Game One Hundred Fifty – Cubs 6 Reds 8 – 11 innings WP – Nick Masset (3-5) LP – James Russell (1-6) Save – None The Cubs jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning behind a pair of two-out, two-run homers … one by Carlos Pena (1-for-4 with a home run, a [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Reds – 09/15/11
Game One Hundred Fifty: Cubs (65-84) vs. Reds (73-76) Game Time – 6:10pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 187 Location – Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati Randy Wells (7-4, 4.73/1.37) vs. Homer Bailey (8-7, 4.34/1.25) The Cubs seven-game road trip (3-3) comes to an end tonight with [...]
Rambling from the Precipice of a New Beginning
I am catching everyone a bit off-guard here on Thursday, but it is always good to change things up a little bit, right? Just like the Cubs are going to need to change things up more than a little bit when it comes to their 2012 roster. So, in that vain, the CCO proudly brings [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Reds – 09/14/11
Game One Hundred Forty-Nine: Cubs (65-83) vs. Reds (72-76) Game Time – 6:10pm CDT Coverage – TV: WCIU – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 187 Location – Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati Casey Coleman (2-7, 6.65/1.84) vs. Johnny Cueto (9-5, 2.36/1.09) Weather permitting … The Cubs are 3-2 on their current seven-game road trip [...]
Talkin’ Cubs Live – Cubs vs. Reds – 09/13/11
Game One Hundred Forty-Eight: Cubs (65-82) vs. Reds (71-76) Game Time – 6:10pm CDT Coverage – TV: Comcast SportsNet Plus – Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 187 Location – Great American Ball Park, Cincinnati Ryan Dempster (10-11, 4.74/1.42) vs. Mike Leake (11-9, 4.00/1.18) The Cubs will shoot for their fourth straight win tonight behind [...]
Mets Gift Wrap a Win for the Cubs – Cubs 5 Mets 4
Game One Hundred Forty-Five – Cubs 5 Mets 4 WP – Kerry Wood (3-5, BS 6) LP – Bobby Parnell (3-6, BS 6) Save – Carlos Marmol (34) The New York Mets gave Saturday’s game to the Chicago Cubs … and the Cubs nearly gave it right back. The Mets were charged with four errors [...]
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