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2009 Cribbie Awards
Last day of the season (for teams that aren’t good enough to be in the playoffs). Time to hand out some awards for accomplishment or lack thereof to deserving Cubs players. Ryne Sandberg MVP Award:…Read More
Cubs Find Perfect Way to Cap Crappy Season: Getting Swept at Home by the Pirates
September got off to a winning start for the Cubs, who at the time still had hope of climbing back into the Wild Card race. Unfortunately, that playoff run never materialized in a meaningful way, and by…Read More
Milton Bradley Gone too, According to Piniella
A day after basically admitting that the Cubs aren’t going to retain Rich Harden, Lou Piniella also indicated – again without saying anything definitive – that Milton Bradley has played…Read More
Cubs Will Not Keep Rich Harden, Piniella Indicates
Manager banter is normally pretty innocuous, but on Sunday Lou Piniella actually spoke words that imparted useful information, though it was probably by accident. “You look at our starting pitching…Read More
Cardinals Make it Official
Congratulations to the St. Louis Cardinals, your 2009 National League Central Division champions. This has been a foregone conclusion for weeks – hell, months – but that doesn’t make…Read More
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Prolonging the Inevitable
The Cardinals are in no particular hurry to clinch the NL Central. Their magic number was 1 going into…Read More
Cubs Play Spoiler
The Cubs were supposed to be making a playoff push right about now, but you know what they say about…Read More
Milton Bradley Speaks from Someone Else’s Heart
Someone in Milton Bradley‘s support group – and you thought “Kentucky census worker”…Read More
Cubs Discover Winning Recipe
At last, the Chicago Cubs have found a recipe for consistently winning games. Start with a big slab of…Read More
Lou Piniella Tiptoes Around Milton Bradley
Lou Piniella has been in baseball a long time, in big markets like New York and Chicago, so he knows…Read More
Milton Bradley Has Played His Last Game for the Cubs
Milton Bradley is still technically employed by the Chicago Cubs, but as of right now, he is no longer…Read More
The Pointlessness of Hope
The last two games against the Cardinals have demonstrated why it was silly for anyone to still hold…Read More
More Milton Bradley BS
The Cubs have been up-and-down in almost all areas this year, but one thing at least has remained consistent…Read More
Cubs Lose, Harden Will Sit
Rich Harden didn’t have it Wednesday against the Brewers. He only lasted 3 innings, giving up…Read More
Not Falling for it
I don’t know about you, but I’m through allowing the 2009 Cubs to get my hopes up, only to…Read More
The Cubs Need to Trade Carlos Zambrano
A season of frustration will be followed by an off-season of change for the Chicago Cubs. Whether you…Read More
Small Consolation
Neither the Cubs nor the Brewers have much left to play for this season. Except bragging rights over…Read More
A Hollow Winning Streak
The Cubs took down the Reds Friday afternoon for their fourth straight victory. They are now 7-3 in…Read More
I Have a Mental Illness
I suffer from a strange mental illness. I don’t know what the name of it is. It only has one…Read More
Who Says the Cubs Can’t Hit?
Now I know why the Cubs offense has looked so stagnant all year: They were saving it up for the first…Read More
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