And The Last Shall Be First….Zambrano Leads Way For Cubs

Big Z, last in the alphabet, ninth in the order, first in the heart of Cubs fans.  He lead the way in Arizona, to keep the Cubs from dropping below .500, at the plate as well as on the mound.  He was a triple short of the cycle at the plate and battled through seven innings to earn the win. He was [read more...]

Harang Tops Zambrano As Reds Take Two of Three from Cubs

For the second day in a row, the Cubs seemed in a funk.  Errors, again by the pitcher, lackluster hitting, poor baserunning, you name it.  The result is the first series loss of the season.  The Cubs, held scoreless yesterday, stayed that way today through six innings.  They didn't touch home plate today until the sixth inning.  They only did [read more...]

Cubs Fail To Score For First Time in 2009, Fall to Reds

The Chicago Cubs were blanked by Johnny Cueto and the Reds bullpen.  For the first time this year, they failed to touch home plate even once in the game.  The team just looked flat or sluggish all night.  Defense was a problem too as Ted Lilly committed an error and had another misplay that scored as a hit.  Milton Bradley seemed [read more...]

Cubs Bullpen Allows Cardinals Victory

When the pitching rotation was announced a few weeks ago, I was a bit shocked that we would throw our #5 in our first game against the Cardinals.  I realize we have to get the right guys rest, etc. but this is the Cardinals.    Fast forward to the game, and it didn't work out in our favor.  Marshall gave up [read more...]

Cubs Drop Game Following Shutout

The Cubs had a bad habit in 2008 of losing every game following a shut out of their opponent.  The trend continues in 2009.  Following Ted Lilly's tremendous performance Monday, the Cubs lost 2-5 to the Rockies.  Rich Harden only went three innings and gave up four earned runs.  What was amazing to me was that he struck out eight.  [read more...]

Lilly Comes Oh So Close In Cubs Home Opener

After Sunday's game against Milwaukee, part of Brian Corbin's recap included the following quote regarding Soriano.  "Here’s the rub against Soriano: when he’s Hot he’s HOT…and when he’s Not he’s Not."  Well the same could be said for Ted Lilly.  He's good or he's bad.  In his first outing he earned a win while giving up four home runs.  Today [read more...]

Cubs Beat Brewers On Soriano’s Ninth Inning Homer

A day after losing their lead, and the game, in the ninth inning, Chicago turned the tables on Milwaukee.  With one out in the top of the ninth, Alfonso Soriano hit his third home run of the season turning a one run deficit into a 6-5 lead.  He joined Aramis Ramirez and Kosuke Fukudome who each homered earlier in the [read more...]

Cubs Blow Harden’s Lead

Rich Harden...second pitcher picked on my fantasy team....scored 14 points today...but didn't get the win.  No, the Cubs bullpen blew it.  My friend Sean called it as soon as Harden was pulled and Aaron Heilman walked the first Brewer.  I tried to refute his argument, and for a couple innings it seemed to work.  Then in the ninth inning, Kevin [read more...]

Cubs Win Season Opening Series In A Big Way

When the first seven Cubs reached base safely last night, I kind of thought this would be an easy win.  I had forgotten about Ted Lilly's propensity to give up the home run.  Boy did he help me remember by allowing four home runs to the Astros. In the end, the Cub offense carried the night in an 11-6 win that gave [read more...]

Cubs Lose Extra Inning Game in Houston

Miguel Tejada was killing the Cubs.  He had three hits in the opener and had reached base twice tonight with a single and a walk.  Giving him the free pass and loading the bases for Jeff Keppinger was statistically the right move.  It just backfired.  Keppinger, hitting .140 in the spring for the Reds, hit a broken bat infield single [read more...]

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