Category Archives: Rich Hill

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 … Continue reading

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Cubs snap 3 game winning streak

Even though the Cubs lost yesterday they are still on a 10-2 run of late.  I have to give credit to the Nats Matt Chico for pitching a great game.  He made the Cubs look like a team that really … Continue reading

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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, … Continue reading

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Cubs at Mets May 16th

It’s amazing the difference a day makes.  The Cubs actually looked like a playoff team last night.  We had a strong outing by Zambrano, and lots of timely hitting.  Every single person who had an at-bat last night got a … Continue reading

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May 5th Nats at Cubs

I have been very busy, The blog did not need that neglecting.  Anyway, the Cubs are going for their 4th straight win and look to pound the Nationals tonight.  The pitching matchup will be the Unstoppable Rich Hill taking on … Continue reading

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Brewers at Cubs April 24th

What and ugly depressing game that was last night.  It seems the Cubs do this every time.  They take a lead early and then either the Starter or the Bullpen coughs it up in the middle innings.  The Cubs are … Continue reading

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Filed under Alfonso Soriano, Aramis Ramirez, Carlos Zambrano, Cesar Izturis, Chicago Cubs, Cliff Floyd, Daryle Ward, Derrek Lee, Henry Blanco, Hitters, Jacque Jones, Michael Barrett, MLB baseball, Pitchers, Rich Hill, Ronny Cedeno, Ryan Theriot, Scott Eyre, Will Ohman

Cubs Vs Braves April 19th Game Summary.

I really can’t say it enough, Rich Hill is amazing.  Hill shut down the streaking Braves today by throwing 8 shutout innings before handing the game over to Dempster who earned the save.  The Cubs were facing Mark Redman who … Continue reading

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Filed under Aramis Ramirez, Cesar Izturis, Chicago Cubs, Cliff Floyd, Felix Pie, Hitters, Jacque Jones, Lou Piniella, Matt Murton, Michael Barrett, MLB baseball, Pitchers, Rich Hill, Ryan Dempster, Ryan Theriot, Sammy Sosa

It’s the Weekend Update

First off, some sad news.  Mike Kinkade who had been having a great spring to this point is out 4 to 6 weeks after breaking his hand.  He was hit by a pitch on saturday and immediately walked straight to … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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Weekend Spring Training Happenings (Updated)

Kerry Wood As expected Wood threw to live hitters on Saturday.  According to the Cubs official web-page Wood threw really well. It wasn’t fun,” said McGehee, the first batter to see Wood. “He looks pretty good. When he’s telling you … Continue reading

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