Game Twenty-Four: Cubs (10-13) vs. Diamondbacks (11-11) Game Time – 1:20pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet, MLB Network – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 183 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Randy Wells (2-0, 2.49/1.34) vs. Rodrigo Lopez (1-0, 4.88/1.67) It is the final day of April. The Cubs are 10-13 and according to [...]
Cubs Down on the Farm Report – 03/29/10
March 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Today, we continue our look at the coaches in the Cubs minor league system. Be sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2 of the series if you haven’t yet. So far, the coaches that we’ve profiled stay with one team throughout the year. There are other coaches in the system, called roving instructors, [...]
Jaramillo a Matter of Time for the Cubs?
October 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment
According to multiple reports it appears Jim Hendry’s first off-season free agent target is former Rangers’ hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo. Jaramillo is regarded throughout the game as the best in the business and he could become the next hitting coach of the Chicago Cubs within the next two weeks. Rudy Jaramillo is under contract until [...]
A Little Game of Catch(up)
October 13, 2009 By Leave a Comment
The sale of the Chicago Cubs to the Ricketts Family has taken two steps forward in a short time and could be finalized before the end of the month … that by far is the most important bits of information to come out of the offices at Clark and Addison over the past week. And [...]
Piniella’s Staff Will Return in 2010 … Sans Von Joshua
October 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Not too long after the final out of the 2009 season, Jim Hendry announced to the media all of Lou Piniella’s coaching staff will return next season, with the exception of Von Joshua according to a report on WGN Radio. The Cubs offered Von Joshua his previous position of hitting coach for the Triple-A Iowa [...]
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