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 [...]
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And Then There Was One
September 27, 2009 – 8:52 am
The Cubs enter the final week of the season playing the best baseball they have played all year. They are 6-9 during the month of September and are now 5.5 games behind Colorado in the NL Wildcard race. (On a more somber note, the Cardinals clinched the NL Central yesterday with their win over the [...]
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 just [...]
Is Blanco the Future Cubs Shortstop?
September 11, 2009 – 7:55 am
In case you missed it, Cubs SS Andres Blanco made a spectacular play this past weekend on a ball hit by the Mets Jeff Francoeur. The fact that Blanco was able to field the ball at all was impressive, but his throw to first was just out of this world.
My buddy Joe Posnanski (truthfully, I [...]
Cubs Set Record in First Inning
September 9, 2009 – 7:27 am
The Cubs opened last night’s game in Pittsburgh with eight straight hits to tie a major league record. The start was a good omen as the baby bears went on to defeat the nasty old Pirates 9-4. Ryan Dempster got the victory, going 6.1 shaky, but effective innings. Aramis Ramirez, Geovany Soto, and Kosuke Fukudome [...]
Cubs Glad To Be In Pittsburgh
September 8, 2009 – 6:59 am
There’s nothing like beating a last place team to raise your spirits. The Cubs took care of business against the last place Pirates in Pittsburgh yesterday by a score of 4-2. Derrek Lee continued his hot hitting ways with two homeruns and three of the four Cubs RBI. Lee now has 31 homeruns on the [...]
Cubs Lose Two-Out-of-Three to Mets
September 7, 2009 – 8:52 am
The Mets are a team in turmoil. More than any other team this year, they have been racked by injuries, their manager and GM are on the hot seat, and rumors are swirling that thier owner, Jeffrey Wilpon, lost so much money in the Madoff scam that he is going to have to sell the [...]
Cubs Continue Treading Water
September 4, 2009 – 8:47 am
After winning two-out-of-three from the Astros, the Cubs dropped a one-game make-up game to the White Sox 5-0. Carlos Torres got the start for the Sox and shut the Cubs down over 7.0 innings. The dreadful Cubs could only manage five hits off the 27-year old rookie, who earned his first career victory.
Alfonso Soriano proved [...]
Cubs-Induced Anxiety Has Subsided
August 17, 2009 – 4:15 pm
As you could probably tell from my post from Friday, I was a wee bit frustrated with the Cubs and their poor play. After taking a couple of days off and with two victories against the Pirates (and an unfortunate rain out on Sunday), I’m feeling better. I’m still not ready to write off this season [...]
