Archive for May, 2005
Saturday, May 28th, 2005
Derrek Lee is making Cub fans very quickly forget Sammy Sosa. He hit two more home runs today leadng the Cubs to a 5-1 win over the Rockies. If he keeps this up the rest of the year, I don’t care where the Cubs are in te standings, Lee will be the MVP. […]
Posted in 2005 Games, Game Discussions, Players, Cubs | 1471 Comments »
Friday, May 27th, 2005
I’m not going to go on about curses and whatnot but WTF?
It was about this time last year that Woody’s arm fell off and Sammy’s back was wrenched out by a sneeze and they still ended up coming close to pulling out a playoff bid. However, they are in more of a […]
Posted in Players, Cubs | 265 Comments »
Friday, May 27th, 2005
So here comes the obligitory “It’s the park’s fault” article where the players complain that the reason they aren’t hitting is the wind in Wrigley.
This is, of course, bullshit. The Cubs have been in Wrigley Field for over 90 years. You would have thought by now that they would have found a away […]
Posted in Players, Cubs, Wrigley | 1145 Comments »
Tuesday, May 24th, 2005
I really don’t like Brad Lidge. The guy is that typical jock a-hole from high school all grown up and blowing saves in the major leagues.
Last year, I was sitting one row away from the visitor’s bullpen mound in Wrigley for a Cubs-Astros game. During the late innings, when the Astro […]
Posted in 2005 Games, Game Discussions, Players | 958 Comments »
Tuesday, May 24th, 2005
Yesterday, Glendon gave up only one run as the Cubs actually managed to beat the worst road team in the majors. It was a screamer into a strong wind that got planted into the left field bleachers off the bat of Brad Ausmus. It was his first of the year and his […]
Posted in Players, Cubs | 374 Comments »
Tuesday, May 24th, 2005
Today’s online Trib features an artucle on baserunning instructor Vince Colman sporting the headline -
Moving runners key to a move up
Why does it feel like the interns are getting to write the headlines these days. I guess they are just trying to match the quality of some of the commentary lately.
Even the headline […]
Posted in Writers, Cubs | 546 Comments »
Saturday, May 21st, 2005
I’d love to be able to comment on another bullpen meltdown after Z threw 1 hit ball for 7 innings, but FOX doesn’t want anyone on the West Coast to see baseball being played on a Saturday before noon. Eventhouhg the LA-LAA game doesn’t start till one, thanks to FOX’s rediculous blackout restrictions, […]
Posted in General Baseball, Broadcasters | 2539 Comments »
Friday, May 20th, 2005
There’s a Cubs roundtable discussion over at Beyond The Boxscore with everyone’s favorite bleacher bum/Director’s Guild member, Al Yellon, and one of the biggest outside insiders in baseball, Will Carrol. The disscusion covers everything from Big Z’s pitchcounts, to who might replace Dusty, to the current Savior of the Month, Aubrey Huff.
The […]
Posted in Writers, Webisms | 1641 Comments »
Friday, May 20th, 2005
The headline for a Sun-Times article regarding the Cubs going into the weekend city series -
Progress depends on improvement
Yea, and spelling depends on letters.
Posted in Writers | 888 Comments »
Thursday, May 19th, 2005
Please stop feeding Steve.
He’s like a scab - he’ll never go away if you don’t stop picking at him. I’m sure it’s not the only story that will get your picture on the top of CS.com.
Posted in Writers, Cubs | 1461 Comments »