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Zambrano ————> gone 27 Comments
One way or another, Carlos Zambrano has thrown his final pitch as a Chicago Cub. After giving up eight runs on five homers in four innings and change, he threw at Chipper Jones and ...
Thus Endeth Carlos Zambrano's Cubs Career 290 Comments
If you stop to think about it, this end to Carlos Zambrano’s career with the Cubs was about as appropriate an end as one could possibly have dreamt up. And let’s not pretend ...
Are You Ready for Some Fantasy Football? 1 Comment
If you would like to enjoy OV’s Recent Fantasy League, shoot me an e-mail to tmcginnis2002 (at) hotmail (dot) com so I can send you an invite.
It’s H2H and it has a few ...
OV Pic of the Day: Lazy Soriano Only Triples While Pena, Ramirez Hit Homeruns 128 Comments
Aramis Ramirez and Carlos Pena got the memo that the pressure is off, so they went about their business of hitting meaningless homeruns. But Alfonso Soriano couldn’t ...
Texas A&M ———> SEC? 52 Comments
AggieYell (Rivals) is reporting that Texas A&M has accepted an offer from the SEC.
If true, what next?
OV Pic of the Day: Remembering #10 334 Comments
The Cubs won. Reed Johnson had a pretty good day. Starlin Castro did not. But the highlight of the day was the unveiling of the statue of Ron Santo on the corner of Addison ...
33rd Spot Start Game Thread 106 Comments
Rodrigo Lopez is the starting pitcher tonight and it is the 33rd game started by one of the following pitchers: Doug Davis (9), Casey Coleman (9), Rodrigo Lopez (8), James Russell ...
OV Pic of the Day: Wind Blowing Out, Cubs Just Blowing 136 Comments
Everybody expected some high scores in the game tonight as the wind was blowing out.
Final score: Washington 3, Cubs 1. Shut us right up.
(Chris Sweda/ Tribune / August 9, ...
Club option on Aramis Ramirez ***UPDATED*** 323 Comments
Since Aramis Ramirez has started hitting again and hitting it quite well, it seems more likely than not that the Cubs will keep him around next season. However, I don’t think ...
Series Preview: Washington Nationals (55-59) at The Untouchables (49-66) 127 Comments
Now that the winning streak is over, time to get started on a new losing streak. Not only did the Cubs gain no meaningful ground on the Brewers, who were also playing quite well in ...
OV Pic of the Day: Byrd =/= Wyrd 119 Comments
It looked for a short time like the Cubs might have somehow pulled their 8th straight win out of their ass, but then they finally remembered they were the Cubs.
Among many plays that ...
Starlin Castro Year 1 and Year 2 210 Comments
All numbers updated through games ending on August 6th.
Starlin Castro has nearly had as many plate appearances this season as he did last so it seems a good time to compare the two ...
OV Pic of the Day: Joey Haz a Sad 291 Comments
This may be my favorite Pic of the Day yet.
(Photo by Brian Kersey/Getty Images)
Your moment of zen 6 Comments
Perusing the interwebs tonight and saw this. Not sure how to embed a Youtube video here, so you’ll just have to click the link. Hopefully it’s not someone you know. ...
Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (54-57) at Chicago Cubs (47-65) 147 Comments
BREAKING NEWS: I heard the 49ers are shopping Taylor Mays
Just 18 more wins in a row until the Cubs are back at .500! It’s Gonna Happen.
Where have things gone wrong with the ...
The Cubs and their trade deadline decisions 243 Comments
Last week we had a heated debate and/or argument on here about the decisions the Cubs made about not trading certain players. I wanted to write something about this immediately, but ...
4-game sweeps are always fun 95 Comments
Despite watching only a batter here and there, I wanted to watch this series. For one thing, I figured the Cubs would finally put an end to all of this Pirates as a contending team ...
