Series Preview: Colorado Rockies (50-73) at Chicago Cubs (47-76) 258 Comments
The Cubs have made a strong push for the second spot in next year's draft with a 4-17 record in the month of August. The Rockies are remembering their 2007 team by going 13-9 over ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (47-73) at Milwaukee Brewers (54-66) 37 Comments
Somehow I thought the Brewers were closer to .500 than this. By Pythag they should be a 59-61 team. The last time they were at .500 was back in April, though they spent much of the ...
Series Preview: Iowa Cubs of Chicago (46-70) at Cincinnati Reds (71-47) 40 Comments
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Fangraphs on Samardzija’s splitter this year No Comments
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He has battled struggles with tiredness at times, which is understandable given the increased workload, ...
Series Preview: Houston Astros (38-78) at Chicago Cubs (44-69) 97 Comments
The Cubs are 7.5 games out of the top pick in the 2013 draft, and can pick up some ground on the loss-leading Astros in this series. The Cubs have done their part, going 2-11 over ...
Biannual Facepalm – 8.12.12 22 Comments
Superfriends, amalgamate!
The Superfriends added a new member to the Hall of Justice this week, poaching Padres scouting director Jaron Madison for the same position with the Cubs. ...
Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (66-45) at Chicago Cubs (43-66) 20 Comments
Riding an eight game losing streak and consecutive sweeps on the west coast, the Cubs continue their upset bid to take the number one pick away from the Houston Astros. The Reds, meanwhile, ...
Javier Baez promoted to Daytona – tweet No Comments
The Cubs have promoted SS Javier Baez to high Class A Daytona. Monster bat potential.
— Ben Badler (@BenBadler) August 4, 2012
Podcasting the Cubs 24 Comments
Before gallivanting off to the hinterlands of Molina-esque interwebs, Berselius recorded a podcast with longtime reader, sometime commenter sitrick2. We talked the Cubs for about an ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (38-53) at St. Louis Cardinals (47-45) 20 Comments
The Cardinals continue their streak of being the reverse-Diamondbacks this season, sitting at 2 games above .500 despite the best run differential in the National League. Clearly they ...
Updated “This Old Cub” to air on MLBN this Saturday (tweet) No Comments
MLB Network will air updated version of "This Old Cub" on Saturday to celebrate Ron Santo in HOF bit.ly/MKqmNz #Cubs
— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) July 19, 2012
Series Preview: Carlos Zambrano (43-46) at Chicago Cubs (36-52) 79 Comments
To judge from all the negative buzz I've seen around the interwebs heading into this series, you'd think that Zambrano is starting all three games and Cubs fans should boo ...
Let’s ask Ian Stewart: who should be the third baseman next year? (tweet) No Comments
Kind of question is that RT @TheDaveOtto: @IAN_STEWART_9 If you were Cubs management, who would you put at 3B in 2013?
— Ian Stewart (@IAN_STEWART_9) June 30, 2012
Series Preview: Houston Astros (32-44) at Chicago Cubs (26-49) 101 Comments
When the Cubs visited Houston a month ago, the Astros were a few games below .500 and the buzz around the team was relatively positive. Few Astros fans expected the team to be very ...
Gordo on Randy Wells DFA (tweet) No Comments
Randy Wells DFA'd. Dolis recalled. Cubs have 10 days to trade or waive. Also: Sabathia to DL in NY. Just saying.
— Gordon Wittenmyer (@GDubCub) June 27, 2012
(dying laughing), ...
Randy Wells Designated for Assignment 102 Comments
Following his second straight outing with four walks in less than four innings, Randy Wells was designated for assignment by the Cubs today (first reported by Bruce Miles on Twitter, ...
Anthony Rizzo Debut game thread and live chat 20 Comments
In case you hadn't heard, Anthony Rizzo is making his debut with the Cubs today. Since this is probably the lone highlight of the season, let's do a live chat!
In case you ...
Baez out of Peoria game with hand injury (tweet) No Comments
Javier Baez leaving #Chiefs game at Clinton with an injury. Bare-handed a deflected ball to get the out.
— Kevin Capie (@KevinCapie) June 26, 2012
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (24-48) at New York Mets (39-34) 107 Comments
The Cubs won't get a whack at Dickey this series, but they'll still face plenty of good pitching against the suddenly solid Mets. Despite the astounding success of Dickey and ...
Phil Rogers is not a Crane Kenney fan 30 Comments