Series Preview: Atlanta Braves (18-11) at Chicago Cubs (11-17) 122 Comments
The Cubs just managed to take 2 of 3 from the NL's best team and now face another one of the best teams in the Atlanta Braves. The Braves are a half game behind the Nationals in ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (8-15) at Cincinnati Reds (11-11) 58 Comments
I'm swamped with work deadlines so this is going to be relatively short.
After a slow start to the season Cincy finished April strong, winnign series against NL central foes St. ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (6-13) at Philadelphia Phillies (9-10) 102 Comments
The Cubs finally got their first series win of the year! Things are looking up….except that they just barely avoid having the worst record in the NL (mostly due to opportunity ...
Series Preview: St. Louis Cardinals (11-5) at Chicago Cubs (4-12) 83 Comments
Well, at least the Cubs aren't the worst team in baseball right now. That honor goes to the Royals, who are 3-12 and have lost ten games in a row. But at least they have a farm ...
Jeff Samardzija is a better pitcher 125 Comments
I wasn't buying it, but I'm now convinced that Jeff Samardzija is indeed a better pitcher. Samardzija had not started since midway through the 2010 season when he made 3 starts. ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (3-7) at Miami Marlins (4-6) 111 Comments
The Cubs stumble into their next opponent having lost all three series so far this year. They'll face the Marlins and their hideous HR structure. Thank DeRosa that this series ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (2-5) at St. Louis Cardinals (5-2) and Mini-Daily Facepalm 79 Comments
Yesterday's game
Before the game I said all they had to do was beat the Brewers best pitcher, and they did. I was stuck in a tedious meeting for most of the game but I surreptitiously ...
Daily Facepalm 4.11.12 30 Comments
1000 word recap of Paul Maholm's Cubs debut last night
Other comments on last night's game
You'd think that conditions like last night's (freezing, wind howling in) ...
Jeff Samardzija Shut Us Right Up 129 Comments
Holy. Shit. I still can't believe I saw what I saw today at Wrigley.
Jeff Samardzija basically told us to take our small sample sizes and shove them up our collective asses. As ...
Series Preview: Washington Nationals (0-0) at Chicago Cubs (0-0) 14 Comments
Welcome back to another year of Obstructed View series previews! And I guess Cubs baseball too.
The Washington Nationals have come a long way since their "Natinals" days. ...
Daily Facepalm 4.3.12 144 Comments
Was there a Cubs game yesterday?
The Cubs hit roughly 37 sac flies to beat the DBacks yesterday, and drag their spring trianing winning percentage to .500. Clearly I should place a ...
How good is the Cubs rotation? 177 Comments
Player
IP
Matt Garza
193
Ryan Dempster
188
Paul Maholm
165
Chris Volstad
155
Jeff Samardzija
122
The Cubs opening day rotation is set with news that Randy Wells and ...
Other transformed Cubs 129 Comments
With Jeff Samardzija's "transformation" I thought it would be fun to find other Cubs player who have transformed this spring.
Joe Mather: With a .412/.455/.745 batting ...
Wells and Wood optioned to minors, Clevenger over Castillo 37 Comments
I'd much rather have seen Randy Wells in the Chicago Cubs rotation, but rather than bullpenning him the Cubs have at least done the only other smart thing possible by optioning ...
Did the Cubs really add that much depth? 79 Comments
Over on Cubs Den (a really good blog), John talks about how the Cubs have quietly built depth to give them trade flexibility. I want to look at his bullets one by one because I just ...
Worst Moves of the Epstein Era 214 Comments
Since opening day is here (well, not here, but somewhere), it seems like an appropriate time to catalog the numerous failures of the Cubs under The Epstein Regime. Sure, no actual games ...
One foot on the Samardzija bandwagon 10 Comments