Brewers at Cubs June 30th

What a game…  Rich Hill struggled early and didn’t even make it to the 4th inning.  The Bullpen picked him up and shut out the good hitting Brewers the rest of the way.  A big kudos to Billy Petrick, Michael Wuertz, Carlos Marmol and Bob Howry for keeping the game close and giving the Cubs a [...]

White Sox at Cubs May 19th 2007

That was a great win yesterday.  A comeback win is exactly what the Cubs needed after coughing up 5 runs in the 9th on Thursday.  The Bullpen (Howry and Dempster) pitched two innings of scoreless ball and struckout 4 batters.  Ted Lilly was finally given somerun support to earn his 4th win of the year.  Lilly [...]

Keys For Success Against the White Sox

I know there has been one heart breaking loss and a come from behind victory since I last wrote.  However, that is ancient history.  If you have a problem with that you need to stop living in the past…
 Keys to Success
1.  Michael Barrett’s temper.
You know A.J. and the rest of the White Sox will be [...]

Weekend Updates as Well as March 5th Game Summary

Over the weekend the Cubs continued their losing ways.  Well, at least they tied a game this time.  I guess that counts for something.  As always in spring training there is always good news with the bad news.  Here is a summary
 The Good Saturday Vs. Athletics (Cubs 5, Athletics 5)
Michael Barrett went 2 for 2 [...]

Angels At Cubs March 2nd

Summary of the Cubs second spring training game
Angels 8, Cubs 6
Lineups
ANGELS
Mathews CF
Cabrera SS
Guerrero RF
Hillenbrand 1B
Kendrick 2B
Figgens 3B
Molina C
Gorneault LF
Saunders P
CUBS
Soriano CF
Izturis SS
Lee 1B
Ramirez 3B
Murton LF
DeRosa 2B
Blanco C
Pagan RF
Zambrano P
Cubs at The Plate
Cubs hitters hit about .270 on the day.  Unfortunately most of the hits came from the same hitters.  Matt Murton had a great night.  He [...]

Meet the Relievers for 2007

Neal Cotts
In one of the more interesting trades, the Cubs acquired Neal Cotts for David Aardsma.  Neal Cotts definitely has the advantage in experience over Aardsma.  Cotts had a great 2005 season in which he posted a 1.94 era in a 60.1 innings pitched with a solid BB/K ratio of 2.0.  His WHIP was also a [...]