With all due respect to Monty Python, change and different isn’t necessarily good. We all know change for change sake doesn’t always work and the process itself can be awfully messy.

For the better part of the last couple of weeks, the increasingly testy Jed Hoyer has grown tired of talking about or having to answer questions about the Cubs record in one-run losses. Manager David Ross’s “explanations” haven’t gotten any better despite the lessons from his boss.

Because he’s the front office’s guy nobody expects Rossi to have to answer any tough questions or face the music. Just to be clear, my tone and attitude haven’t changed. And while players don’t really pay for their mistakes, Ross has to shoulder some of the blame for his dubious decisions. Sorry Charlie, you’re not all that.

Almost on cue, the Cubs have gone on to surrender 8 billion runs to the Minnesota Twins the past two days at Target Field. I’m not sure Hoyer & Company want to assess the Cubs based on the one-sided games either. Toss out the run differential and expected this and that.

To their detriment, both teams in town are relying too heavily on the old “this division isn’t that good” trope. Since they can’t pound on the weak teams in the division any longer, they’re going to have to win as soon as possible and as often as possible. The Cubs and White Sox are not the best teams in their division. That ship sailed three hours ago.