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 [...]
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Are The Cubs Falling Out of Contention?
August 13, 2009 – 7:21 am
There is no joy in Mudville this morning. The Cubs were beaten to a bloody pulp last night by the Phillies 12-5. Honestly, the game wasn’t as close as the score would indicate. You can read Carrie Muskat’s recap of the game from MLB.com. I’d just as soon not talk about it. ********** As upset [...]
Cubs Lose in Extras to Phillies
August 12, 2009 – 10:14 am
When you hear that Rich Harden took a perfect game into the sixth inning, you’ve got to believ e the story is going to turn out good for the Cubs. Unfortunately, this story doesn’t have a happy ending. Rich Harden pitched 6.1 innings of perfect baseball before Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz conived a walk off the [...]
More Bad News For The Cubs
August 11, 2009 – 7:47 am
Things did not go well for the Cubs during their recent trip to Colorado. They lost three-out-of-four games, including last night’s 11-5 shellacking, but that was just the icing on the “bad news” cake. First, Carlos Zambrano was added to the DL with back spasm. Next, Aramis Ramirez “tweaked” the shoulder that landed him on [...]
Blown Save Leads to Cubs Loss
August 3, 2009 – 8:25 am
For the second day in a row, Kevin Gregg blew a save opportunity and the Cubs lost to the Marlins 3-2. Ryan Dempster got the start for the Cubs and looked good, pitching 6.0 innings of three hit baseball and holding the Marlins scoreless. The Cubs offense could only muster one run while Dempster was in [...]
Cubs Beat Florida in 10 Innings
August 2, 2009 – 10:38 am
It took an extra frame, but the Cubs beat the Marlins on Saturday by a score of 9-8. The big hit for the Cubs came in the top of the 10th when Derrek Lee launched a solo homerun deep into the left field stands off Marlins pitcher Leo Nunez. Lee was 4-for-6 for the night [...]
