Tag Archives: Jerrod Washburn

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 [...]

Good News and Bad News for Soriano and The Cubs

The bad news is that Alfonso Soriano had a pretty bad night, going 1-for-6 with three strikeouts.  The good news is that his one hit was a 13th inning game winning grand slam that gave the Cubs a 5-1 win. Carlos Zambrano got the start for the Cubs and pitched well, going 7.0 innings and [...]

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 [...]