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Cubs re-sign John Grabow
It sure will be a bummer to watch our old buddy pitch in Cubbie blue for the next two years, especially when he comes in to shut down the Pirates in the 8th inning of a close game. That’ll happen, oh, about 20 times over the next two seasons in...
Only 161 games this year
The Pirates-Cubs game Thursday night was cancelled after three innings. It will not be made up. The Pirates led, 3-0, when the game was delayed by rain. Lastings Milledge hit a 2-run shot in the 1st, just after Garrett Jones had singled home Andy LaR...
Turning the tables [Pirates 8 Cubs 2]
Who would have thought? A win from Jeff Karstens? A huge offensive output from Ryan Doumit? Sweeping a doubleheader? Against the Cubs? AT Wrigley? Yep. All that and more. The Pirates put a whooping on the North Siders Wednesday. Karstens notched his ...
Muuuuch better [Pirates 4 Cubs 0]
Last time Charlie Morton pitched at Wrigley Field, he went 1+ innings and allowed 10 runs, making for quite the humiliating afternoon. Today was a bit different. The Pirates pounded Ted Lilly for 4 runs in the first inning, and Morton came right out ...
Liveblog for Doubleheader at Cubs
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Doubleheader Gameday #157 and 158 at Cubs
Pirates (59-97) at Cubs (82-74) 2:05 and 8:05–Wrigley Field, Chicago TV (Game 1): WGN TV (Game 2): FSN Pittsburgh, CSN Chicago [Here is the Game 1 MLB Gameday] [Here is the Game 2 MLB Gameday] ——————...
Still away from home [Pirates 0 Cubs 6]
The Pirates played on the road. Kevin Hart pitched. The opponent was the Chicago Cubs. What do you think happened? In a game featuring fielding miscues, another bad start by Hart (despite returning to his former home, where he used to pitch well), an...
Gameday #156 at Cubs
Pirates (59-96) at Cubs (81-74) 8:05–Wrigley Field, Chicago TV: FSN Pittsburgh, WGN [Here is the MLB Gameday] —————————- One day removed from an exciting series win against Los Angeles to...
Swept away again [Cubs 8 Pirates 5]
It’s getting harder and harder to stay interested in these games. They’re meaningless and the Pirates are playing like it. Kevin Hart was bad once again, and his numbers since the trade are starting to look pretty ugly. His final line was...
Game 138 Liveblog: Cubs at Pirates
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Gameday #138 vs. Cubs
Cubs (70-67) at Pirates (54-83) 12:35–PNC Park, Pittsburgh TV: CSN Chicago [Here is the MLB Gameday] —————————— It’s another one of those 12:35 weekday afternoon games nob...
Dinked to death [Cubs 9 Pirates 4]
The Cubs opened the game with 8 hits in a row off Zach Duke, leading the way to an easy blowout win. Duke was charged with 8 earned runs in 4 innings. I missed the game, but many reports indicated a bunch of the hits were a result of slow rollers and...
Gameday #137 vs. Cubs
Cubs (69-67) at Pirates (54-82) 7:05–PNC Park, Pittsburgh TV: FSN Pittsburgh, CSN [Here is the MLB Gameday] ——————————————— Now that it’s imp...
The Losingest Team in Pro Sports History
The Pirates lost today (4-2 to the Cubs). It was loss number 82 in a 162 game season, assuring that the Pirates will finish under .500 for a record 17th consecutive year. That goes for all four major North American pro sports. I really don’t ne...
Game 136 Liveblog: Cubs at Pirates
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Gameday #136 vs. Cubs
Cubs (68-67) at Pirates (54-81) 12:35–PNC Park, Pittsburgh TV: WGN [Here is the MLB Gameday] ————————– Happy Labor Day, everyone! Hopefully we can celebrate by staving off history for...
Pirates-Cubs rained out
After a 3 hour and 15 minute delay. No make-up date has been announced. The Pirates will push Ohlendorf–today’s scheduled starter–back to Tuesday so Kevin Hart can take his regular turn tomorrow. For a good part of the delay it wasn...
Gameday #116 at Cubs
Pirates (46-69) at Cubs (59-55) 1:05–Wrigley Field, Chicago TV: FSN Pittsburgh, CSN [Here is the MLB Gameday] —————————————- It’s hard for me to admit, b...
Humiliation [Pirates 2 Cubs 17]
There’s not much else to say. This game was laughable from the very start (well, not really. McCutchen hit a leadoff single. But then Cedeno hit into a DP). Charlie Morton had an absolute nightmare of an outing. He didn’t have any command...
Gameday #115 at Cubs
Pirates (46-68) at Cubs (58-55) 2:20–Wrigley Field, Chicago TV: WGN [Here is the MLB Gameday] ————————– It’s a typical early Wrigley start today, as the Cubs welcome the Pira...
Checking in on old friends
It’s been kind of a slow news day and with the dust beginning to settle on all the recent trades, I figured we’d check in on all the guys Neal Huntington has sent away this season. That’s become an awfully long list. Here goes: Joh...
Grabow and Gorzelanny traded to Cubs
Here we go again… [Link]. The return: [Kevin Hart], [Jose Ascanio], and [Josh Harrison]. Hart’s a right-handed starting pitcher in the majors. He’s 3-1 with a 2.60 ERA for the Cubs this year and will surely go right into the Pirate...
Grabow, Gorzo on the way out?
Huntington’s going all-out on the fire sale. [Reports are saying] the Bucs are close to a deal with the Cubs involving John Grabow and Tom Gorzelanny. [DK says] a source told him the deal is “just about done” … and [Ed Price s...
Scouts, scouts, and more scouts
I really don’t like when the trade deadline approaches and a rumor starts because a certain team had a scout in attendance to look at a certain player. In my opinion, it really doesn’t make any sense at all. First of all, there are scouts...
