At some point in my formative years, I heard the phrase “hope springs eternal” used in relation to baseball Spring Training and until recently, I never questioned the connection. Since then, whenever I have heard the phrase uttered, I assumed the utterer was talking about Spring Training. Of course, now I’m old and smart, and [...]
Tag Archives: Washington Nationals
Who Is Marlon Byrd?
January 2, 2010 – 12:44 pm
The Cubs signed Marlon Byrd to a 3-year/$15 million deal on New Year’s Eve 2009, but what do we really know about the man they call Marlon Byrd? We sent our crack investigative staff out into the field (me with a computer and Internet connection) to see what we could find.
A Look At The Center Field Market (Part 2 of 2)
December 22, 2009 – 6:39 am
Yesterday, in part 1 of this series, I listed the free agent center field candidates that the Cubs may consider this off season. The free agents are easy to identify because we know specifically who they are. Trade candidates are a different story. We don’t know for sure who is available or what it will [...]
Thinking Out Of The Box (Part 2)
October 12, 2009 – 6:48 am
This is the second installment of my “Thinking Out of the Box” series. You can find the first installment here. Previously, we looked at the reasons that small market/low-revenue teams might want to consider doing things differently than their competitors. Today, I want to focus on what types of things they might consider.
Thinking Out Of The Box (Part 1)
October 11, 2009 – 8:40 am
I know a little bit about cattle ranching (a very little bit). I know a little more about cattle ranchers. Cattle ranchers are among the most self-conscious individuals on the planet. You wouldn’t think so. After all, our perception of ranchers is that they are rugged individualists, beating their own path through life. The truth [...]
Will Cubs Resign Harden?
September 13, 2009 – 8:47 am
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
September 12, 2009 – 8:39 am
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 [...]
Revisiting the Milton Bradley Issue
August 28, 2009 – 8:29 am
What have you people been doing? I leave for a few days only to come back to find out the Cubs lost two-out-of-three to the mighty Washington Nationals. What gives? There’ll be no game recap of any of these games. You can read Carrie Muskat or any of the other beat reporters for that. The [...]
Cubs Try to Lose, But Can’t
August 24, 2009 – 5:24 am
The Cubs did everything they could to throw away yesterday’s game in Los Angeles, but the umpires wouldn’t allow it. A bad throw by Ryan Theriot pulled Mike Fontenot off of second base on a force out, but the umpire called the runner out anyway. Don’t these types of calls usually go against the Cubs? [...]
Cubs Lose, Cards Win, Future Looks Bleak
August 18, 2009 – 7:44 am
It was bad enough that the Cubs lost and the Cardinals won. That was bad enough. But the way the Cubs lost was like being cut open and having salt poured into the wound. It was that painful. Ted Lilly returned from the DL to pitch 6.0 innings of four hit, no run baseball. It [...]
