Game Sixty-Four: Cubs (32-31) vs. Indians (29-40) Game Time – 12:05pm C.T. Coverage – TV: WGN TV – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 175 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Ted Lilly (7-4, 2.94/1.06) vs. Tomo Ohka (0-1, 4.24/1.18) Can the Cubs win three in a row? The Cubs have shown they can hit late [...]
A Great Hop … Cubs Come All the Way Back – Cubs 8 Indians 7
June 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Game Sixty-Three – Cubs 8 Indians 7 – 10 innings WP – Kevin Gregg (2-1) LP – Luis Vizcaino (1-3) Save – None After an hour and twenty-six minute rain delay and staring at a 7-0 deficit after four innings, for the second day in a row the Cubs appeared headed for certain defeat. They [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Indians – 06/19/09
June 19, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Game Sixty-Three: Cubs (31-31) vs. Indians (29-39) Game Time – 1:20pm C.T. Coverage – TV: Comcast Sports Net – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 183 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Rich Harden (4-3, 4.53/1.35) vs. Cliff Lee (4-6, 2.88/1.33) Weather permitting …Can the Cubs win two in a row? The come from behind victory [...]
An Important Stretch for Lou Piniella’s Crew
June 16, 2009 By Leave a Comment
While many will focus on the next three games with the White Sox, and rightfully so, the Cubs begin a very important stretch of games on Tuesday night. Lou Piniella’s crew begins a string of 23 games in a row without a day off and between Tuesday and the All-Star break they will play 27 [...]
Go see “We Believe.”
June 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Whether or not you are a Cubs fan, and chances are, if you are reading this, you are a Cubs’ fan. But, nonetheless, go see the movie. Making a documentary about the Cubs is not easy. Why? Because so many have been made. WGN and HBO dipped into the Cubs history recently, but “We Believe” [...]
A Recap of the Cubs’ Final Weekend in Arizona
March 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
While most were paying attention to college basketball, the Cubs had a very busy weekend. On the field they rolled over the White Sox, lost late to the Rockies and Mark DeRosa powered the Indians over Ted Lilly on Sunday. Lou Piniella named Kevin Gregg his closer on Sunday…Carlos Marmol was disappointed. Brad Snyder was [...]
Lovin’ Every Minute Of It…DeRosa Sticks it to the Cubs – Cubs 5 Indians 7
March 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Game Thirty-Three – Cubs 5 Indians 7 WP – Fausto Carmona (4-0) LP – Ted Lilly (1-1) Save – Rafael Perez (1) Whoever said Spring Training games are meaningless forgot to tell Mark DeRosa. DeRosa made more than a statement to the team that dealt him in the off-season on Sunday afternoon. DeRosa was a [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Indians – 03/29/09
March 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Spring Training Game Thirty-Three: Cubs (17-14) vs. Indians (9-16) Game Time – 3:05pm C.T. Coverage – TV: None – Radio: WGN Radio, XM Channel 177 Location – HoHoKam Park, Mesa Ted Lilly (1-0, 0.00/1.00) vs. Fausto Carmona (3-0, 1.69/1.13) Countdown to Opening Day…8 days. Lou Piniella’s crew will host a couple of former teammates today [...]
CCO Radio…The Countdown Has Begun
March 25, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A quick show reminder…The CCO Radio will air live tonight at 7:00pm C.T. on Blog Talk Radio. To listen to the 60-minute call-in show live, click on this link and go to Blog Talk Radio. The podcast of the show will be available around 9:00pm C.T. and can be accessed through the player on the [...]
Ch-Ch Changes in Piniella’s Philosophy
February 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment
After spending the winter doing a little more than just tinkering the roster, Jim Hendry and Lou Piniella continued to discuss changes to the team, but not as much in terms of personnel on the first day of Camp Lou III. The accountability the Cubs’ skipper took on Friday for the end of last season [...]
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