Category Archives: Sammy Sosa

Kerry Wood 20k Game and Fan Ramblings

What a freak Wood might have been had he not been hit with injuries. Continue reading

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Sammy Sosa hits #600

I was really hoping Sammy would hit the homerun off the Cubs.  As stated before it would really be poetic justice.  In fact, It turned out to have a little extra poetry as the Pitcher he hit number 600 off … Continue reading

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Sammy Sosa and the Texas Rangers

Just a quick update today… The cubbies have the day off today before the the excitement of the season continues.  The Cubs will take on Sammy Sosa and rangers in Texas.  Sammy Sosa is sitting at 599 homeruns and could … Continue reading

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Cubs at Braves June 9th

All I have to say is Soriano is a beast.  His 4 hit, 3 homerun night last night was extremely impressive.  Here is a few more interesting stats.  Soriano is 19-17 (.514) with 6 homeruns so far in June.  He is … Continue reading

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Filed under Alfonso Soriano, Cesar Izturis, Chicago Cubs, Derrek Lee, Felix Pie, Hitters, Jacque Jones, Jason Marquis, Mark Derosa, Michael Barrett, Mike Fontenot, MLB baseball, Pitchers, Sammy Sosa

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 … Continue reading

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Filed under Alfonso Soriano, Aramis Ramirez, Cesar Izturis, Chicago Cubs, Cliff Floyd, Derrek Lee, Hitters, Jacque Jones, Lou Piniella, Michael Barrett, MLB baseball, Pitchers, Ryan Theriot, Sammy Sosa, Ted Lilly

Sammy Sosa Update

Sammy Sosa hit two homeruns this afternoon.  He has now homered in his 44th ball park which is a new MLB record.  He was previously tied with Ken Griffey Jr, and Fred McGriff.  Sosa is now batting .239 on the … Continue reading

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Cardinals at Cubs April 21st

That was certainly an interesting game last night.  Lilly once again threw a great game but the Cub’s offense in particular the base runners really let him down.  We had some odd plays with Cedeno getting thrown out on a … Continue reading

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Filed under Aramis Ramirez, Cesar Izturis, Chicago Cubs, Derrek Lee, Henry Blanco, Hitters, Jacque Jones, Jason Marquis, Lou Piniella, Michael Barrett, MLB baseball, Pitchers, Ronny Cedeno, Sammy Sosa, Ted 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 … 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

Snowed Out

What is with this weather in April.  There was even a blizzard here in Ottawa this morning.  Great googly moogly.  The Cubs are off to 3-5 record and for once we can’t blame it on a slow start by Aramis Ramirez.  … Continue reading

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Filed under Alfonso Soriano, Aramis Ramirez, Carlos Zambrano, Cesar Izturis, Chicago Cubs, Derrek Lee, Jacque Jones, Matt Murton, MLB baseball, Pitchers, Rants, Ryan Theriot, Sammy Sosa

More Roster Cuts

Roster Cuts: LHP Sean Marshall – AAA RHP Carlos Marmol – AAA C Geovany Soto – AAA Non-Roster Cuts: LHP Ryan O’Malley LHP Carmen Pignatiello 3B/UTL Casey McGehee 1B  Micah Hoffpauir C Jake Fox None of the are exactly surprisingly, … Continue reading

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