Cubs Sweep Astros, Barry Bonds and The Giants next?

The Cubs opened the second half of the season with a bang sweeping the Astros.  Unfortunately, I can not comment on the games because I missed a large portion of all 3 games due to a combination of Ottawa Lynx games.  Until I catch up on those games I’ll stick to talking about the future [...]

Rockies at Cubs June 27th

The Cubs will be going for win number 6 tonight against the Rockies.  It really seems like the Cubs can do no wrong at the moment.  I’m still in shock the Cubs gave up 6 runs in the 9th two days ago and still can back and won.  I think the Cubs are starting to [...]

Two Game Winning Streak

How about that we won two games in a row.   Alfonso Soriano is a big part of that.  He is absolutely on fire and he is really earning his pay the last week or so.  He looks like a completely different player.  He has a bounce in his step and a hint of arrogance that [...]

Piniella finally vents

We all knew this was coming.  The Cubs have just been so bad.  Piniella after a close call at third stormed out of the dugout and got in the face of third base umpire Mark Wegner.  Sweet Lou threw his hat down and kicked plenty of dirt on the umpire.  He was pushed toward the [...]

Zambrano and Barrett Come To Blows UPDATED AGAIN!

After the disasterous 5th inning,  Zambrano and Barrett engaged in a very heated discussion which than turned physical with Zambrano lunging after Barrett.  Zambrano was yelling at Barrett probably for his passed ball that led to one of the runs.  Michael then appeared to point to the scoreboard (probably pointing out that with or without [...]

Marlins at Cubs May 29th

As stated before I apologize for my absence.  Now, back to business.  The cubs have been really snake bitten lately.  They starters have pitched great including earning a quality start in each of the last four games.  The Bullpen is right where i left it… floundering.  The Offense has been struggling a bit as well, [...]

Transactions May 22nd

Lou Piniella had promised to make some “interesting” changes on Tuesday and my guess this is it or part of it.  Sean Marshall has been called up from AAA.  Marshall was pitching really well in AAA this year.  In 4 starts he is 2-0 with 1.82 ERA.  Marshall had some shoulder problems at the end [...]

Todays Transactions: The Oxymoron is Back as the Pie is returned

The Cubs have sent Felix Pie back to Iowa and recalled Mr Oxymoron himself, Angel Pagan.
The move doesn’t really come as surprise as Pie was only hitting .229 and was not getting much playing time.  Pie’s defense was very impressive but he did look over-matched at times and had a few bad at bats.  We’ll [...]

Pirates at Cubs May 10th

Jason Marquis continued his quest to make me look foolish.  In spring training I ragged on him every chance I could.  After every good start I’ve said it won’t last.  After his complete game shutout and 3 hitter last night, I’m officially on the Jason Marquis bandwagon.  I am happy to admit I may have [...]

Pirates at Cubs May 8th

The Cubs are on quite a roll of late winning 8 of their last 9, which includes their last 5 games.  The Pirates, on the other hand have been struggling.  They come into the series losing 7 of their last 9 games.  You know the Cubs look to take advantage of this opportunity to really [...]