Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Red Sox – 06/17/12

Game Sixty-Six: Cubs (22-43) vs. Red Sox (32-33) Game Time – 7:00pm CDT Coverage – TV: ESPN Sunday Night Baseball – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 89/914 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Paul Maholm (4-5, 4.91/1.33) vs. Franklin Morales (0-1, 3.04/1.23) Happy Father’s Day from the CCO! Even with Saturday night’s loss, the Cubs [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Red Sox – 06/15/12

Game Sixty-Four: Cubs (21-42) vs. Red Sox (31-32) Game Time – 1:20pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet, MLB Network – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 177/914 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Ryan Dempster (2-3, 2.31/1.03) vs. Daisuke Matsuzaka (0-1, 7.20/1.20) The Chicago Cubs open a three-game series this afternoon with the Boston Red [...]

Tigers Throw the Cubs a Double-U – Cubs 4, Tigers 3

Game Sixty-One – Cubs 4, Tigers 3 WP – Carlos Marmol (1-2) LP – Phil Coke (1-3) Save – Shawn Camp (1) The Cubs were patient at the plate for one of the few times this season and ended their 12-game losing streak in one-run ballgames (7-16). The Cubs worked seven walks and four of [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Tigers – 06/12/12

Game Sixty-One: Cubs (20-40) vs. Tigers (28-32) Game Time – 7:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 187/914 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Paul Maholm (4-5, 5.10/1.35) vs. Max Scherzer (5-4, 5.88/1.59) Updated 4:08pm CDT – Cubs fired hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo – Replaced on an interim basis [...]

Jorge Soler, the Boise Hawks, Pierce Johnson Signs … and Other Cubs News and Notes

The Cubs did not play a game on Monday but the front office did not take the day off. A week after the First-Year Player Draft began Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer made their biggest signing since taking over the team back in October. The Cubs reportedly agreed to terms on a nine-year, $30 million [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Brewers – 06/07/12

Game Fifty-Seven: Cubs (19-37) vs. Brewers (25-31) Game Time – 1:10pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 187/914 Location – Miller Park, Milwaukee Matt Garza (2-4, 4.10/1.15) vs. Randy Wolf (2-5, 6.05/1.70) The Cubs have a chance to leave Milwaukee with a series win. It has been all [...]

The Cubs Swing and A Miss – Cubs 0, Brewers 8

Game Fifty-Six – Cubs 0, Brewers 8 WP – Zack Greinke (7-2) LP – Paul Maholm (4-5) Save – None A day after blanking the Brewers 10-0, the Cubs could not figure out Zack Greinke and was shutout by Milwaukee on Wednesday night. Zack Greinke improved to 15-0 in 21 starts at Miller Park since [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Brewers – 06/06/12

Game Fifty-Six: Cubs (19-36) vs. Brewers (24-31) Game Time – 7:10pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 187/914 Location – Miller Park, Milwaukee Paul Maholm (4-4, 4.82/1.32) vs. Zack Greinke (6-2, 3.46/1.32) Updated 4:13pm CDT – Cubs Selected Contract of Manny Corpas from Iowa Cubs, added to 40-man [...]

Too Little, Too Late … Again – Cubs 3, Giants 4

Game Fifty-One – Cubs 3, Giants 4 WP – Madison Bumgarner (6-4) LP -Paul Maholm (4-4) Save – Javier Lopez (1) Madison Bumgarner made it look easy for eight innings Friday night and took a shutout into the ninth inning. After back-to-back singles by Starlin Castro (2-for-4 with a run scored) and Joe Mather (1-for-4 [...]

Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Giants – 06/01/12

Game Fifty-One: Cubs (18-32) vs. Giants (27-24) Game Time – 9:15pm CDT Coverage – TV: WGN TV – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 188/914 Location – AT & T Park, San Francisco Paul Maholm (4-3, 4.62/1.26) vs. Madison Bumgarner (5-4, 3.14/1.11) Updated 5:41pm CDT – Cubs Claimed RHP Jairo Asencio off waivers from the [...]