It only counts as one lose, but man that was an ugly way to start the 2010 season. For the first half inning, everything looked good, and then the foolish Cubs agreed to let the Braves bat. Things went down the drain quickly after that. I won’t pretend to take away anything from just one [...]
Tag Archives: Atlanta Braves
A Busy Off Season…Except For The Cubs
December 16, 2009 – 6:37 am
It’s been a busy couple of days. Free agent pitcher John Lackey signed with Boston, center fielder Mike Cameron will be joining him in Boston, Roy Halladay was traded to Philadelphia, Cliff Lee is moving to Seattle and several prospects will be finding new homes. Yes indeed, it’s been a couple of busy days…for everyone except [...]
Cubs Prepare For Winter Meetings
December 5, 2009 – 9:34 am
The Winter Meetings start next week in Indianapolis and job one for Jim Hendry and his minions is to trade Milton Bradley. According to Carrie Muskat of MLB.com, there are three teams interested in Bradley. Unfortunately, Muskat never says who the three teams might be.
Cubs Decline to Offer Harden Arbitration
December 3, 2009 – 8:34 am
On Tuesday, the Cubs declined to offer arbitration to free agents Rich Harden, Kevin Gregg, and Reed Johnson. Not offering arb to Gregg and Johnson was not surprising, but there was some question about whether or not Harden would be offered arb.
A Look At The Offseason (Part 1 – Infield)
October 28, 2009 – 7:31 am
The Cubs enter the off season with a mixed bag of needs. Tops on the list is a middle-of-the-order run producer. If things work out, they’d also like to get a speedy, OBP-type of lead-off hitter. They may even look at adding a bullpen arm. In the field, the Cubs would prefer to add a [...]
Cubs Officially Eliminated
September 30, 2009 – 5:49 am
It’s official. Despite beating the Pirates 6-0 yesterday at Wrigley Field, the Cubs were mathematically eliminated from the post-season when the Rockies beat the Brewers 7-5 in Colorado. The Rox remain atop the NL Wildcard standings with a 3.0 game lead over Atlanta. So another year is in the books for the Cubs and we can officially turn our [...]
Zambrano Threatens to Retire
September 29, 2009 – 7:36 am
Carlos Zambrano pitched a brilliant two-hit shutout against the Giants last Friday and was then asked why he can’t pitch like that all of the time. Zambrano’s answer was a little surprising. In an article written by Paul Sullivan of the Tribune, Zambrano explained that he doesn’t always feel the way he felt on Friday. [...]
Cubs Go For Series Win Against Milwaukee
September 17, 2009 – 9:23 am
The Cubs have split the first two games versus Milwaukee and will go for the series victory this afternoon at Wrigley. Randy Wells will go up against Dave Bush (4-7). The Cubs are 7-3 in their last 10 games and 4-2 during this homestand. They’ve gained in the Wildcard standings and are now 6.5 behind Colorado, but [...]
Will Cubs Resign Harden?
September 13, 2009 – 8:47 am
The Cubs got down early in yesterday’s game thanks to three errors in the fourth inning. They came back to tied the game 5-5 in the 7th inning, only to have Carlos Marmol allow two runs in the 9th to hand the game to the Reds. If Marmol is the heir-apparent to the closers role [...]
Who Will Bat Leadoff For Cubs in 2010
September 12, 2009 – 8:39 am
First, let me say that I was right. Ah, that feels good. I originally reported that Alfonso Soriano would have surgery on his ailing knee and would be out the rest of the year. Then, Gordon Wittenmyer chimed in and said that Soriano would be back before the end of the month and would wait [...]
