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 [...]
Tag Archives: Ryan Dempster
Mid-Season Progress Report
July 15, 2009 – 10:33 am
As we all endure the final day of the All-Star break – a day I personally hate – let’s take a look at the Cubs season so far in 2009. First, let me preface what I am going to say by stating that although I am a glass-is-half-full kind of guy, I am not a [...]
Lou’s The Least Popular Manager in Baseball
July 2, 2009 – 8:12 am
A big hearty congratulations goes out to Cubs skipper Lou Piniella today. In a survey done by Sports Illustrated (and reported here in the Chicago Tribune), Piniella was voted the manager MLB players would least like to play for. Piniella garnered an impressive 26% of the vote. His closest rival was White Sox manager Ozzie [...]
Cubs Drop One-Game Series to Braves
June 23, 2009 – 7:28 am
The Cubs made a quick side trip to Atlanta to play a game that was rained out earlier this year. The results were not good, although there were some very good things to take from the game. For instance, Ryan Dempster had a good outing even though he picked up the loss. He went 6 [...]
Cubs Sweep Indians
June 22, 2009 – 7:55 am
For the first time in a long time, the Cubs swept a series, this time against Cleveland. The first two games of the series, the Cubs needed extra inning to secure the victories. But yesterday, the Northsiders won the game 6-2 and they got it done in just nine innings. In Sunday’s game, Randy Wells [...]
Cubs Odds & Ends
June 12, 2009 – 5:39 am
The Cubs lost two-out-of-three to the Astros this week. Cubs pitching gave up a total of five runs in the three games, but the offense couldn’t muster more than one run in the two games they lost. I’ll be the first to admit that the bullpen couldn’t hold the Astros in game two or three [...]
Dempster’s Daughter Always On His Mind
June 8, 2009 – 9:32 am
It was an event-filled Spring Training for Ryan Dempster. In addition to getting ready for the upcoming season – the first on his new four-year, $52 million contract – he and wife Jenny were also expecting their second child. It was an exciting time, until the problems started. First, doctors noticed that Jenny was retaining [...]
Cubs Take Two-Out-Of-Three in Cincinnati
June 7, 2009 – 8:27 pm
The Cubs continued to get good pitching and very little offense in their 2-1 victory against the Reds in the first game of the series. Carlos Zambrano pitched 6.2 innings, giving up just two hits and no earned runs. He also hit what would prove to be the game winning home run in the fifth [...]
Cubs Win, Dempster Great
May 31, 2009 – 8:34 am
The strong pitching of the past two days continued – at least for the Cubs – as they shutout the Dodgers 7-0. Ryan Dempster was the pitching hero on Saturday, throwing seven innings of four hit ball. He gave up one walk and struck out five on the way to the victory. Three of the [...]
Pitchers Rule
May 30, 2009 – 7:52 am
Chicks may dig the long ball, but the first two games of the Cubs-Dodgers serious have been all about pitching. In Thursday’s matchup, Randy Wolff out-dueled Cubs rookie Randy Wells in a game the Dodgers won 2-1. Although he got the L, Wells pitched a very good game, scattering eight hits, two earned runs, one [...]
