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Grabow and Gorzelanny…and Kevin Hart Gone
There was no doubt the Cubs needed another lefty in the pen, and clearly they didn’t think B.J. Ryan was the answer (he’s only been hitting 87 on the radar gun in his minor league rehab appearances). …Read More
Hang On a Little Longer Koyie Hill, Help’s on the Way
News to make Koyie Hill‘s knees sigh with relief: The Chicago Tribune says Geovany Soto, out since July 7 with a strained oblique, will start a rehab assignment this weekend and could be back in…Read More
More Boring Trade Rumors: Teahen, Hermida, Bradley to Platoon
In case you weren’t fired up enough about the Cubs going after John Grabow or Joe Beimel at the trade deadline, here are some more names to get you properly excited: Jeremy Hermida and Mark Teahen. Yes,…Read More
12 Runs, 3 Homers and 1 Broken Foot
Wednesday afternoon’s game against the Astros was one of the more satisfying in a long time for the Cubs. That’s how it usually is when you get up 6-0 on a team in the first inning then go…Read More
Ronny Cedeno is Back in the NL Central
Today the Seattle Mariners shipped a package of major and minor league players, including former Cubs shortstop Ronny Cedeno, to the Pirates for Jack Wilson and Ian Snell. Yes kids, it’s true –…Read More
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Dempster’s Unhappy Return
Ryan Dempster didn’t have it in his first game back from the toe injury. He got pounded for five…Read More
Beimel or Grabow
The Cubs are not expected to make any huge Nomar Garciaparra-like deals at the trade deadline, so forget…Read More
Bitter LaTroy Hawkins Thinks the Fix Was in
Former Cubs reliever LaTroy Hawkins was booted from Monday night’s game vs. the Astros after disagreeing…Read More
A Single Would’ve Done, Alfonso
The Cubs scored all their runs on homers Monday night against the Astros: a Derrek Lee solo shot…Read More
Rich Harden: Not a Vampire
It turns out Rich Harden isn’t a vampire after all. I was starting to wonder, after Lou Piniella…Read More
Cubs Take Sole Possession of First
It’s amazing how fast things can change. Just two weeks ago we were all lamenting the sorry state the Cubs were in, but now, with their win today over the Reds and the Cardinals‘ loss to…Read More
Ted Lilly’s Shoulder: Inflamed, Not Torn
Ted Lilly‘s body has become a cornucopia of stuff that doesn’t work right, but thankfully he will only need to spend about three weeks on the DL – a testament to modern medicine if ever…Read More
Milton Bradley Answers Trade Rumors With Hilariously Inaccurate Boast
Milton Bradley may suck as a baseball player, but as an entertainer, he has potential. I was certainly entertained by what he had to say about the trade rumor that has him going to Detroit. “I…Read More
Drool-Inducing Sports Rumor o’ the Day: Tigers Want Milton Bradley?
Mild buzz in the Twittersphere right now after this posting on the Twitter page allegedly belonging to Steve Stone (account is protected so no use linking): Rumor is that tigers are interested in trading…Read More
More Cubs Thunder
Outside of that little two-game blip against the Phillies, the Cubs have been experiencing an offensive resurgence in the second half. They kept the thunder booming on Friday against Dusty Baker and…Read More
Update: Ted Lilly to Miss Saturday Start. Headed for the DL?
Here we go again with Ted Lilly. His last start, his first coming off his All-Star Game non-appearance, was moved back a couple of days because he had a bad knee, and now Rotoinfo says Lilly’s…Read More
Big Ups to Mr. Buehrle
The White Sox‘ Mark Buehrle has joined that very short roll call of major league pitchers who’ve thrown a perfect game, and that even shorter roll call of pitchers who’ve thrown two…Read More
Cubs Pummel Moyer, Avoid Sweep
It was 0-0 through 3 against the Phillies Wednesday, with Carlos Zambrano on the hill mowing down Philadelphia batters, and I was thinking to myself, “Oh great, here we go again wasting another great…Read More
Cubs Offense Back in Hibernation
After a nice post-All Star yawn and stretch, the Cubs‘ offense appears to have crawled into its cave, curled up in a ball and gone back to beddy-bye. 2 runs in 22 innings. That’s what the…Read More
Soriano Out of Leadoff Spot Forever?
Many a Cubs fan rejoiced when Alfonso Soriano was at last wrenched from his beloved leadoff spot and moved to a more appropriate place in the order. And now it looks like Lou Piniella plans on making…Read More
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