bottom of the ninth. To them, it was a lost cause.

- Cubs manager Dusty Baker goes with Dempster in the 9th despite blowing 4 of his last 9 save opportunities. Dempster blows save. The Cubs will begin accepting managerial resumes shortly