Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Braves – 08/22/11

Game One Hundred Twenty-Eight: Cubs (56-71) vs. Braves (76-52) Game Time – 7:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 187 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Ryan Dempster (10-8, 3.80/1.37) vs. Jair Jurrjens (12-5, 2.84/1.17) After winning two of three over the weekend from the Cardinals, the Cubs open [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Reds – 05/17/11

Game Forty: Cubs (17-22) vs. Reds (24-17) Game Time – 6:10pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 187 Location – Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati Matt Garza (2-4, 4.17/1.35) vs. Edinson Volquez (3-1, 5.74/1.65) Updated – 3:29pm CDT – Cubs selected Tony Campana from Triple-A Iowa, added to [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Diamondbacks – 03/29/11

Spring Training Game Thirty-Three: Cubs (14-18) vs. Diamondbacks (11-25) Game Time – 3:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: None – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 184 Location – HoHoKam Park, Mesa Matt Garza (1-3, 8.68/1.93) vs. Joe Saunders (0-3, 12.51/2.20) The last Cactus League hurrah at HoHoKam Park … The Cubs 34-game Cactus League schedule [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs Split Squad – 03/12/11

Spring Training Game Fifteen: Cubs (ss) (6-8) vs. Reds (ss) (8-5-1) Game Time – 2:05pm CST Coverage – TV: None – Radio: 720 WGN Location – HoHokam Park, Mesa Carlos Silva (0-1, 29.70/4.20) vs. Homer Bailey (0-1, 7.71/1.50) Spring Training Game Sixteen: Cubs (ss) (6-8) vs. Reds (ss) (8-5-1) Game Time – 3:05pm CST Coverage [...]

Day Thirteen of Camp ‘Q’ … Let the Cubs Spring Games Begin

Practice for the 2011 version of the Chicago Cubs is over … Spring Training baseball begins for Q’s crew Sunday afternoon. The Cubs are scheduled to play 34 games over the next 31 days with one break in the middle, the Cubs only day off of the spring is March 16. On the schedule is [...]

Day Eleven of Camp ‘Q’ … Cubs Lining Things Up for the Cactus League

The first pitch of the Cubs’ 2011 Cactus League schedule is two days away … this is the last Friday without Cubs baseball for at least the next seven months. The grind of the exhibition season is about to begin and Mike Quade has lined up his pitching staff for the first four games. Matt [...]

Rambling About the Boys of Spring

Hey there, everybody … it’s Friday and it is time to ramble. Ramble like crazy. Spill my thoughts, go nuts, get excited, say dumb things, regurgitate funny jokes, basically just attempt to entertain you with all insights and thoughts on the Cubs! We all know I have plenty to say when it is quiet, and [...]

Day Three of Camp ‘Q’ … Pat Hughes Gets a New Partner and Other Cubs Notes

The first three days of Spring Training has been anything but quiet for the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs and WGN Radio announced that Keith Moreland will be in the radio booth for the next three seasons. Moreland is extremely excited about being the Cubs’ new color analyst and teaming up with Pat Hughes. According to [...]

From the Wire … Cubs and WGN Hire Keith Moreland

According to multiple reports, the Cubs and WGN Radio hired Keith Moreland to be Pat Hughes’ new radio partner.

Cubs Baseball is Just Around the Corner

Pitchers and catchers report to Fitch Park in four days … The on the field work begins for the Chicago Cubs on Sunday … pitchers and catchers report on February 13, position players on February 18 with the first full squad workout scheduled for February 19. Mike Quade said he’s going to “stress fundamentals like [...]