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 [...]
Tag Archives: Mark Derosa
Is Halladay In The Cards?
July 16, 2009 – 9:09 am
The period betwen the All-Star break and July 31 is always full of rumors and speculation. One of the best places to follow all of the rumors is at MLB Trade Rumors. Tim Dierkes, the proprietor of MLBTR does a terrific job of following all of the scuttlebutt. While Tim covers the entire league, my [...]
Cardinals Trade for DeRosa
June 28, 2009 – 6:52 am
The worst case scenario became reality when the Cardinals traded Chris Perez and a player to be named later to obtain former Cub Mark DeRosa. As you’ll recall from my previous posts, I was afraid that DeRosa might ended up with the Cardinals and that is exactly what happened. The extremely versitile DeRosa is hitting [...]
Jason Stark Weighs in On The Cubs
June 26, 2009 – 7:58 am
The Cubs lost again to the Tigers. I don’t want to talk about it. ********** Today, I want to talk about a colum that Jason Stark has on ESPN.com. In it, he has a few things to say about the Cubs. First he talks about the Cubs offensive woes. Here’s what he has to say: Who [...]
Cubs Drop First Two to Tigers
June 25, 2009 – 8:37 am
The Cubs dropped their third game in a row and the second to the Tigers on Wednesday, losing 5-3. The Cubs left 13 runners on base and were 1-15 with runners in scoring position. Rich Harden only gave up two earned runs on four hits in 5.1 innings. He also walked four and struckout three. On [...]
Cubs vs White Sox at Wrigley
June 16, 2009 – 5:13 am
The Cubs get ready to host the crosstown rival White Sox today at Wrigley Field. John Danks (4-5) will take on Carlos Zambrano (4-2) tonight under the lights. A lot of people make a big deal out of this series. One side hates the other and it’s common to see “Cubs Suck” or “Sox Suck” t-shirts [...]
Trading DeRosa Was A Mistake
May 29, 2009 – 8:29 am
Before I get into my thoughts on Mark DeRosa, let me report that the Cubs lost to the Dodgers last night 2-1. For me, the best thing about the game was watching it on the MLB Network with Bob Costas doing the announcing. He is a terrific baseball voice; one of the best. It took [...]
What Ever Happened To Hitting?
May 21, 2009 – 7:45 am
Over the past two nights in St. Louis, the Cubs have cranked out just nine hits for a total of one run and have lost the first two games of their series against the Cardinals. They also wasted two good pitching performances by Ted Lilly – who gave up just five hits and three earned [...]
