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Was Zambrano Being Punished? 193 Comments

The Cubs lost to the Phillies and Roy Halladay on Friday evening, which wasn’t a surprise. What was a surprise, and what has most people talking/tweeting/cursing/throwing ...

By Aisle424 on June 11, 2011. Posted in News And Rumors

Series Preview: Iowa Cubs (24-36) at Philadelphia Phillies (37-25) 34 Comments

It’s too bad the Cubs didn’t lose last night, because this series could have easily pushed the losing streak to thirteen. Of course, despite that we’ll probably see ...

By Berselius on June 9, 2011. Posted in Series Previews

"We play like a Triple-A team." 220 Comments

That’s what Carlos Zambrano said. He did not call the players AAA players. He said the team was playing like a AAA team and I don’t know anybody who would argue with that. ...

By dmick89 on June 5, 2011. Posted in News And Rumors

Series Preview: Iowa Cubs (23-31) at St. Louis Cardinals (33-24) 247 Comments

Team overview Team stats and NL ranks Cubs Cardinals wOBA .323 (5th) .344 (1st) UBR -7.3 (16th) -1.7 (12th) UZR -12.1 (14th) 6.9 (4th) SP FIP 4.07 (11th) 3.74 (4th) RP ...

By Berselius on June 3, 2011. Posted in Series Previews

What the Cubs may soon look like 212 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 ...

By dmick89 on June 1, 2011. Posted in News And Rumors

Series Preview: Houston Astros (19-34) vs Iowa Cubs (23-28) 378 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, ...

By Berselius on May 30, 2011. Posted in Series Previews

Cashner to the bullpen when he returns 51 Comments

No decision has been made on what type of a role he will have long term with us. I will leave all of that up to Dr. Gryzlo and Dr. Yocum who are treating him for his shoulder injury. ...

By dmick89 on May 26, 2011. Posted in News And Rumors

Series Preview: New York Mets (22-24) @ Chicago Cubs (20-25) 330 Comments

Berselius refused to show up for work so that left the rest of us scrambling around to find a replacement. We couldn't find any qualified applicants though we thank you for your ...

By dmick89 on May 24, 2011. Posted in Series Previews

These Cubs Are Not the 1997 Marlins 81 Comments

Dave Kaplan wrote a post on the CSN Chicago site where he poses the question: Will the Cubs follow Marlins’ blueprint? I clicked on it because I thought maybe, just maybe, he ...

By Aisle424 on May 24, 2011. Posted in News And Rumors

The Cubs just aren't very good 194 Comments

About a quarter of the 2011 season is in the books and the Cubs have performed about as we expected overall. The pitching, particularly the rotation, has been worse than we thought. ...

By dmick89 on May 23, 2011. Posted in News And Rumors

Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (19-23) at Boston Red Sox (23-20) 276 Comments

This could be interesting. Or very ugly. If you’re looking to be patronized, be sure to check out today’s column by Gordon Edes. Team Overview Team stats with respective ...

By Berselius on May 20, 2011. Posted in Series Previews

It's never too early to look ahead to next year 138 Comments

A few years ago I wouldn’t have considered writing something about looking ahead. The Cubs had the pieces in place to contend for as long as they were willing to supplement the ...

By dmick89 on May 18, 2011. Posted in News And Rumors

Series preview: Chicago Cubs (17-21) at Cincinnati Reds (23-17) 312 Comments

It hasn’t been too long since we saw the Reds, but in that span of time they’ve gone from a mediocre record to the top of the NL Central division. A big part of it is that ...

By Berselius on May 16, 2011. Posted in Series Previews

Series preview: World Champions (21-16) at Chicago Cubs (16-20) 139 Comments

Team Overview Team stats (and NL ranks) wOBA: .297 (15th)UZR: -8.1 (12th)DRS: -6 (6th)SP FIP: 3.22 (3rd)SP xFIP: 3.47 (4th)RP FIP: 2.79 (3rd)RP xFIP: 3.14 (2nd) Batters Player wOBA ZiPS ...

By Berselius on May 13, 2011. Posted in Series Previews

St. Louis Cardinals @ Chicago Cubs 243 Comments

GamedayBref Preview Cardinals wOBA wRC Def Cubs wOBA wRC Def Ryan Theriot .298 .39 -.01 Kosuke Fukudome .343 .57 -.06 Colby Rasmus .348 .57 .01 Darwin Barney .297 .38 .03 Albert ...

By Obstructed View on May 10, 2011. Posted in Game Threads

Series Preview: St. Louis Cardinals (20-15) at Chicago Cubs (15-18) 147 Comments

The Cubs stranded approximately 215 baserunners in the last series against the Reds, and I don’t know if I should be encouraged by the numbers of batters who got on base or discouraged ...

By Berselius on May 10, 2011. Posted in Series Previews

Cubs rWAR and fWAR No Comments

Most of you are at least somewhat familiar with WAR and how it works. I’d bet most of you are familiar that Fangraphs publishes their own WAR (fWAR) and Baseball Reference publishes ...

By dmick89 on May 8, 2011. Posted in Unobstructed Views

When could Wells and Cashner return? 47 Comments

LOS ANGELES — Cubs pitchers Andrew Cashner and Randy Wells headed to Arizona on Wednesday to continue their rehab there and both could be facing batters next week. — ...

By dmick89 on May 5, 2011. Posted in News And Rumors

1940s Chicago Cubs @ 1940s Los Angeles Dodgers 237 Comments

GamedayB-Ref Preview Cubs wOBA wRC Def Dodgers wOBA wRC Def Starlin Castro .330 .53 -.03 Aaron Miles .272 .30 -.05 Darwin Barney .297 .39 .03 Jay Gibbons .304 .41 -.12 Marlon ...

By Obstructed View on May 4, 2011. Posted in Game Threads

Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (12-15) at Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles (14-15) 17 Comments

Team Overview Dodgers team stats (NL rank in parens): wOBA: .310 (11th)UZR: -2.9 (10th)DRS: -11 (11th)SP FIP: 3.77 (8th)SP xFIP: 3.64 (5th)RP FIP: 4.52 (16th)RP xFIP: 4.09 (12th) Batters: Player wOBA ZiPS ...

By Berselius on May 2, 2011. Posted in Series Previews

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