Wait, Kerry Wood is the healthy Cub?

Mike Downey | In the wake of the news

June 29, 2008

You worry about the Cubs. You can't help it. They're the Cubs.

Don't, they say. We're OK, they say.

Are you sure? You guys don't look so well. Alfonso Soriano can't play. Reed Johnson can't. Carlos Zambrano can't pitch. Scott Eyre can't. Jim Edmonds' foot is sore. Kosuke Fukodome's calf is. And now Ryan Theriot's hand is.

Kerry Wood is the healthy Cub.

No, they insist, we're fine.

Honestly.

Like a few hours before Saturday's game with the White Sox, when it was Theriot's turn to be hurt.

"I'm going to be vague," the Cubs shortstop said. "It's in the hand area and it's fine."

Mark DeRosa overheard this and said, "I don't understand the big deal. Tell them the truth."

Theriot: "It's in the hand area and it's fine!"

"Waaah," teammate Ronny Cedeno intervened, crying like a baby.

The Riot had to grin and bear it.

"He's sitting on his average!" DeRosa accused. "He's trying to make his first All-Star Game."

"Cut it out," Theriot said.

After that, they went out (without Theriot) and lost a tough one 6-5 to the Sox.

So you worry about the Cubs a little more. You can't help it. They have lost seven of their last 11.

You ask Lou Piniella if he is worried about ...

"I'm not worried about anything," Lou says.

You ask Derrek Lee if he is worried about ...

"No," Lee says.

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