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 [...]
Good Things Come in Threes – Cubs 3 Giants 2
Spring Training Game Three – Cubs 3 Giants 2 WP – Todd Wellemeyer (1-0) LP – Madison Bumgarner (0-1, BS 1) Save – Esmailin Caridad (1) The Cubs put one in the win column … on the third game, behind a three-run inning, against Madison Bumgarner in his third inning of work and Esmailin Caridad [...]
Day Ten of Camp ‘Q’ … Cubs Get Their Work In and Other Notes
The first pitch of the Cubs’ 2011 Cactus League schedule is three days away … The Cubs continued going about their business Wednesday at Fitch Park. Most of the spring news has been of the off-the-field variety, which is great for this time of year. As the cliché goes, no news is good news. Mike [...]
Day Eight of Camp ‘Q’ … Dempster Gets the Nod and Other Cubs Notes
The first pitch of the Cubs’ Cactus League schedule is five days away … The Cubs continued making headlines as the second week of Spring Training began Monday. Mike Quade had a meeting with Ryan Dempster, Carlos Zambrano and Matt Garza and told the top pitchers in his rotation which one would be getting the [...]
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