This is barely breaking news, but Cubs skipper Lou Piniella has announced that he will retire following the 2010 season. I think the story was originally broken by a New York writer, but the first place I saw it was from Paul Sullivan on Chicago Breaking Sports.
Despite the lack of playoff wins during his tenure with [...]
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Lou Piniella To Retire – UPDATED
July 20, 2010 – 3:25 pm
Off Topic: The LeBron James Decision
July 9, 2010 – 8:01 am
I know I concentrate my efforts here on this blog on the hapless and virtually unwatchable Chicago Cubs, but I wanted to throw my two cents in to the cesspool of comments coming out following LeBron James’ decision to sign with the Miami Heat. And what better place to share those thoughts than here, where [...]
To Trade Or Not To Trade: The Carlos Zambrano Dilemma
June 29, 2010 – 7:58 am
The Carlos Zambrano saga took another turn yesterday when the Cubs placed Big Z on the restricted list while he attends anger management training. The restricted list is used when players need to be away from the game for a reason other than injury or bereavement. Milton Bradley was placed on the resticted list earlier [...]
Zambrano Does Milton Bradley Impersonation
June 27, 2010 – 8:24 am
As you can tell from my lack of posts recently, I am finding the Cubs circa 2010 to be nearly impossible to watch and comment on. The team is just completely uninteresting. They seem to lack fire and passion. However, there is one guy on the team who exhibits both fire and passion, but not [...]
Hard To Be Excited About The Cubs
June 11, 2010 – 7:29 am
I haven’t written much in the past week. I thought about writing some doom and gloom after the team lost two-out-of-three to the hapless Astros last weekend. I felt better on Monday when the Cubs beat the Pirates for the first time this season in Pittsburgh. My joy was short-lived as the Cubs stumbled into [...]
Isn’t It a Little Early To Be Giving Up?
June 3, 2010 – 8:11 am
The Interwebs is/are ablaze with talk about the Cubs blowing up their underperforming team and starting anew. One rumor has the Angels in talks to acquire Derrek Lee. Another says the Cubs are talking to the Angels about Xavier Nady, not Lee. Other rumors have the Cubs trading Tom Gorzelanny to an undisclosed team. There [...]
Cubs Take Two-Out-Of-Three From Dodgers
May 28, 2010 – 5:22 am
The Cubs took two out of three from the Dodgers this week, bringing their record to 22-25. They now trail the Reds by 5.0 games for first place in the NL Central and are 4.0 games behind the second place Cardinals.
Derrek Lee continued his hot hitting going 7-9 in the series with the Dodgers. In the first game of the [...]
My Five Favorite Baseball Films
May 25, 2010 – 5:49 am
One of my favorite writers (sports or otherwise) is Joe Poznanski. I have trouble describing what I find so likable about his writing. His style is not overly descriptive or flowery. It isn’t peppered with arcane historical or literary references. Whatever it is, it allows Poznanski to connect with his readers. When I read him, I intellectually [...]
Cubs Re-Sign Bob Howry
May 21, 2010 – 4:11 pm
The Cubs have announced that they have re-signed 36-year old Bob Howry. He will join the team tonight in Texas before the Cubs renew their long-standing and bitter rivalry with the Rangers. The Rangers lead the all-time rivalry 4-2.
My only comment concerning Howry is, why? Granted, the Cubs need another arm for the bullpen. The [...]
Fire Piniella, Hire Howry?…Not Yet
May 20, 2010 – 8:00 am
In a recent article for FoxSports.com, Ken Rosenthal opines that the Cubs should consider firing manager Lou Piniella? Why? I’m not even sure that Rosenthal knows.
In the article, Rosenthal admits that Piniella is blameless for the Cubs woes. He admits that it’s not Piniella’s fault that neither Derrek Lee nor Aramis Ramirez are hitting. He [...]
