Baseballville

Dale had big game for the Cubbies on Saturday. He hit two "Big Flys", his 5th and 6th of the season and drove in 4 runs to take over the league leadership in that category with 24. Dale is hitting .344 for the season after that dreadful start with the Pittsburgh Pirates. In 9 games with the Cubs, Long has hit .378 with 5 homeruns and 15 rbi. "I'm relaxed over here, even though we are struggling in the wins and loss columns, I think we can turn it around with some of these young pitchers we have. We have a solid lineup and some of the fellas haven't got hot yet", he added.