Like a lot of Cubs fans, I was excited when the Cubs hired Theo Epstein to help lead the organization. Adding Jed Hoyer to be the GM just a short time later cemented my belief that Tom Ricketts was serious about building an organization that could not only win in the short term, but would [...]
Category Archives: Opinion
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 [...]
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. [...]
Cubs Sweep Rockies, Move Z Back To Rotation
May 19, 2010 – 11:46 am
It’s been an event filled few days for the Cubs. After losing two-out-of-three to the Pirates, the Cubs came roaring back to sweep the Rockies in a two game series at Wrigley Field. The Cubs got good pitching performances from Randy Wells and Carlos Silva in the two victories. Shawn Marshall also looked good in [...]
Big News: Cubs Beat Pirates
May 17, 2010 – 5:21 am
The good news is that the Cubs beat the Pirates yesterday 4-3. In order to do that, they had to come back from a 3-0 deficit. The winning run came in the 8th inning when pinch-hitter Xavier Nady hit an RBI single to drive home Alfonso Soriano. Soriano was the hitting star of the game [...]
Starlin Castro Is The Greatest Baseball Player Ever
May 8, 2010 – 7:36 am
Why didn’t the Cubs call him up sooner. The hysteria over Cubs rookie shortstop Starlin Castro got a jump start last night as he hit a three-run home run in his very first major league at-bat. The opposite field shot came on a looping curving ball from Reds pitcher Homer Bailey. Later in the game, [...]
The Cubs First Baseman Of The Future
May 5, 2010 – 8:22 am
A few days ago, I wrote about first basemen the Cubs could potentially target once Derrek Lee’s contract expires at the end of this season. In a nutshell, I looked at potential free agents Albert Pujols, Lance Berkman, and Adam Dunn. My conclusion? If Pujols is available, you spend what you have to spend to [...]
Arizona Turns Its Back On Cubs And Major League Baseball
May 3, 2010 – 5:56 am
The Arizona Legislature adjourned this past week without passing legislation that would help fund a new Spring Training facility for the Cubs. The agreement with the City of Mesa and the Cubs gives the city until July 15, 2010 to put funding in place to pay for the facility. After July 15, the Cubs are [...]
