Archive for the ‘Chicago Cubs’ Category
Monday, April 15th, 2013
It's like that nightmare where you show up to school in nothing but your underwear actually happening in real life.
Less than a week after I took time to crunch the numbers and determine that Kevin Gregg was the worst closer in Cubs history, the team signed the goggle-wearing blown save ...
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Sunday, April 7th, 2013
Carlos Marmol sucks.
This is not new information to Cubs fans, who have watched the once-electric closer lose his job less than a week into the 2013 season. Marmol's been awful, going 0-1 with a 27.00 ERA with a 4.80 WHIP and .600 opponent batting average in three appearances before manager ...
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Tuesday, November 6th, 2012
As a Cubs fan, you don't need to remind me that 1908 was a long time ago. That year is so far off, it is more of a concept than a concrete entity. It's almost impossible to grasp just how remarkably different the world was the last time the Cubs ...
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Wednesday, August 1st, 2012
Everyone knows the Chicago Cubs own the most embarrassing streak in pro sports -- 104 years without a championship and counting. But it is not until nights like Tuesday that we are reminded the Cubs also own the coolest streak in pro sports -- 7,441 consecutive games with a hit ...
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Monday, July 23rd, 2012
So that's what $30 million sounds like.
Chicago Cubs super prospect Jorge Soler made his professional debut Sunday night for the AZL Cubs. It went well.
Soler, 20, went 2-for-4 with a 2-run blast.
The sound of the ball coming off the bat is music to my ears. Not bad for his second ...
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Friday, June 15th, 2012
This week's Sports Illustrated includes a sidebar to a feature on Pirates star Andrew McCutcheon calling the MLB 2005 Draft Class "the best in decades."
It is hard to dispute that assertion based on much of the talent to come out of it -- Justin Upton, Ryan Zimmerman, Troy Tulowitzki and ...
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Monday, May 28th, 2012
Over the course of time, few teams have done crappy better than the Chicago Cubs. But this year may be the crappiest club the Cubs have ever crapped out.
I won't say that things bottomed out for the Cubs on Sunday, because only the Lord knows where the bottom is for ...
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