Quickly

Bruce Miles with a nice column today on what the Cubs will do next year. I don't like the idea of tying up $3 million for Alou next year at all with the need for a short stop. Bruce also skips the idea of letting either Brendan Harris or Richard Lewis play second next year to open up some more cash for the short stop and Carlos Beltran.

Moises Alou goes off on the media.

"They keep saying we can only score when we hit home runs ... I'm sick and tired of this team being a pitching-oriented team. Everybody talks about the pitching and when we score or we win, it's because of the home run. We can do it all. Today, we just happened to hit some home runs.

And you scored. And you won. Duh.