How do you get beat 10-0 by the Arizona Diamondbacks with your alleged #2 starter on the hill?  First, you only get two hits off Doug Davis (I hear Bob Uecker saying something I don’t want to repeat on a family blog).  Then you have your alleged #2 starter give up 5 runs in 6 [...]

Despite playing without Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez, the Cubs managed to pound out 11 runs on 15 hits in beating the Diamondbacks.  Carlos Zambrano, who has been falling into the pattern of inconsistency that plagued him late last season, picked a good night for one of his stronger performances, allowing 3 runs on 8 [...]

It’s been a week for the Cubs: they haven’t been able to hit a lick, plus their star players keep getting nipped by the injury bug.  Going into Sunday, the Cubs had lost four straight, mustering only 6 total runs in that quartet of games; in the same stretch, they lost both Aramis Ramirez and [...]

Today’s enlightened modern world offers many different ways for people to dispose of their mortal remains after they are gone.  Some have their ashes shot into space.  Some choose to be buried in a coffin decorated with the logo of their favorite cheesy ’70s arena rock band.  Some have their heads lopped off and frozen [...]

Tuesday night’s cold didn’t seem to bother the Cubs‘ bats:  they scored 7 runs off Dusty Baker’s Reds and cruised to an easy win.  Wednesday night it was cool again – 45 degrees at game time – but this time Chicago’s offense was unable to warm things up.  Blame it on Reds starter Johnny Cueto [...]