I completely missed this news and I’d like to thank Kevin for the e-mail, alerting me. Matt Murton was called up to the Rockies from AAA Colorado Springs. Murton was batting .411 with four homeruns, six doubles and 19 RBI’s in 18 games. Matt has also stolen five bases. I’m really [...]
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Artemis, Aslan, Gandalf, and Ted Lilly. All of them can commune with wild animals, but only one has the ability to throw a cliff-hanging curve ball and plow hapless catchers trying to guard the plate. In last night’s game against the Diamondbacks, Ted Lilly caught a moth and surreptitiously placed it on Gerald Perry’s hat. [...]
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I couldn’t wait until the Cubs faced Yusmeiro Petit to attempt some creative headline like that. Now I’d like to see the Cubs face him again since he gave up 7 earned runs in 3 2/3 innings.
Of course, the big news of the 11-3 victory was Carlos Zambrano. On the mound, Zambrano went [...]
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We have set up a live-blogging program. Tonight’s game will be our first attempt. It’ll be just me throwing in some thoughts here and there. We will typically use this live-blogging when we have multiple Ivy Envy guys together watching games. The sketchy television coverage of Thursday night’s game might lead [...]
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Andy, Kurt and Corey welcome our regular guest, Matt Veto of the Argus/Dispatch and discuss this week’s happenings with the Cubs.
This is the first episode from the Backyard Bar and we have plenty to discuss. Topics include: the recent poor play by the Cubs, lack of offense, a scary bullpen, injuries and a somewhat fueled [...]
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Jeff Samardzija will pass through my hometown as he heads on I-80 from Des Moines to Wrigley Field. As a huge Notre Dame fan, I’m pretty excited to see Samardzija get called up again. He was a pleasant and somewhat unexpected surprise last year as he played the role of one of those guys that [...]
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A few days late thanks to technical issues. Also, there’s no intro/outro music and you’ll have to excuse the distortion towards the end of the show. Only two Ivy Envy writers are present, but John from Wasting Away in Wrigleyville saves the day.
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If you listen to our podcast regularly, you’re probably wondering where episode #5 is. I was about to finish off the editing yesterday and upload it to the site and my external hard-drive fell of my desk. It’s not functional now and I’m hoping my 400-some cd’s and 8 years of pictures can [...]
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Bob Brenly made a trip to the Quad Cities. I’m sure Paul is heartbroken that he missed him. It’s not huge news, but it did make the paper thanks to our good friend Matt Veto. With the Cubs on FOX and a rare weekend day off, Brenly took in the Peoria Chiefs v. QC River [...]
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I thought I would take this off-day opportunity to point out how “America’s Finest News Source,” The Onion, has a Cubs fixation. I think their corporate HQ is located in Chicago, so maybe that has something to do with it. Here are some links to just a few of their Cubs-related articles–
“Cubs to Continue Tradition [...]
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