Baez Honored, Soler Sits, Almora Begins Rehab and Other Cubs Notes

The top prospect in the Cubs’ system was named player of the week in the Florida State League. After a slow start, Javier Baez has heated up. Baez was named the FSL’s Player of the Week after hitting .435 with two home runs, two doubles, six RBI and five runs scored. Baez is hitting .265/.299/.520/.819 [...]

The Bottom of the Lineup and Bullpen Deliver a Win – Cubs 5, Padres 3

Game Twenty-Five – Cubs 5, Padres 3 WP – Michael Bowden (1-1) LP – Clayton Richard (0-3) Save – Kevin Gregg (4) The Cubs kicked off the 10-game homestand on a positive note with a victory over the Padres on Monday night. The Cubs snapped a 3-3 tie in the sixth on a RBI single [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Padres – 04/29/13

Game Twenty-Five: Cubs (9-15) vs. Padres (9-15) Game Time – 7:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 189/844 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Jeff Samardzija (1-4, 3.03/1.10) vs. Clayton Richard (0-2, 7.94/2.00) The Cubs open a 10-game, four team homestand tonight with the first of four against the [...]

Rambling While Wondering, Can It Get Worse?

Hello again everybody, and welcome to another Friday filled with Ramblings for the Faithful.  The four weeks of the season have been an outright disaster, and unless Ernie and Billy walk through that door sometime soon, it does not have much promise of improving. It is not as if you don’t know, but hopefully the [...]

No Support for Samardzija – Cubs 0, Reds 1

Game Twenty – Cubs 0, Reds 1 WP – Mat Latos (1-0) LP – Jeff Samardzija (1-4) Save – Aroldis Chapman (4) Once again the Cubs had chances to put runs on the board and once again the Cubs were on the losing end of a one-run ballgame as they were shut out in the [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Reds – 04/24/13

Game Twenty: Cubs (6-13) vs. Reds (12-9) Game Time – 11:35am CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet, MLB Network – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 189/844 Location – Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati Jeff Samardzija (1-3, 3.38/0.98) vs. Mat Latos (0-0, 2.73/1.14) Weather permitting … The Cubs and Reds square off this afternoon for [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Reds – 04/22/13

Game Eighteen: Cubs (5-12) vs. Reds (11-8) Game Time – 6:10pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 186/844 Location – Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati Travis Wood (1-1, 1.83/1.07) vs. Mike Leake (1-0, 4.26/1.32) The Cubs are reeling and not only do they need a win tonight to [...]

Cubs Cannot Buy a Clutch Hit – Cubs 4, Brewers 5

Game Fifteen – Cubs 4, Brewers 5 WP – Marco Estrada (2-0) LP – Jeff Samardzija (1-3) Save – Jim Henderson (3) The Cubs dropped the first of the three-game series at Miller Park on Friday night. The Cubs had plenty of chances to pick-up Jeff Samardzija after a rough first inning. Jeff Samardzija struggled [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Brewers – 04/19/13

Game Fifteen: Cubs (5-9) vs. Brewers (6-8) Game Time – 7:10pm CDT Coverage – TV: WCIU – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 188/844 Location – Miller Park, Milwaukee Jeff Samardzija (1-2, 2.75/0.97) vs. Marco Estrada (1-0, 4.50/1.28) The Cubs begin a ten-game, three-city road trip tonight with the first of three games in Milwaukee. [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Rangers – 04/18/13

Game Fourteen: Cubs (4-9) vs. Rangers (9-5) Game Time – 1:20pm CDT Coverage – TV: WGN TV, MLB Network – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 184/844 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Carlos Villanueva (0-0, 0.64/0.86) vs. Alexi Ogando (2-0, 1.88/1.02) Weather permitting … The Cubs wrap up their first homestand of the season, a [...]