Castro & Rizzo, Oops, That's Castro & LaHair to All Star Game

"Don't You, Forget About Me"

Starlin Castro and Bryan LaHair were named to the All-Star Game.  While Castro was a no-brainer, it was a little surprising to see LaHair get the nod.  He did get off to a hot start, but has cooled significantly as the season has progressed.  Plus with all of the Jizzo'ing for Rizzo'ing going on, I'm surprised that anyone remembered Bryan was still on the team.

Dear Mr. LaHair, Apology Rescinded!

You son of a bitch! I put my guard down, admitted fault and tried to make amends and this is how you respond?

Stats before my apology: .384 AVG, 8 HR, 18 RBI, .476 OBP in 28 games

Stats since my apology: .200 AVG, 2 HR, 4 RBI, .279 OBP in 16 games

You're back on my shit list!

An Apology to Bryan LaHair

It's hard for me to say this but...

I'm sorry.

I thought for sure you would fail miserably, and after a month you'd be relegated back to AAA and out of our lives forever.  However that has hardly been the case. I blame the long line of Cubs players showing promise that inevitably let me down. There are too many to name but specifically when it came to you I could only think of Micah Hoffpauir.  The parallels were all there. Roughly the same age when he had a breakout year in AAA, he emerged with the big league club and was given a shot, only to fall flat on his face.

Granted there's a lot of  baseball to be played yet, but you've already shown me that you sir are not the next Micah Hoffpauir. I just wanted to clear the air and say I'm rooting for you.  So are we cool?  Cool.

Mr. Samardzija.  You're still not off the hook yet however.

FUN FACT: In 47 games with Chicago, LaHair now has 10 home runs. That's just two shy of Micah Hoffpauir's 12 in 162 games as a Cub.