After my post from yesterday, I talked to a couple of people about the New York Times article that reported that Sammy Sosa was one of the 104 players that tested positive for steroids in 2003. I also had the chance to read an article in the Daily Herald (suburban Chicago) that indicated that Congress [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2009
Cubs vs White Sox at Wrigley
June 16, 2009 – 5:13 am
The Cubs get ready to host the crosstown rival White Sox today at Wrigley Field. John Danks (4-5) will take on Carlos Zambrano (4-2) tonight under the lights.
A lot of people make a big deal out of this series. One side hates the other and it’s common to see “Cubs Suck” or “Sox Suck” t-shirts all [...]
Cubs Get New Hitting Coach
June 15, 2009 – 8:15 am
The Cubs have been having trouble scoring runs this year so they made the only move the could make. They fired hitting coach Gerald Perry and replaced him with Triple-A hitting coach Von Joshua. The move immediately paid off as the Cubs went out and beat the Twins 3-2 to salvage the final game of [...]
Cubs Building A Good Football Team
June 14, 2009 – 11:38 am
As a high school senior, Glenn Cook dreamed of playing football for the University of Miami. When he commited to play for the Hurricanes, he commited himself to being the best football player he could be. He even gave up playing baseball to devote himself fully to football.
Cook played for four years at Miami, playing linebacker [...]
Cubs Draft — Day 3
June 13, 2009 – 7:22 pm
We finally reached the end of the MLB Rule 4, first-year player draft. Here’s who the Cubs picked on Day 3:
Rnd/Overall Player School Position
31/950 Andrew Clark University of Louisville 1B
Note: Former Indiana High School Player of the Year
32/980 Trey McNutt Shelton State CC RHP
33/1010 John Lambert North Carolina State LHP
34/1040 Rett Varner University of Texas-Arlington [...]
Cubs Odds & Ends
June 12, 2009 – 5:39 am
The Cubs lost two-out-of-three to the Astros this week. Cubs pitching gave up a total of five runs in the three games, but the offense couldn’t muster more than one run in the two games they lost.
I’ll be the first to admit that the bullpen couldn’t hold the Astros in game two or three of [...]
Cubs Draft – Day 2
June 11, 2009 – 8:47 am
Man, it seems like the baseball draft goes on forever. I know it’s only three days — and we’re only through the second day — but it just seems to last a long time.
By all accounts, the Cubs had a very good day two at the MLB draft. I have to admit I don’t know [...]
Blogger Causes Stir with Ibanez Steroid Comments
June 11, 2009 – 8:06 am
I’m going to go off topic today (that topic beng the Cubs) and instead talk about a firestorm that is raging around a blog post that Jerod Morris (JRod) wrote on MidwestSportsFan.com. It started out innocently enough, but has now mushroomed into a national issue.
In addition to being the managing editor for MidwestSportsFan.com, Jerod is [...]
Cubs Draft: Day 1
June 10, 2009 – 7:55 am
First, a quick game recap. The Cubs beat the Astros in Houston behind another strong pitching effort by Ted Lilly. Lilly pitched 6.2 innings giving up just three hits and no runs. Mike Fontenot went 4-5 with a HR . On the down side, Milton Bradley went 0-6 to drive his batting average down to [...]
