Spring Training Game Thirty-Eight – Cubs 3, Astros 6 WP – Jose Valdez (2-0) LP – Carlos Marmol (1-1) Save – None The Cubs completed their extended Spring Training schedule with a loss to the Astros in Houston on Saturday afternoon. The Cubs offense could not get on track through the first seven innings while [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Astros – 03/30/13
March 30, 2013 By 13 Comments
Spring Training Game Thirty-Eight: Cubs (16-18-2) vs. Astros (14-16-4) Game Time – 1:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: None – Radio: Cubs.com Location – Minute Maid Park, Houston Travis Wood (3-1, 4.50/1.38) vs. Brad Peacock (0-1, 3.20/1.12) Countdown to Opening Day in Pittsburgh: 2 Days This is it, the final practice game of the spring. The [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Astros – 03/29/13
March 29, 2013 By 27 Comments
Spring Training Game Thirty-Seven: Cubs (16-18-1) vs. Astros (14-16) Game Time – 7:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: MLB.TV – Radio: Cubs.com Location – Minute Maid Park, Houston Edwin Jackson (1-2, 4.05/1.15) vs. Alex White (1-1, 6.86/2.03) Countdown to Opening Day in Pittsburgh: 3 Days Only two practice games and a day off on Sunday before [...]
Barring Late Moves, Cubs Opening Day Roster All But Set
March 27, 2013 By 16 Comments
The Cubs basically announced the seventh round of spring roster cuts on Tuesday when Alberto Gonzalez and Zach Putnam were informed they would not be making the team out of camp. While the moves are not official, the Cubs have 32 players remaining on the Spring Training roster. The Cubs are watching the waiver wire, [...]
Mistakes, Mistakes and More Mistakes – Cubs 3, Giants 9
March 25, 2013 By 1 Comment
Spring Training Game Thirty-Three – Cubs 3, Giants 9 WP – Ryan Vogelsong (1-1) LP – Travis Wood (3-1) Save – None The dog days of Spring Training apparently hit Cubs’ camp on Monday. The Cubs played one of their worst Cactus League games in weeks in front of the third largest crowd in HoHoKam [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Giants – 03/25/13
March 25, 2013 By 33 Comments
Spring Training Game Thirty-Three: Cubs (16-15) vs. Giants (11-13) Game Time – 3:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet/MLB Network (delay) – Radio: Cubs.com Location – HoHoKam Park, Mesa Travis Wood (3-0, 3.00/0.92) vs. Ryan Vogelsong (0-1, 1.93/0.93) Countdown to Opening Day in Pittsburgh: 7 Days The Cubs open the 2013 season one week from [...]
Baker Undergoes Precautionary MRI and Other Cubs News Bits
March 19, 2013 By 14 Comments
In case you’ve missed it, MRI’s are in style this spring … well, at least for the Cubs. As the Tribune reported, Dale Sveum joked the Cubs could save money by purchasing their own MRI machine. Two more players had MRI’s on Monday, Scott Baker and Ian Stewart. According to multiple reports, Scott Baker showed [...]
Cubs Announce Starting Rotation, Soriano Back in the Rumor Mill, Update on Almora and Other News Bits
March 16, 2013 By 19 Comments
Prior to Thursday’s game in Glendale against the Dodgers, Dale Sveum announced his starting rotation for the opening week of the season. Jeff Samardzija gets the ball on Opening Day in Pittsburgh followed by Edwin Jackson and Travis Wood. Scott Feldman and Carlos Villanueva will pitch the first two games against the Braves with Samardzija [...]
Baez and the Cubs Walk-Off Team Japan – Cubs 7, Team Japan 5
March 15, 2013 By 7 Comments
Spring Training Game Twenty-One – Cubs (ss) 7, Team Japan 5 WP – Jensen Lewis (1-0) LP – Tekeru Imamura (0-1) Save – None In what was technically an exhibition game in which none of the stats will count, the Cubs walked off with a win over Team Japan on Friday afternoon at HoHoKam Park. [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – The Split Squads – 03/15/13
March 15, 2013 By 31 Comments
Spring Training Game Twenty: Cubs (ss) (8-11) vs. White Sox (8-7-2) Game Time – 2:05pm CDT Coverage – TV: WGN-TV (White Sox) – Radio: Cubs.com Location – Camelback Ranch, Glendale Scott Feldman (0-1, 9.00/2.14) vs. Gavin Floyd (0-1, 10.80/2.40) Spring Training Game Twenty-One: Cubs (ss) (8-11) vs. Team Japan Game Time – 3:05pm CDT Coverage [...]
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