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Trade Deadline Thoughts

Several trades took place today before we hit the trade deadline at 4:00 ET.  I’m not going to cover all of the trades here, but you can check out MLB Trade Rumors for all of the trade news.  For now, I just want to talk about a few of the trades that stick out to [...]

Cubs Take Over First Place

After their 5-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday, the Cubs found themselves all alone in first place in the NL Central.  The sweep of the Reds coupled with the Cardinals loss at Philadelphia catapulted the Cubs into the division lead. Rich Harden earned the victory on Sunday by pitching 6.0 innings of one [...]

Cubs Sweep Nationals

The Cubs started the second half of the season by sweeping the Nationals in a four game series in Washington.  Granted, the Nationals aren’t very good, but a four game sweep is still a very nice feat. In Sunday’s game, the Cubs offense exploded for eleven runs to beat the Nationals 11-3.  Micah Hoffpauir, Jake [...]