Thanksgiving has come and gone and so has Black Friday, once the holiday weekend comes to an end it figures to get very busy for the Chicago Cubs. Baseball’s Winter Meetings kickoff a week from Monday, so this time next week all of baseball will start making their way to Dallas. The Cubs offered salary [...]
Rambling About This Great Second Half Team
August 12, 2011 By 26 Comments
Nine out of eleven! Don’t call it a comeback! Seriously, don’t. It’s not happening. However, I must admit that it has been enjoyable to watch the Cubs win baseball games … plural! That is right; the Cubs have transformed themselves into a force to be reckoned with just in time for … Football season. This [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Nationals – 08/10/11
August 10, 2011 By 34 Comments
Game One Hundred Seventeen: Cubs (49-67) vs. Nationals (56-59) Game Time – 7:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 187 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Rodrigo Lopez (2-3, 5.17/1.49) vs. Ross Detwiler (1-1, 2.66/1.28) #10 … It is Ron Santo Day at Wrigley Field. The Cubs will unveil [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Nationals – 08/08/11
August 8, 2011 By 28 Comments
Game One Hundred Sixteen: Cubs (49-66) vs. Nationals (55-59) Game Time – 7:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet Plus – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 187 Location – Wrigley Field, Chicago Matt Garza (5-8, 3.78/1.30) vs. Chien-Ming Wang (0-2, 6.00/1.89) Updated: 7:40pm CDT – Cubs-Nationals Officially Postponed – Will Be Made Up Thursday, [...]
Rambling Upon a Series Victory
May 27, 2011 By 16 Comments
Good morning and happy Friday. I hope each and every one of you out there among the Cubs Faithful is having a wonderful start to the day. Or middle of the day. Or in two days, basically whenever you read this. I have spent my fair share of time, as well as many others’ fair [...]
Cubs Spring Training News and Notes
March 8, 2011 By 12 Comments
The exhibition season is in full swing and the Cubs began a stretch Monday of playing nine games in six days. The second week of the Cubs’ Cactus League schedule concludes with games against the Reds and Dodgers in Las Vegas. In a pre-game interview Monday, Mike Quade said he would likely wait until the [...]
Day Thirteen of Camp ‘Q’ … Let the Cubs Spring Games Begin
February 27, 2011 By 21 Comments
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 [...]
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