Cubs at Pirates July 7th

Happy Live Earth day.  There is nothing like listening to some good music especially for a good cause.  The bad news is the Cubs lost to the Pirates yesterday and the Brewers won dropping the Cubbies back to 5.5 games back.  The Cubs also lost Dempster for an extended period of time.  He was unable [...]

Jacque Jones Traded? Billy Petrick called up? Updated 9:00 est

Various radio stations and news sources are reporting that Jacque Jones has been traded to the Marlins.  I haven’t been able to find any official confirmation but with all the press this is getting I’d be shocked if it was just a rumor.
 I’m actually pretty happy Jacque Jones is getting traded.  He was never really [...]

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 [...]

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 has really be struggling to start the season and the Cubs capitalized.  Michael Barrett and Aramis [...]

Cubs Vs Reds

I’ll be back to updating this every day again.  I am sorry for the lack of updates, as i was sick and had some personal issues to attend to as well.  For those who are following the season has not started well for the Cubbies are now 1-2.  Because I am behind I’m not going [...]

Game Summary for March 6: Cubs 3, Brewers 2

I wasn’t feeling well yesterday so I apologize for the lack of an update.  The Cubs played the Brewskis and it was an ugly game.  The Cubs won the game despite the fact that they committed 4 errors.  I can only imagine how angry Sweet Lou Piniella was after that game.
Cubs on the Mound
Marquis had [...]

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 [...]