Tag Archives: Carlos Zambrano

Offseason Suggestions, Milton Bradley Trades, And The Gila River Indians

A lot to talk about today, so let’s get right to it. Gordon Wittenmyer of the Sun-Times has weighed in on his suggestions for what Jim Hendry should do this offseason.  His first suggestion is to not let a potential Milton Bradley trade disrupt “Trader Jim’s” winter dealings.  Wittenmyer wants the Bradley issue to be [...]

Bruce Miles Looks At the Cubs Pitchers

Bruce Miles of the Daily Herald is looking at the Cubs current roster to see what we might expect for next year.  He looked at the position players previously.  Today he looks at the pitchers. The Cubs pitching staff is in pretty good shape for next year.  Starter Carlos Zambrano, Ted Lilly, Ryan Dempster, and [...]

I Love Baseball

I love baseball!  And I was reminded yesterday just how much I love the game.  The Twins and Tigers were playing a one game, do-or-die, playoff to determine who would move on in the postseason.  The teams had identitical records during the regular season, thus the need for the one game playoff. I don’t have any particular [...]

Zambrano Threatens to Retire

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.  [...]

Piniella’s Wish List For 2010

The Cubs lost the series finale against the Giants yesterday 5-1 (Why does the 1 look like it’s in a different font?).  At the same time, Colorado beat St. Louis 4-3 to increase their Wildcard lead over the Cubs to 6.5 games with just seven games remaining in the season.  I wouldn’t suggest investing in [...]

What To Do With Milton Bradley?

With Milton Bradley suspended for the remainder of the season, the question now becomes, what can the Cubs do with him?  They obviously would like to trade the troubled outfielder, but who would be willing to take him and the $21 million he is still owed?  And if they trade him, who can the Cubs [...]

Cubs Suspend Bradley for the Rest of the Year

Saying he could no longer tolerate the disrepect Milton Bradley was showing to fans and media personnel, Cubs GM Jim Hendry suspended the troubled outfielder for the remainder of the season.  The final straw appeared to be comments Bradley made in an article written by Bruce Miles of the Daily Herald and reported in this [...]

Cubs Lose (Again) to Cardinals

I’ve gotten to the point in the Cubs season where I don’t even get upset anymore when they lose.  Sometimes I think it is injuries that killed the team, other times I blame it on underachieving players.  It’s a mix of both I suppose, but does it really matter?  The result is the same. The [...]

Cubs Go For Series Win Against Milwaukee

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?

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 [...]