Things did not go well for the Cubs during their recent trip to Colorado. They lost three-out-of-four games, including last night’s 11-5 shellacking, but that was just the icing on the “bad news” cake. First, Carlos Zambrano was added to the DL with back spasm. Next, Aramis Ramirez “tweaked” the shoulder that landed him on [...]
Tag Archives: Ted Lilly
Zambrano Added to Cubs Disabled List
August 9, 2009 – 10:04 am
The Cubs beat the Rockies Saturday night to tie the series with Colorado at one game apiece. But the biggest news was the addition of Carlos Zambrano to the 15-day disabled list for the Cubs. As you may recall, Zambrano came out early in his last start against Cincinnati with back spasms, but blamed the [...]
Cubs Win First Two Against Reds
July 26, 2009 – 10:00 am
The Cubs have taken the first two games against the Reds by scores of 8-5 (Friday) and 5-3 (Saturday). In the Cubs last nine games since the All-Star break, they are 7-2. In the two games against the Reds, Alfonso Soriano is 4-for-8 with a homerun and an RBI. It’s an incredibly small sample size, [...]
Cubs Lose 10-1 to Phillies
July 21, 2009 – 7:39 am
My hope was that the Cubs would cruise into Philly riding high on their four game sweep of the Nationals and promptly sweep the World Champion Phillies. Instead, they swaggered into Philly and promptly got thumped 10-1. It was an ugly game, from Ted Lilly giving up seven earned runs in four innings (maybe his knee [...]
More Injuries For The Cubs
July 18, 2009 – 8:05 am
The Cubs beat the Nationals last night 3-1 behind the pitching of Carlos Zambrano and a surpringly effective bullpen. Zambrano went five innings scattering four hits, allowed one run, struck out six and walked four. He was effective, but had he been facing a team other than Washington, the results may have been different. Beginning [...]
Is Halladay In The Cards?
July 16, 2009 – 9:09 am
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 [...]
Catching Up At The All-Star Break
July 13, 2009 – 8:51 am
When I left on vacation last week, I planned on keeping up with my blog entries. Unfortunately, every time I had the time to do it, I didn’t have an Internet connection, and every time I could find an Internet connection, I didn’t have time to log on. Oh well… So what’s happened since the [...]
