It’s the bottom of the 8th inning on Saturday night and I had sat in Kaufmann Stadium and watched the Cubs and Royals play a very good game. It was well pitched. The umpires, at least from my perspective, made all the right calls. There were some nice plays on defense made by each team. Both teams put runners on, …
Cubs in No Hurry to End 103 Years of Being Losers
The Cubs will be getting their top scouts and baseball people together on Monday and Tuesday to talk about which direction they should take as the trading deadline draws nearer. According to Bruce Levine on Thursday: General manager Jim Hendry and assistant GM Randy Bush will preside over the two days of meetings. Hendry’s objective will be to give the …
Starlin Castro has been on fire
Starlin Castro has been ridiculously hot the last couple weeks. I was certain it was the best he’s played at the big league level. He’s hit for some good power over the last 15 games. He has 8 doubles and a home run. He’s slugging over .600. His ISO is nearly .200. He’s also taken 6 walks (all unintentional) so …
The Cubs Are Off, Here’s Video of The Sandberg Game
I’ve talked about this before and how it is one of the highlights of my life, so let’s just sit quietly and enjoy MLB allowing me to embed this video for the first time in the history of ever. Happy 27th Anniversary, Sandberg Game. Dude, we’re getting old.
Cubs and the Interleagues: the Gimmick Is Working
The Cubs just beat the White Sox. It wasn’t the most exciting athletic event of my lifetime. It won’t give me sufficient ammunition to make my White Sox fan friends cry in their Monster energy drinks. I was nervous at exactly zero points during the game. But the game was entertaining. Okay, so I had to break out the meaningless …
The Crosstown Claszzzzzzzzzzz…….
The Cubs play the Sox tonight! Do you know how excited I was about that? I only knew because I saw Carlos Zambrano was available in my fantasy league and I saw his next start was against the White Sox tonight. Oh boy! Pointless manufactured drama! The battle for a made-up corporately sponsored trophy that may or may not actually …
2012 Cubs Payroll Outlook
Mercurial Outfielder asked recently if I’d taken a look at next year’s payroll. Turns out I had done so about a month ago and had forgotten. In that piece I didn’t show any tables, but figured I’d go ahead do that here. MO mentioned that Gordo has been saying the Cubs payroll will be around $120 million next year so …
42,218 Cubs Fans Out of 42,219 Thrilled By Cubs Beating Yankees
I witnessed a fascinating thing on Friday afternoon at Wrigley. Yes, the game was awesome and we’ll get to that, but the truly fascinating thing was getting a chance to see a real life Yellon interacting in its natural habitat. Most people know that Al Yellon has been a season ticket holder in the bleachers for years, always sits in …
Zambrano willing to waive no-trade clause
It’s not too surprising to hear that Cubs players are going to be more than willing to get out of Chicago, but Carlos Zambrano had been insistent in the past in his desire to stay with the Cubs. Not so anymore. “If they come to me and want to trade me, obviously it’s because they don’t want me here anymore,” …
Replacement for Craney Kenney: Tom Ricketts doesn’t care if it’s a baseball guy and good for him
This comment yesterday from Tom Ricketts has become big news: “I’ve never bought into the (idea) that I should have a baseball guy to watch my baseball guy and his baseball guys,” Ricketts said. “Then what do you get? A baseball guy to watch the baseball guy who’s watching your baseball guys?