It was a big weekend for the Cubs as they swept the Brewers in Milwaukee. It was the Cubs first series sweep of the year and helped to improve their season record to 9-11, good for second place in the NL Central. They currently trail the Cardinals by 2.5 games. The Cubs outscored the Brewers [...]
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Cubs Winter Meetings: Day 1 Recap
December 8, 2009 – 6:18 am
There was a lot of talk at the Winter Meetings for the Cubs, but not much action. There was a lot of talk about Milton Bradley, but he’s still on the roster at the moment. Jayson Stark of ESPN.com Tweets that a potential deal between the Cubs a Rays that would send Bradley to Tampa [...]
Cubs Officially Eliminated
September 30, 2009 – 5:49 am
It’s official. Despite beating the Pirates 6-0 yesterday at Wrigley Field, the Cubs were mathematically eliminated from the post-season when the Rockies beat the Brewers 7-5 in Colorado. The Rox remain atop the NL Wildcard standings with a 3.0 game lead over Atlanta. So another year is in the books for the Cubs and we can officially turn our [...]
More Milton Bradley News
September 24, 2009 – 7:34 am
The Cubs lost last night to the Brewers 3-2, but stayed 7.5 games behind Colorado, who lost to San Diego 6-3. The Cubs start an important (it makes me feel better to believe that the games are important) four game series tonight in San Francisco. The Cubs are currently 3.5 games behind the Giants in [...]
Bradley Suspension Dominates News
September 22, 2009 – 8:22 am
The suspension of Milton Bradley by Cubs GM Jim Hendry continues to be the big story surrounding the Cubs. Even as they beat the Brewers last night 10-2 to pull to within 7.5 games of idle Colorado in the Wildcard race, the focus remained on Bradley’s suspension. Hal Bodley of MLB.com weighed in to express [...]
Cubs Suspend Bradley for the Rest of the Year
September 21, 2009 – 7:47 am
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 Drop Two-Out-Of-Three to Milwaukee
September 18, 2009 – 8:20 am
The Cubs lost the rubber game of their series with Milwaukee yesterday by a score of 7-4. Randy Wells looked tired, Milton Bradley reminded us why we dislike him so, and the team generally failed to rise to the occasion. With the loss, the Cubs drop to 7.0 games behind Wildcard leading Colorado with just [...]
Cubs Go For Series Win Against Milwaukee
September 17, 2009 – 9:23 am
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 [...]
Cubs Salvage Victory in San Diego
August 20, 2009 – 7:42 am
The Cubs took the finale of a three game set to avoid being swept in San Diego. Rich Harden continued his terrific pitching on the road. He went 7.0 innings, giving up just one hit and no runs. He struck out eight and walked three for the win. Aramis Ramirez and Milton Bradley both homered [...]
Cubs Lose Again
August 19, 2009 – 7:53 am
The Cards lost to the Dodgers last night, but the Cubs couldn’t take advantage of the situation as they also lost 6-3 to the Padres. Derrek Lee had two hits, including a home run and a double, but it wasn’t enough to save the game for the Cubs. You would think that a team in [...]
