As you could probably tell from my post from Friday, I was a wee bit frustrated with the Cubs and their poor play. After taking a couple of days off and with two victories against the Pirates (and an unfortunate rain out on Sunday), I’m feeling better. I’m still not ready to write off this season [...]
Tag Archives: Washington Nationals
I’m A Cubs Apologist
August 14, 2009 – 7:51 am
With the Cubs loss yesterday to the Phillies to complete the three game sweep, I suddenly had a revelation of sorts. The loss made me angry, and my first reaction was to make excuses for the Cubs. Sure they lost, but Aramis Ramirez is hurt. Injuries have been the downfall of this team. Then I [...]
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 [...]
Cubs Pickup B.J. Ryan
July 17, 2009 – 7:55 am
As expected, the Cubs signed pitcher B.J. Ryan to a minor league deal after he was released by Toronto. The 33-year old Ryan was a dominant closer just a year or two ago, but he has recently lost velocity on his fastball and is struggling with control. Ryan’s first stop will be extended spring training in [...]
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 [...]
