Sorry Cub fans, but the season is over. Actually, it was over the instant the St. Louis Cardinals traded for Matt Holliday and made the Cubs second-class citizens in the NL Central. Or maybe it was earlier than that. The Cubs were doomed when they traded Mark DeRosa (21 HR and 63 RBI this season), signed Milton Bradley (.263, 8 HR, 30 RBI) for 3 years $30 million instead of OFs Adam Dunn, Bobby Abreu, or Raul Ibanez (if you are unfamiliar, look their numbers up), and traded NL All Star Jason Marquis for literally nothing. DeRosa was replaced with ...
Dear Alfonso Soriano,I have always been a fan of yours. I cannot pin point when I fell in love with your hitting ability, but I know it was a while ago. It may have been the Game Seven, eighth inning home run off of Curt Schilling (a player I despise) in the 2001 World Series (on an 0-2 pitch!) or it may have been because you are just one of four players to reach the 40-40 milestone, while the three others are known steroid abusers. I feel the home run off of Schilling is symbolic of your career. You may ...
The 2009 baseball season is at the annual All-Star break and both the Cubs and White Sox find themselves 3.5 games back in their divisions.
As usual, it has been an odd season on both sides of Chicago as both teams have struggled.
Yet both remain in contention. The Cubs were supposed to dominate their division and be better than the team that won 97 games last season, but that has not happened. The offense has struggled mightily this season, as it ranks dead last in MLB with a .218 batting average with RISP.
But the pitching staff has been rock solid. The ...
What a week Cub fans!Two weeks ago this was the most apathetic team I had ever seen, and now they are actually showing life! I think they actually want to win! What a good feeling this is! I can’t stop using exclamation points! The Cubs are good again!After last season’s dominance, I did not expect to be this happy to be two games over .500. But ever since Lou made some adjustments to the batting order, the team has shown signs of life. With Alfonso Soriano being dropped in the order, the team actually has a 1-2 punch at the ...
