Game Forty-One – Cubs 2, Mets 3 WP – Matt Harvey (5-0) LP – Edwin Jackson (1-6) Save – Bobby Parnell (5) Friday afternoon at Wrigley Field turned out to be the Matt Harvey Show. After the Cubs jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the first inning, Harvey shut the door and retired 20 [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Rockies – 05/15/13
Game Forty: Cubs (16-23) vs. Rockies (22-17) Game Time – 7:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 184/844 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Jeff Samardzija (1-5, 3.70/1.25) vs. Jon Garland (3-3, 4.83/1.49) The Cubs will try to get back on track tonight behind Jeff Samardzija. Samardzija is looking [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Rockies – 05/14/13
Game Thirty-Nine: Cubs (16-22) vs. Rockies (21-17) Game Time – 7:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 186/844 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Carlos Villanueva (1-2, 3.02/1.01) vs. Jeff Francis (1-3, 6.90/1.77) The Cubs will shoot for a season-high fourth win in a row tonight behind Carlos Villanueva. [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Rockies – 05/13/13
Game Thirty-Eight: Cubs (15-22) vs. Rockies (20-17) Game Time – 7:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: WCIU – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 185/844 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Travis Wood (3-2, 2.33/0.93) vs. Juan Nicasio (3-0, 4.72/1.40) The Cubs are coming off an impressive trip to Washington D.C and open a six-game homestand tonight [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Nationals – 05/12/13
Game Thirty-Seven: Cubs (14-22) vs. Nationals (20-16) Game Time – 12:35pm CDT Coverage – TV: WGN TV – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channels 185/844 Location – Nationals Park, Washington D.C. Scott Feldman (3-3, 2.70/1.12) vs. Gio Gonzalez (3-2, 4.97/1.34) Happy Mother’s Day from the CCO! The Cubs will try to take two in a [...]
Rambling as Spring is About to Be Sprung
Hello again, everybody. It almost the middle of May, and if you are reading this, you know the Baseball season is well under way. The Cubs are starting to play a bit more competitively, and if starting pitching had anything to do with baseball, the Cubs would be right up there. Oh, starting pitching DOES [...]
Cubs Ground Into a Loss – Cubs 4, Cardinals 5
Game Thirty-Four – Cubs 4, Cardinals 5 WP – Seth Maness (2-0) LP – Michael Bowden (1-2) Save – Edward Mujica (8) Wednesday’s loss to the Cardinals was a snapshot of the Cubs’ season to this point. A solid effort from a starting pitcher wasted by the bullpen with a mistake giving the opponent an [...]
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