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 [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Reds – 05/24/13
May 24, 2013 By 89 Comments
Game Forty-Seven: Cubs (18-28) vs. Reds (29-18) Game Time – 6:10pm CDT Coverage – TV: WGN TV – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 184/844 Location – Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati Scott Feldman (4-3, 2.19/1.16) vs. Bronson Arroyo (4-4, 3.28/1.11) The Cubs difficult eight game road trip continues tonight with the first of three [...]
Rambling About an Offensive Cubs Offense
May 24, 2013 By 139 Comments
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 [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Pirates – 05/23/13
May 23, 2013 By 48 Comments
Game Forty-Six: Cubs (18-27) vs. Pirates (28-18) Game Time – 11:35am CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 183/844 Location – PNC Park, Pittsburgh Edwin Jackson (1-6, 5.76/1.52) vs. Jeanmar Gomez (2-0, 2.78/1.21) Weather permitting … The Cubs will try to salvage the third and final game in Pittsburgh [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Pirates – 05/22/13
May 22, 2013 By 79 Comments
Game Forty-Five: Cubs (18-26) vs. Pirates (27-18) Game Time – 6:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: WGN TV – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 184/844 Location – PNC Park, Pittsburgh Jeff Samardzija (2-5, 3.49/1.20) vs. Francisco Liriano (2-0, 1.64/1.55) Weather permitting … The Cubs will shoot to put back-to-back tough losses in the rearview mirror [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Pirates – 05/21/13
May 21, 2013 By 128 Comments
Game Forty-Four: Cubs (18-25) vs. Pirates (26-18) Game Time – 6:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 183/844 Location – PNC Park, Pittsburgh Matt Garza (0-0, -.–/-.–) vs. Wandy Rodriguez (4-2, 3.25/1.06) Weather permitting … After spending Monday’s off-day in Pittsburgh, the Cubs begin a difficult road trip [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Mets – 05/19/13
May 19, 2013 By 41 Comments
Game Forty-Three: Cubs (18-24) vs. Mets (16-24) Game Time – 1:20pm CDT Coverage – TV: WGN TV – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 188/844 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Travis Wood (4-2, 2.03/0.92) vs. Dillon Gee (2-5, 6.13/1.74) The Cubs wrap up the six-game homestand this afternoon with a rubber-game against the Mets. The [...]
Garza Set to Return to Cubs Rotation, Villanueva Moved to the Bullpen
May 18, 2013 By 35 Comments
The Cubs made it official on Saturday and as expected Matt Garza will make his 2013 debut on Tuesday when the Cubs open at a three-game series in Pittsburgh against the red-hot Pirates. The Cubs announced on Saturday morning that Garza would return to the Cubs’ rotation and Carlos Villanueva would move from the rotation [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Mets – 05/18/13
May 18, 2013 By 39 Comments
Game Forty-Two: Cubs (17-24) vs. Mets (16-23) Game Time – 12:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 183/844 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Scott Feldman (3-3, 2.53/1.15) vs. Jeremy Hefner (0-4, 4.61/1.29) The Cubs will try to get back on track this afternoon behind Scott Feldman. Even with [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Mets – 05/17/13
May 17, 2013 By 23 Comments
Game Forty-One: Cubs (17-23) vs. Mets (15-23) Game Time – 1:20pm CDT Coverage – TV: WGN TV – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 183/844 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Edwin Jackson (1-5, 6.02/1.57) vs. Matt Harvey (4-0, 1.44/0.73) The fourth place Chicago Cubs opens a three-game series with the New York Mets this afternoon [...]
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