Tag Archives: San Francisco Giants

Zambrano Threatens to Retire

Carlos Zambrano pitched a brilliant two-hit shutout against the Giants last Friday and was then asked why he can’t pitch like that all of the time.  Zambrano’s answer was a little surprising. In an article written by Paul Sullivan of the Tribune, Zambrano explained that he doesn’t always feel the way he felt on Friday.  [...]

Piniella’s Wish List For 2010

The Cubs lost the series finale against the Giants yesterday 5-1 (Why does the 1 look like it’s in a different font?).  At the same time, Colorado beat St. Louis 4-3 to increase their Wildcard lead over the Cubs to 6.5 games with just seven games remaining in the season.  I wouldn’t suggest investing in [...]

And Then There Was One

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 Continue Winning Ways

Things did not look good for the Cubs entering the 9th inning of last night’s game in San Francisco.  The good guys were down 2-1 and faced the Giants closer, Brian Wilson.  With two outs and Micah Hoffpauir on first base, Jeff Baker came to the plate with the game on the line.  Wilson got [...]

More Milton Bradley News

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 [...]

Cubs Go For Series Win Against Milwaukee

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 [...]

Will Cubs Resign Harden?

The Cubs got down early in yesterday’s game thanks to three errors in the fourth inning.  They came back to tied the game 5-5 in the 7th inning, only to have Carlos Marmol allow two runs in the 9th to hand the game to the Reds.  If Marmol is the heir-apparent to the closers role [...]

Who Will Bat Leadoff For Cubs in 2010

First, let me say that I was right.  Ah, that feels good.  I originally reported that Alfonso Soriano would have surgery on his ailing knee and would be out the rest of the year.  Then, Gordon Wittenmyer chimed in and said that Soriano would be back before the end of the month and would wait [...]

Is Blanco the Future Cubs Shortstop?

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, [...]

Cubs Set Record in First Inning

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 [...]