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Cubs win game, lose season in 6-0 victory
Filed:September 29th, 2009 Ryan Dempster is congratulated by Lou Piniella after his complete-game victory (Cubbie Nation) Click here for the photo gallery of last night's game. Well, I figured as much. For as much as I expect the ...
Cubs 13, Brewers 7; Welcome to Hitsville
Filed:September 15th, 2009 Aramis Ramirez reacts after being plunked by a pitch Tuesday (Cubbie Nation) Click here for the photo gallery of Tuesday's game Huh. Evidently, someone forgot to tell the Cubs that they were dead, or dying. Seven games...
Cubs 2, Astros 0; Lilly pitches gem in win
Filed:September 2nd, 2009 A pumped up Carlos Marmol after saving the Cubs 2-0 win(Cubbie Nation) Click here for the photo gallery to Wednesday's game. Quick. Well played. Successful. If the Cubs are going to make up any playoff ground in ...
Astros 5, Cubs 3; Harden staying, just didn't show up at the park
Filed:August 31st, 2009 Rich Harden warms up in the 'pen Monday before the Cubs - Astros matchup (Cubbie Nation) Click here for the photo gallery of Monday's game. Well, let me give you some good news first. August is over. The Cubs c...
Cubs 5, Astros 1 F/13:All is forgiven Soriano
Filed:July 27th, 2009 Alfonso Soriano celebrates his game-winning grand slam Monday (Cubbie Nation) Click here for the photo gallery of Monday's game It took almost four hours (3:49) and 13 innings, but the Cubs came out on top Monday whe...
Cubs 4, Braves 2; Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back!!
Filed:July 6th, 2009 Aramis Ramirez returns from his DL stint against the Braves Monday (Cubbie Nation) Click here for the photo gallery of Monday's Cubs-Braves game If you could endure 70's night, Erik Estrada televised comments on p...
Cubs 4, Pirates 1; Wells wins going away
Cubs starter Randy Wells (Cubbie Nation/file) Filed:June 30th, 2009 I'll tell you a story. Back in March I had occasion to chat with a few very nice young ladies in one of Chicago's tonier nightspots. We talked for awhile, I expla...
Cubs 8, Indians 7 F/10:Who are these guys?
Filed:June 19th, 2009 Ryan Theriot is mauled by teammates after his game-winning single (Cubbie Nation) Click here for the photo gallery of Friday's game Ryan Theriot hit a game-winning single in the 10th inning Friday to give the Cubs a ...
Cubs 6, Marlins 4:Cubs take the series
Filed:May 3rd, 2009 Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee (Cubbie Nation/file) Wow. I leave for a few days, and the Cubs bullpen can get people out, Ryan Theriot and Mike Fontenot are channeling the Bash Brothers, and the Cubs are riding high on a th...
Cubs shell Wellemeyer in 10-3 win over Cards
Kosuke Fukudome - (Cubbie Nation/file) Filed:April 26th, 2009 Thank you, Todd Wellemeyer. When you're in the middle of a losing streak -- and really, everybody has them at least a few times a season -- you take the wins about any way ...
If not Micah, then who?
Filed:March 23rd, 2009 Micah Hoffpauir (left), with Henry Blanco and Koyie Hill (Cubbie Nation/File) No, I'm not going to pile on. I was actually perfectly happy to move on from this issue, and over to something more interesting, like Cor...
Hoffpauir to make Opening Day Roster? You can't be serious
Micah Hoffpauir - (Cubbie Nation/file) Filed:March 16th, 2009 You know, like most Cubs fans I've been mostly confused at many of the Cubs moves made since the end of last season. Whether it was letting Mark DeRosa go for a couple of m...
Ten Things I Think I Think; Lunatic Fringe Edition
Filed:October 27th, 2008 Adrian Gonzalez (Cubbie Nation/File) It may be a touch premature, but I'm preparing a big thank you for my Philly friends the next time I'm in town. After watching MLB playoffs the last five years that featured...
