As I reported in a previous post, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Ryne Sandberg Game, I was planning on taking the family to Sevierville, TN to watch the Sandberg-managed Tennessee Smokies take on the Huntsville Stars. What started out as a good idea turned into something less than fun.
First, I had hoped to [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Tennessee Roadtrip Less Than a Success
June 29, 2009 – 7:48 am
Cardinals Trade for DeRosa
June 28, 2009 – 6:52 am
The worst case scenario became reality when the Cardinals traded Chris Perez and a player to be named later to obtain former Cub Mark DeRosa. As you’ll recall from my previous posts, I was afraid that DeRosa might ended up with the Cardinals and that is exactly what happened.
The extremely versitile DeRosa is hitting .270/.342/.457 [...]
Jason Stark Weighs in On The Cubs
June 26, 2009 – 7:58 am
The Cubs lost again to the Tigers. I don’t want to talk about it.
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Today, I want to talk about a colum that Jason Stark has on ESPN.com. In it, he has a few things to say about the Cubs. First he talks about the Cubs offensive woes. Here’s what he has to say:
Who bat-napped the Cubs’ [...]
Cubs Drop First Two to Tigers
June 25, 2009 – 8:37 am
The Cubs dropped their third game in a row and the second to the Tigers on Wednesday, losing 5-3. The Cubs left 13 runners on base and were 1-15 with runners in scoring position.
Rich Harden only gave up two earned runs on four hits in 5.1 innings. He also walked four and struckout three.
On a more [...]
Happy Ryne Sandberg Day
June 23, 2009 – 12:41 pm
Twenty-five years ago today, the Cubs played the Cardinals at Wrigley Field in one of the best, most exciting games in history. Because of his performance, the game has come to be known as the Sandberg Game.
Ryne Sandberg went 5-6 on the day including two homeruns and a total of seven RBI. To make the [...]
Cubs Drop One-Game Series to Braves
June 23, 2009 – 7:28 am
The Cubs made a quick side trip to Atlanta to play a game that was rained out earlier this year. The results were not good, although there were some very good things to take from the game. For instance, Ryan Dempster had a good outing even though he picked up the loss. He went 6 [...]
Cubs Sweep Indians
June 22, 2009 – 7:55 am
For the first time in a long time, the Cubs swept a series, this time against Cleveland. The first two games of the series, the Cubs needed extra inning to secure the victories. But yesterday, the Northsiders won the game 6-2 and they got it done in just nine innings.
In Sunday’s game, Randy Wells pitched [...]
Cubs Win Again in Walk-Off Fashion
June 20, 2009 – 8:45 am
For the second day in a row, the Cubs won a game with a hit in their last at-bat. Two days ago, the victory came against the White Sox when Alfonso Soriano drove home Reed Johnson for the winning run on a bloop single into right-center field in the bottom of the ninth. Yesterday, the Indians [...]
Things Are Not As Bad As They Seem
June 19, 2009 – 8:23 am
If you’re a “glass-is-half-empty” kind of person, you can find plenty of reason to be depressed about the performance of the Cubs so far this season. Over the past month (26 games), the Cubs have averaged just three runs per games. They’ve generally gotten good pitching from their starters, but the effort has been wasted because [...]
