ST. LOUIS -- "B" words were the rage in St. Louis over the weekend, but none applied to the Chicago Cubs in any kind of positive way.
While the Blues were playing the Bruins in the Stanley Cup Final across town, Cubs star third baseman Kris Bryant was hearing plenty of boos after calling St. Louis boring over the winter. But that word applied to the Cubs at the plate as much as anything else.
The team's offense has gotten decidedly boring lately.
"We have to give ourselves a better chance, more opportunities than we're giving ourselves," first baseman Anthony Rizzo said after Sunday's 2-1 loss to the Cardinals completed a three-game sweep that knocked the Cubs out of first place in the NL Central.