Cubs bats nowhere to be found, lose to Reds 3-0

Tonight with the wind blowing in, the Cubs had zero extra-base hits. All the Cubs could come up with tonight was a bunch of singles (6 actually), both Alfonso Soriano and Derrek Lee had 2 apiece. The first problem was the lineup Lou Piniella trotted out there tonight, which featured the struggling Milton Bradley and Geovanny Soto, as well as the light-hitting Aaron Miles. Bradley looked awful at the plate going 0-4 with 3Ks and looked equally crappy in the outfield unable to get to multiple catch-able balls. Soto was hitless in four at-bats and Miles was hitless in 3 at-bats. All three of these clowns is off to a terrible start at the plate. Soto is leading the group with a .115 AVG, while Miles is hitting .105, and Uncle Milty is the worst at .043. Piniella opted to go with the gimpy Bradley in place of arguably our hottest hitter, Micah Hoffpauir. Despite the fact that with the wind blowing in, Hoffpauir was probably the only guy on our team who could hit the ball out of the park. Is it just me, or does Soto look out of shape and/or rusty. Missing Spring Training to play in the WBC (as a 3rd string Catcher) may come back to haunt Soto, who I think should have to split some time with Koyie Hill until his bat is game ready.

On the hill tonight was Ted Lilly who pitched well enough to win: 7IP, 5H, R, 2Ks. However the lone run he gave up, was due to an error on himself (one of 2 errors on Lilly). On a night when runs were at a premium, one run was enough to lose the game. The bullpen was not impressive either, both Angel Guzman and Kevin Gregg pitched one inning apiece, both allowing an opposite field HR. Johnny Cueto got his first victory of the season for the Reds with 7IP, 4H. The Reds bullpen was lights out.

I have two questions after this game:
1) Why do all Cubs fans at the game stand up and cheer for any ball hit in the air to the outfield as if it is going to be a HR? Especially on a night like this when almost nothing will get out. These fans look like a bunch of idiots.

2) Pitchers are allowed to wear jackets on the basepaths. So are just pitchers allowed to wear these jackets? Or can any player wear one? **Note: My roomate has offered a reward for anyone who knows the answer to this question.