Ten Things I Think I Think: Let's move on....
Filed: October 10th, 2008 Sigh. I'm over it. And yes, I pretty much needed the entire week away to detox myself of the debacle that was the 2008 NLDS. It doesn't help though being in Philly for the week, where the fans are positively gid...
Cubs 7, Brewers 6 f/12; Stars doing what stars do
Filed: September 18th, 2008 Maligned, cursed, and a source of frustration for much of the season, Derrek Lee erased all of that Thursday afternoon, sending a sharp single into center that scored pinch-runner Jason Marquis, and gave the Cubs a 7-6 vi...
Cubs 6, Astros 1; You could have been a star!
Filed: September 15th, 2008 The very next game after Carlos Zambrano's historic no-hitter of the Astros, Ted Lilly makes his attempt to up the anty, taking his own no-hit bid into the seventh, and combining with Jeff Samardzija, Carlos Marmol, an...
Cubs 5, Astros 0: A fine mess; Zambrano throws a no-hitter
Filed: September 14th, 2008 Quick, what do you get when you mix: 1) A team who hasn't played in three days unexpectedly 2) A starter shutdown two weeks ago with tendonitis 3) The game played at a "neutral" site, which in ...
Cubs 11, Astros 7; Bye Scotty...
The Cubs staged yet another rally Tuesday, lead by an Alfonso Soriano three-run homer in the seventh, to win 11-7 over the Houston Astros. The win broke a four-game Astros winning streak, and evened the series, with the rubber match scheduled ...
Cubs 10, D'Backs 6; Hail the return of the King
The Cubs broke out their big bats in time to salvage the series - and road trip - and welcomed back Alfonso Soriano from the DL with a 10-6 win against the Diamondbacks Wednesday night. The win was highlighted by a Reed Johnson grand slam in t...
Cubs 6, Marlins 3; Cue that music
And fly that flag. The Cubs got back to their winning ways at Wrigley last night - their first game there in nearly two weeks - beating the Florida Marlins 6-3. It was their second win in a row, and allowed them to continue to stay ahead of th...
Cubs 9, Astros 0; Blowouts make everyone feel better
Ryan Dempster delivered yet another pitching gem this season, and the Cubs scored five runs in the 9th to turn what was a close game into a full-fledged blowout, beating the Astros 9-0 Sunday. Okay, I'm finally off my ledge this morning. After he...
Losing ugly, Chicago style
I'm not certain that I wouldn't have preferred another blowout. After scuffling all afternoon long to pluck a much-needed win out of this White Sox series, Carlos Marmol allows a game-winning home run to Carlos Quentin in the 7...
Cubs win 7-4; look to start a new streak at home
Wow, that didn't take long. After losing a 7-5 gut wrencher Tuesday, the Cubs bounced back in a hurry, dispatching the Orioles 7-4 last night in front of 40,754. It's getting awfully thin around here. Just a day after placing Reed Johnso...
The Anti-Heroes
Yeah right. Despite staging a furious comeback to make this game much more interesting than it should have been, the Cubs lost 7-5 to the Orioles last night in which no less than five Cubs had an opportunity to take this game. And not one did....
Reversal of fortunes
Four days ago, the Cubs looked like a team ready to fall back to earth, having been swept by the Tampa Bay Rays. The White Sox looked ready to run off with the division, having dispatched the Pirates in a three-game sweep that featured an offense tha...
Marquis outpitched Halladay; and no, it's not April Fools
Jason Marquis proved that he actually can pitch, and Reed Johnson provided the run support as the Cubs beat the Blue Jays this afternoon 6-2. It was the second time in three days that they've won against the pitching cream of their respective lea...
Sorry Tommy
With the Atlanta Braves playoff hopes flailing, a team badly in need of a road win -- 7-21 going into last night's action -- and perhaps the idea of solidifying his own legacy, I'm sure Tom Glavine had high hopes of delivering a Wrigley-esqu...
