Game One Hundred Fifty-Five – Cubs 7 Cardinals 8 WP – Jake Westbrook (9-11, 3-4) LP – Jeff Samardzija (2-2) Save – Ryan Franklin (26) Wrigley Field was not home sweet home for the Chicago National League Ball Club in Twenty-Ten. The Cubs finished the season with a 35-46 home mark, their worst record at [...]
Painful to Watch … Cubs and Dempster Embarrassed Again – Cubs 5 Mets 18
Game One Hundred Thirty-Seven – Cubs 5 Mets 18 WP – Jon Niese (9-7) LP – Ryan Dempster (12-10) Save – None Ryan Dempster took the hill Sunday in search of his 100th big league win for the second time … and he picked up where he left off against the Pirates. Dempster was horrible [...]
Gorzelanny and the Gopher Ball – Cubs 1 Reds 7
Game One Hundred Twenty-Nine – Cubs 1 Reds 7 WP – Johnny Cueto (12-4) LP – Tom Gorzelanny (7-8) Save – None It was back to reality for the Chicago Cubs on Friday night. The Cincinnati Reds proved they are not the Washington Nationals and Dusty’s bunch handed Mike Quade his first big league loss. [...]
A New Skipper … A New Look Cubs? – Cubs 9 Nationals 1
Game One Hundred Twenty-Six – Cubs 9 Nationals 1 WP – Casey Coleman (1-1) LP – Livan Hernandez (8-9) Save – None Boy was that refreshing! For the first time in recent memory, the Chicago Cubs cruised to an easy win without any “excitement” what-so-ever in the late innings. Interim manager Mike Quade won his [...]
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