Archive for April, 2005
Friday, April 29th, 2005
Tonight we have two 300 game winners on the mound in Maddux and Clemens. I was in the stands when Karros disapointed a bunch of Fox executives by denying Clemens’ bid for 300 against the Cubs and I also happened to be at PacBell for Maddux’s 300 despite a rather lackluster performance from the […]
Posted in 2005 Games, Cubs | 1876 Comments »
Thursday, April 21st, 2005
As the Cubs barrel their way to an 81-81 season, I havn’t been moved to write much about thier exploits. It seems so far a redux of last season. Days of strong pitching but no hitting followed by days of solid hitting and weaks starts or bulpen blowups. An occasinal day or […]
Posted in 2005 Games, Site Updates, Cubs | 536 Comments »
Sunday, April 10th, 2005
The Cubs were 3-3 to start the season the last two years.
A couple of good signs from today’s win -
-Maddux didn’t have quite as bad a performance as his first start in Wrigley last year (3.2 IP 8H 6R 5ER 5BB), but it was close. Spivey continues to hit Greg hard, going 3-3 […]
Posted in 2005 Games, Game Discussions, Cubs | 1730 Comments »
Sunday, April 10th, 2005
Anyone got the over-under on when Zambrano will throw his first no hitter?
I just love watching him pitch. Watching the ball move from his hand to the plate is amazing. I would love to see a slow-mo computer analysis of how his fastball moves. When he is on, he is near impossible to […]
Posted in 2005 Games, Game Discussions, Players | 1125 Comments »
Friday, April 8th, 2005
OK, repeat after me -
Hawkins is not a closer…
Hawkins is not a closer…
Hawkins is not a closer…
Hawkins is not a closer…
Hawkins is not a closer…
Hawkins is not a closer…
Hawkins is not a closer…
Hawkins is not a closer…
Hawkins is not a closer…
Hawkins is not a closer…
Hawkins is not a closer…
Hawkins is not a closer…
Hawkins is […]
Posted in Players, Cubs | 770 Comments »
Wednesday, April 6th, 2005
Well, you knew this was coming, didn’t you. The previous 2 years, the Cubs started the season strong, completely dominating the first game of the year offensively while the pitching was strong enough to win. The next game would see the team come crashing back down to earth. The crash this year […]
Posted in 2005 Games, Game Discussions, Cubs | 953 Comments »
Monday, April 4th, 2005
The Cubs opened their third season under Dusty Baker the same way they opened the first two - with a convincing win on the road due to strong batting and a (mostly) dominating performance by their starter. 16 runs on 23 hits. Carlos with 8 Ks but 7 hits and 4 walks and […]
Posted in 2005 Games, Game Discussions, Cubs | 1410 Comments »
Monday, April 4th, 2005
Cubs sign Aramis to a 4 year/$42mil deal.
This seems about right. The 4 year/$55 mil number I heard earlier seamed really high to me, but I like this deal. The only odd thing is this 2006 exit clause if he feels he isn’t getting his fair market value. I don’t know if […]
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Monday, April 4th, 2005
Dolan has the quote of the year (or at least Spring Training)
These Cubs don’t have to catch lightning in a bottle, they just need to avoid repeatedly being struck by lightning.
Thank sounds about right.
Lets play some frickin’ baseball!!
Posted in Webisms, Cubs | 311 Comments »