Game Forty-Eight: Cubs (18-29) vs. Reds (30-18) Game Time – 3:10pm CDT Coverage – TV: WGN TV – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 184/844 Location – Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati Travis Wood (4-2, 2.24/0.93) vs. Homer Bailey (2-3, 3.09/1.11) The Cubs will shoot to put an end to their season-long five-game losing streak [...]
Are the Cubs Close to Shopping Players? And Other News and Notes
With Friday night’s loss, the Cubs dropped to a season-low 11 games under .500 and while the players and the coaching staff would not like to see another July sell-off, the writing is on the wall that the Cubs could be one of the biggest sellers leading up to the July 31 trade deadline. The [...]
Rambling About an Offensive Cubs Offense
Hello again everybody. Can you hit a baseball? Do you know how to swing a bat? Can you bunt … go the other way (opposite field that is, not that there is anything wrong with that) … get it deep enough with a guy on third? If you can do just ONE of those things [...]
Garza and Almora Ready for Season Debuts … and Other Cubs News and Notes
Two players that began the season on the disabled list are set to make their 2013 debuts, Matt Garza and Albert Almora. While one will be on a big league mound on Tuesday night in Pittsburgh and the other one will be patrolling the outfield in Single-A ballpark, having both players back on the field [...]
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