I spent yesterday in Cincinnati with a couple of friends sitting 12 rows behind the Reds dugout while watching the Cubs lose to the Reds for the second day in a row. It was also the fifth loss in six games for the Cubs. Not a fun road trip. The Cubs loss in Cincinnati was eerily [...]
Tag Archives: Cincinnati Reds
Hitting The Road To Cincy
May 7, 2010 – 7:54 am
What a miserable three games in Pittsburgh. The Cubs were swept by the Pirates for the first time since 2006. In a nutshell, the Pirates pitchers all looked like Cy Young and the Cubs hitters all looked like little leaguers. The entire series was frustrating and depressing. The Cubs will now move on to Cincinnati [...]
Cubs Move Zambrano To The Bullpen
April 21, 2010 – 5:08 pm
If today was April 1, I could see you thinking that the above headline is an April’s Fool joke (the fact that the season had not begiun yet on April 1 would be another big giveaway). However, it’s no joke. The Cubs brain trust (such as it is) has decided to move their supposed ace [...]
A Look At The Center Field Market (Part 2 of 2)
December 22, 2009 – 6:39 am
Yesterday, in part 1 of this series, I listed the free agent center field candidates that the Cubs may consider this off season. The free agents are easy to identify because we know specifically who they are. Trade candidates are a different story. We don’t know for sure who is available or what it will [...]
The MLB Salary Cap Revisted
November 16, 2009 – 7:42 am
A while back, I wrote a post about the need for Major League Baseball to implement a salary cap. I’ve heard the arguements about small market, low payroll teams like Minnesota or Florida making the playoffs. I’ve heard that the players union will never approve a salary cap. I’ve also heard that teams like the [...]
For Cubs, GM Meetings All About Trading Bradley
November 11, 2009 – 10:45 am
The annual GM meetings got underway earlier this week in Chicago and all of the Cubs talk has centered around disgruntled outfielder Milton Bradley. The Cubs need a middle-of-the-order run producing bat, a center fielder, a lead-off hitter, a second baseman, and potentially a closer, but they can’t really turn their attention to those needs until [...]
Bruce Miles Says Bradley Is Leaving
October 21, 2009 – 5:45 am
After my post yesterday about the possibility of Milton Bradley remaining with the Cubs in 2010, I decided to contact Bruce Miles to ask for his opinion. Bruce was very gracious in answering my question and also very confident that the Cubs will be trading the troubled right fielder:
Thinking Out Of The Box (Part 1)
October 11, 2009 – 8:40 am
I know a little bit about cattle ranching (a very little bit). I know a little more about cattle ranchers. Cattle ranchers are among the most self-conscious individuals on the planet. You wouldn’t think so. After all, our perception of ranchers is that they are rugged individualists, beating their own path through life. The truth [...]
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 [...]
