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 [...]
Tag Archives: San Diego Padres
Cubs Score Two!…But Still Lose
May 25, 2009 – 8:21 am
The Cubs offense really came alive on Sunday in San Diego by doubling their output from the previous day. By scoring two runs (yeah, that’s all) in a 7-2 lose to the Padres, the Cubs raised their run production to five runs during their seven game road trip. Certainly not a good performance for one [...]
Cubs Score, But Lose Again
May 24, 2009 – 12:59 pm
The good news is that the Cubs scored a run. After being shut out two of their last four games, the Cubs scored first against the Padres and had their first lead since last Sunday. They went a total of 43 innings without having a lead. The Cubs lone run came on a Derrick Lee [...]
Another Day, Another Shutout
May 23, 2009 – 9:35 am
Carlos Zambrano returned last night from the DL to take on the Padres, but it didn’t really matter. Z’s good (but sometimes shaky) pitching performance went to waste and the Cubs failed to score, losing 4-0. Jake Peavy picked up the victory for San Diego. Every starter for the Cubs, with the exception of Derrick [...]
Odds and Ends
May 13, 2009 – 9:22 pm
The Cubs beat the Padres 6-4 today in a rain shortened game at Wrigley Field. The Cubs got home runs from Alfonso Soriano (his 53rd lead-off homer), Geovany Soto, and two shots from Ryan Theriot. Ted Lilly pitched into the seventh inning and got the win for the Cubs. MLB has decided that Ryan Dempster [...]
A Dream Come True
May 12, 2009 – 10:38 pm
Bobby Scales is 31 years old and has played minor league baseball for the past ten years. Until last week, he had never played in a Major League game. But on Monday, May 4, Scales joined the Cubs at Wrigley Field and the next day he got his first Major League start. He also got [...]
