Cubs swept by Astros, things about to get much worse

In News And Rumors by dmick89249 Comments

The Cubs just completed a 9-game home stand against the Mets, Pirates and Astros. The Cubs entered the home stand 5 games below .500 and it was concluding the easiest part of their schedule. The Cubs needed to make up ground during this home stand because even if they play well after, it’s unlikely they can improve their record all …

What the Cubs may soon look like

In News And Rumors by dmick89212 Comments

The Cubs are 8.5 games out of first place and it’s just the first of June. Their pythagorean record is even worse than their actual 23-30 record. Pythag has them at 22-31. The only team with a worse Pythag than the Cubs is the Houston Astros at 22-33. Minnesota is worse in the AL at 17-36, but no other team …

Which types of players have been injured? (UPDATED)

In News And Rumors by berselius80 Comments

Fellow Cubs blogger Doc Blume opined in the comments to today’s article at LOHO that part of the Cubs injury issues stem from the roster being filled with players with questionable medical histories, as the Cubs had no money to spend on better players. The lack of payroll room the past few offseasons pushed the Cubs towards signing/acquiring marginal, injury …

Trade Value: Carlos Pena

In Projections by dmick8925 Comments

The first of June is tomorrow and while no significant trades are likely to be made in the first few weeks of June, the Cubs do find themselves to be far from contenders at this point. The Cubs will likely trade a few players near the deadline for prospects so it seems a good time to start talking about the …

Cubs are Bleeding On and Off the Field

In News And Rumors by aisle424390 Comments

The injuries are piling up for the Cubs. In the outfield, our centerfielder and unlikely three hitter is down with a BROKEN FACE, the $136 million dollar man’s legs are all but useless at this point, and even our scrappy reclamation project veteran is down with a bad back, presumably from lugging around a giant bag of awesome all by …

Soriano to miss some time and more weather blaming

In News And Rumors by dmick8935 Comments

No word on the MRI for Soriano, but he’s going to miss at least a few days. Blake DeWitt will start in LF in his absence and Paul Sullivan mentions Tyler Colvin and Brett Jackson as potential replacements if he’s out for awhile. You know how the Cubs have blamed the cold weather all season long? Yeah, now it’s the …

Series Preview: Houston Astros (19-34) vs Iowa Cubs (23-28)

In Series Previews by berselius378 Comments

Stoppable force meets movable object in this series between the Cubs and Astros. Both teams are throwing two starters in this series who probably don’t belong in a MLB rotation, but their pathetic offenses should struggle to score runs anyway. If any of you are in the Chicago area and don’t have tickets to the game, let “Aneury Rodriguez! Rodrigo …

Something for Memorial Day

In Other Topics by Obstructed View Staff3 Comments

I know some of you folks served in the military and would appreciate something like this.  As Memorial Day is tomorrow I thought I’d hunt down some information on veterans associated with baseball who served during war time.  The most well-known were those who served in World War II, and this website does a good job of documenting those players, …

The emptiest batting averages

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Colin Wyers looks at batting average and BP’s True Average to find the players with the emptiest batting averages. Starlin Castro and Darwin Barney at the top 2 and former Cubs Ryan Theriot and Aaron Miles are next. Jeff Baker is 7th and Marlon Byrd is 10th. As Colin notes, you can be a good hitter and still make the …

The Cubs Are Still In It!

In News And Rumors by andcounting105 Comments

Tim is right: 2011 is not the Cubs’ year. (see also: 1909-2010). But not everybody needs to think that way. There are two approaches to being a fan (probably more, but I’m concerning this argument about these two alone . . . unless I get so inspired to consider others; I doubt it): thinking like a player and thinking like …