Rosenbloom Scolds Lilly, Has Nothing Nice to Say About the Cubs

You throw at the head of a team's home-run leader and 199 trillion dollar man, you're going to get some payback. And when everyone thinks about the enforcer to get the job done, one man comes to mind:

That's right. Theodore. Steve Rosenbloom, for one, does not welcome our new overlord of badassery, and thinks there is a time and a place for such shenanigans.

Revenge should've been saved for next season. You don't risk suspension when you're pitching for a team fighting for a division title and home-field advantage for three weeks in October. Escobar, or even Chipper Jones, didn't need to be hit that badly Thursday night.

Oh, he needed to be hit, and according to Jeff Francoeur, Lilly was the man for the job.

"Lilly threw at Edgar's head last year, he threw over [Brian McCann's] head in Chicago, and all of a sudden he's going to hit Escobar,"

Lilly did his job last night. He battled through a rough outting for the win and picked the right time and method to stand up for his teammate. Hopefully Big Z is satisfied with the revenge and doesn't take out any aggression on Florida tonight by hitting a few batters, or eating a bat boy.

Rosenbloom meanwhile, went on to rip on Soriano, Harden (wtf), Howry, and just the Cubs in general. Who's next?

Bobby Cox Will Control the Lights, Thank You

In this afternoon's game between the Cubs and Braves, Bobby Cox was a little irritated when ump Joe West started playing with the lights. Joe West had the typical reaction to Bobby's arguments: he threw him out.

It's believed Cox began yelling at West because he didn't allow Nunez to deliver his first pitch until the lights were fully illuminated before the start of the fifth inning.

Well, naturally. Cox, by the way, was sitting in the dugout when he was tossed and never came out to argue. So lazy. West had similar incident involving the Cubs last season at Wrigley, which then prompted sweet quotes from Sweet Lou.

"What happens [at Wrigley Field] is it takes a while once you turn them off to get the juice back flowing. I told the Cowboy he's a good umpire, but an electrician he's not."

Cox wasn't the only man tossed today. Francisco Bueno made his MLB debut for the Braves and was ejected for throwing at Alfonso Soriano's head in the ninth. The Cubbies won the game 10-2.