went well. I know this is old news at this point, but check out this link to the highlights–
Ted Lilly pitches a gem in his Dodger’s debut.
You’ve gotta love hearing Vin Scully. In case you were wondering (I don’t blame you if you weren’t), Ryan Theriot is currently 7-20 with the Dodgers.
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(photo by Jeff Gross)
So the Cubs “win one for Ted” campaign failed miserably last night, and sadly enough, the game was probably Lilly’s last as a Cub as he “appears certain to be traded.” My opinion is that the Cubs need to re-up Lilly and look to unload payroll elsewhere. The problem is that Lilly [...]
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Vicente Padilla is a decent pitcher, and he definitely made the Cubs look terrible on Sunday night. During that game, he threw 75 out of 106 pitches for strikes. One of the 31 pitches that was out of the strike zone struck Marlon Byrd on the back. So was it intentional? Marlon Byrd thought it [...]
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Let’s start out by saying that after a great series in Arizona, the Cubs didn’t play very well in L.A. Even though they put some runs on the board, the pitching was pretty atrocious overall. With that being said, what the hell was up with this crew of umpires? Brian Runge especially appeared to get [...]
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There aren’t too many good things to say about the Cubs right now. I watched all of Tuesday night’s terrible game and only some of last night’s equally terrible game. What the crap is up with Wells? It’s too bad that Marshall and Gorzelanny are both lefties because it’s looking like Wells should get a [...]
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My wife and I had the pleasure of attending the first game of the Cubs-Angels series yesterday. The Miller Lite billboard beyond right field read, “Welcome to baseball heaven.” After watching the horrible defensive play of the Cubs yesterday (and really for a while now), I’m not ready to come to the conclusion that heaven [...]
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The Cubs came through last night with a 3-0 victory over the Dodgers. Kershaw is a tough pitcher and looked pretty sharp last night. Fortunately, Rafael Furcal’s defense didn’t. Kershaw only gave up one unearned run due to a Furcal error, and Lee’s 2-run homer was off the bullpen. Dempster was his usual self last [...]
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Firstly, Let’s look back at Lou Pinella’s managerial career and try to understand why he might think this is the best for the team. His best moments were the World Series win with the Red’s in 1990, and the “refuse to lose” 116 win season in Seattle. What got him to the world series in 90′ [...]
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I spent some time on baseball reference this morning looking at relief pitching stats, and guess which team leads the National League in “losses in relief?” That’s right, your Chicago Cubs with 6. Yes, the offense hasn’t been great or clutch or whatever, but the bullpen is a festering wound, and if we don’t get [...]
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Text message from Paul – April 21st, 12:22pm
They should move Carlos to the pen when Lilly comes back.
I can’t hang with about 3/4 of what Paul says about the Cubs, but he has an incredible track record with this stuff. Last year, when I hadn’t heard a single person say anything about it (and [...]
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