Over the past two nights in St. Louis, the Cubs have cranked out just nine hits for a total of one run and have lost the first two games of their series against the Cardinals. They also wasted two good pitching performances by Ted Lilly – who gave up just five hits and three earned [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2009
What In The World?
May 18, 2009 – 8:01 pm
The following video is real. I can’t imagine why Alfonso Soriano would get involved, but here’s the video:
I’m not sure what to say other than, it was really uncomfortable to watch that.
Cubs Get Lucky
May 17, 2009 – 10:08 am
The Cubs got lucky on Saturday.
Going in to the ninth inning, the Cubs had a 4-0 lead over Roy Oswalt and the Houston Astros. In his second Major League start, Randy Wells pitched six strong (albeit adventurous) innings and had shut-out the Astros to that point. Micah Hoffpauir led the way offensively with a 2-run home [...]
Just Milton Being Milton
May 14, 2009 – 3:49 pm
Is it a case of Milton just being Milton? It’s no secret that Milton Bradley has struggled early in his Cubs debut season. In just over a month, Bradley has struggled at the plate, missed games due to injury, and received a two game suspension for bumping an ump. It takes some players an entire [...]
Odds and Ends
May 13, 2009 – 9:22 pm
The Cubs beat the Padres 6-4 today in a rain shortened game at Wrigley Field. The Cubs got home runs from Alfonso Soriano (his 53rd lead-off homer), Geovany Soto, and two shots from Ryan Theriot. Ted Lilly pitched into the seventh inning and got the win for the Cubs.
MLB has decided that Ryan Dempster didn’t [...]
A Dream Come True
May 12, 2009 – 10:38 pm
Bobby Scales is 31 years old and has played minor league baseball for the past ten years. Until last week, he had never played in a Major League game. But on Monday, May 4, Scales joined the Cubs at Wrigley Field and the next day he got his first Major League start. He also got [...]
