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    Daily Facepalm 3.26.12 35 Comments

    Anything interesting happen over the weekend? Eh. Dempster was knocked around in a minor league game yesterday, but who knows if he was working on something. I missed yesterday's ...
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    Daily Facepalm 3.23.12 – Too many DUIs edition 246 Comments

    Practice game recap The Cubs pounded the rangers 11-4. Soriano, Mather, Jackson, and Ian Stewart all homered. Matt Garza threw 81 pitches in five innings, but could have gone deeper ...
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    Daily Facepalm 3.19.12 – Weekend of Samardzija 233 Comments

    Playing Time Projections Please take a few moments to fill out the 2012 Cubs playing time projections. It's as simple as possible. Weekend practice game roundup Geovany Soto homered, ...
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    Daily Facepalm 3.15.12 – Calling in Sick with March Madness 91 Comments

    Practice Game recap Travis Wood probably punched his ticket to Iowa yesterday, giving up six runs while only recording one out. Bullpen/tenth starter hopeful Casey Coleman also had ...
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    Daily Facepalm 3.14.12 48 Comments

    Practice Game recap Chris Volstad pitched three strong inninngs yesterday, extending his spring training scoreless streak to six innings. As with Samardzija and the other starter candidates, ...
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    What’s all this Jeff Samardzija starting crap? 63 Comments

    I paid so little attention to Cubs baseball after the first few weeks that it's hard for me to believe that Jeff Samardzija threw 88 innings a year ago. I did know that however ...

    Taking a closer look at the Cubs supersized rotation 105 Comments

    The Cubs currently have 6 starting pitchers on the roster*. Those 6 include Matt Garza, Ryan Dempster, Paul Maholm, Travis Wood, Chris Volstad and Randy Wells. Jeff Samardzija ...