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He's Baaaaaack!

Sat, 19 May 2012 19:17:41 +0000

Let the hysteria commence.

Kerry Wood is Retiring

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:15:03 +0000

According to Levine's twiitter.

Daily Recap - May 18

Fri, 18 May 2012 13:37:16 +0000

After Volstad sucked, the Cubs mounted a late inning comeback, but it wasn't enough. Cubs lose 7-8.
With yet another ugly loss, it's a possibility that Volstad's next start is at IA.
Welcome to the Bigs Mr. Parker. Pitch like Garza, but don't throw to first like him.
Joe Ricketts is screwing the Cubs by having a political voice.
And now we get the wonderfully fun Chi-Town series.

Daily Recap - May 17

Thu, 17 May 2012 13:43:11 +0000

Well, at least we are showing consistency. Good starting pitching, bad offense, hilariously bad bullpen.

Garza pitches ok, but Cubs still lose 9-2.
For some reason, Garza still can’t make a throw to 1B to save his life. Madness.
More on our horrible bullpen.
Sveum doesn’t give the media much to write about, so they write crap like this and still get paid.
Lendy was finally, mercifully placed on the DL and Maine was called up in case anyone missed it. Then Maine proceeded to stink up the joint.
Final game of the Phils series today, Volstad vs Halladay. Yeah, I won’t be tuning in.

Best. Bullpen. Ever.

Thu, 17 May 2012 03:26:12 +0000

Discuss.

Daily Recap - May 16

Wed, 16 May 2012 15:13:05 +0000

Imagine that, bullpen blows another one. Cubs fall to Cardinals 6-7 on walk-off single.
Cubs are up to 8 blown saves in 14 opportunities. Good for 29th in the majors.
On a high note, Soriano got his first home run of 2012.
Looks like the Cubs have a few players playing at an all-star level.
Cubs signed Mike MacDougal (swell) to a minor league contract and picked up Hunter Cervenka (double swell) to complete the Byrd trade.
The Cubs head home for a 2-game series against the Phillies.

Daily Recap - May 15

Tue, 15 May 2012 11:11:29 +0000

Well, it could have been much worse. I think we broke the record for most sac bunt attempts in one game, or at least it appeared that way.

Dempster finally gets some run support, but he falls apart in the 6th inning. Cubs still manage to win 6-4.
It was nice to get a few clutch hits from our 3-5 hitters, and a drama-free 9th inning.
Despite his lack of power (ie 0 HR), Sveum is sticking with Soriano in the #5 spot, for now at least.
LaHair is happy to be here. Interview with Kurkjian following last night's game.
Tards starting to show some cracks. Let's finish them off today.
Apparently, extension talks with Garza are going well, according to Rosenthal. We'll see.
Maholm vs Lohse today on CSN as Cubs go for the sweep.

Daily Recap - May 14

Mon, 14 May 2012 12:44:43 +0000

Game 1 - Quite the nightmare for the bullpen. Cubs lose 7-8 in 13.
Game 2 - Volstad did what he does, give up a big inning and lose, 2-8.
Game 3 - Cubs avoided a sweep but still couldn't do sheet against the Brewers starters, winning 8-2.
Outside of Voldstad's terrible 6th inning, Cubs' SP went 15IP - 3R (and Voldstad had 1IP - 5R).
On a bright note, Marmol went on the DL with a hamstring pull and the Cubs brought up Coleman.
Kind of an odd week coming up with the Cubs facing St. Louis for 2 games, then 2 games against the Phillies at home, before 3 against the Sux.

Is this a trend

Sun, 13 May 2012 20:08:24 +0000

Hi,

Well right now the Brewers have two runs, so far. One off Samardzija and one off Camp. Both runners that scored were walked to get on base.

Seems like a trend to me.

regards,
5412

Daily Recap - May 11

Fri, 11 May 2012 13:50:34 +0000

And we're at another Friday. Seems to go by so quickly.

Preview of the Battle for the Cellar.
The Cubs new-found advanced scouting is a hit with players, media and fans.
The Cubs starting pitching has an ERA of 2.52 over the last 17 games... and yet we're only 10-7 in those games.
We're not half bad and the players are starting to believe that.
Is LaHair good or lucky? Probably a bunch of both.
Gotta like it when other cities have a little respect for your club.
Should the Cubs build their future rotation around Garza? Yes, yes they should.