***This is Part I of my “Cubs games in Phoenix” trip. I’ll post Part II tomorrow and you won’t want to miss tomorrow’s photos***
My wife and I take our kids to Southern California every summer for 3 weeks to visit my wife’s family. It just so happened that this year, the Cubs would [...]
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Since I’m on vacation, I don’t want to ruin this time of relaxation by actually putting together a thought-out post about this crummy team. So I’ll just put together a few thoughts here.
Since unloading 12 runs on the Angels in the final game of that series, the Cubs’ offense has disappeared. Since that game, the [...]
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Welcome to yet another podcast episode that is focused on Carlos Zambrano. Andy and Corey discuss the current Z situation over 2000 miles of distance. We also read your answers to the question of the week.
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Last night had the makings of a disaster. I’m not sure us Cubs fans could handle another sweep and series loss to the Pirates. After Tuesday’s loss, I’m sure most Cubs fans were sensing that if the Cubs were swept again by the Pirates, everything would implode. The Cubs are currently 1-7 [...]
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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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So far this team has been difficult to watch (as they always are), but there are some encouraging aspects we can hold on to while our hearts palpitate about the rest.
-I’m starting to feel fairly confident in the starting rotation. Dempster and Wells had great outings, and Zambrano looked a lot better yesterday. Dempster had [...]
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The Cubs wrapped up their opening series in Atlanta last night and head to Cincinnati for their first look at an NL Central Division foe. So let’s take a look back at this, the first series in the 2010 season.
Monday: Braves 16 – Cubs 5
Pitching: Zambrano was bad, Samardzija was worse. Zambrano leaves with [...]
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In retrospect, I should not have worried so much about this game being blacked out in our area. I’d like to hear from folks if they had any trouble getting the game because of MLB/ESPN Blackout. I have DirecTV and it was offered as an alternate ESPN station.
I am trying to convince myself that I [...]
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Jeff Samardzija has “earned” a spot in the bullpen to start the 2010 campaign for the Cubs. I had hoped to see Samardzija start in Iowa, and the move to have him up with the Cubs is just another step towards an inevitable ugly ending with Cubs fans. If you have been reading [...]
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