Slave to the Spring Grind
The extremely long Spring Training is slowly reaching a conclusion. The Cubs completed their 26th Cactus League game on Sunday (27th total contest) and Lou Piniella’s crew will begin playing games that...
View ArticleSo, could Taguchi take Gathright’s spot?
Hear it once and overlook it, hear it twice and it might have legs…Two different reports, one from Carrie Muskat and the other from Gordon Wittenmyer, mentioned So Taguchi has outplayed Joey Gathright...
View ArticleProblemz with Z Pen? – Cubs 8 A’s 8
Game Thirty-Six – Cubs 8 A’s 8 – 9 innings For the second time this week Lou Piniella’s crew played to an 8-8 tie on the road in Arizona. The Cubs jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the third inning after...
View ArticleOne, Two, Three Blasts off Lilly at the New Ballpark – Cubs 4 Yankees 7
Game Thirty-Eight – Cubs 4 Yankees 7 WP – Chien-Ming Wang (1-2) LP – Ted Lilly (1-2) Save – Jonathan Albaladejo (2) The weather held off on Friday night at new Yankee Stadium…too bad Ted Lilly could...
View ArticleWhat a Difference a Year Makes…Cubs Opening Day Roster Set
Jim Hendry began the off-season saying he would not make many changes to the Cubs roster, six months later his team has a much-different look. Gone are the likes of Jim Edmonds, Henry Blanco, Bobby...
View ArticleTalkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Cardinals – 04/26/09
Game Seventeen: Cubs (8-8) vs. Cardinals (13-5) Game Time – 1:15pm C.T. Coverage – TV: WGN TV – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 186 Location – Busch Stadium, St. Louis Rich Harden (1-1, 4.20/1.27) vs....
View ArticleEscaping from Houston with a ‘W’– Cubs 8 Astros 5
Game Twenty-Eight – Cubs 8 Astros 5 WP – Ted Lilly (4-2) LP – Russ Ortiz (2-1) Save – None Ted Lilly labored through six innings on Thursday night at Minute Maid Park but still turned in a quality...
View ArticleGathright to the Minors?
According to a report from the Chicago Sun-Times, the Cubs “plan to send speedy outfielder Joey Gathright to the minors” on Friday afternoon to make room on the roster for Randy Wells. Gathright must...
View ArticleFrom the Wire…Gathright Traded to O’s for Freel
According to a report from Ken Rosenthal, the Cubs traded Joey Gathright to the Orioles for utility man Ryan Freel. Reports surfaced following Thursday night’s game against the Astros that Joey...
View ArticleGarza Still Very Much In Play for the Cubs?
If the past three Decembers are any indication, the next two weeks could be very interesting for the Chicago Cubs. As Bruce Miles pointed out, Jim Hendry has made several moves in late December over...
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