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    Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (15-14) at Chicago Cubs (11-17) 26 Comments

    The Reds got off to a hot start, but have been scuffling a bit recently. A big reason is the lack of production from their two best players. Ace Johnny Cueto hit the DL with a lat ...
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    Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (5-12) at Cincinnati Reds (11-8) 20 Comments

    The Reds are still the team to beat in the NL Central. They had a rough first road trip, losing two of three in St. Louis and getting swept in Pittsburgh, but bounced back with a sweep ...
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    Copying what other sucky team’s bloggers do 16 Comments

    Having difficulty thinking of something to write about, I decided to look to other bloggers for teams that suck for ideas. The first idea came from a Royals blog that was comparing ...
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    Series preview: San Francisco Giants (94-68) vs Cincinnati Reds (97-65) 73 Comments

    The Reds jockeyed with several other NL Central teams (including the Pirates!) for the divisional lead for the first half of the season, but after July 19 they moved into first place ...
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    Series Preview: Iowa Cubs of Chicago (46-70) at Cincinnati Reds (71-47) 40 Comments

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    Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (66-45) at Chicago Cubs (43-66) 20 Comments

    Riding an eight game losing streak and consecutive sweeps on the west coast, the Cubs continue their upset bid to take the number one pick away from the Houston Astros. The Reds, meanwhile, ...
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    Bryan LaHair’s Fantastic Start 147 Comments

    Some Cubs fans entered the season with relatively high expectations for Bryan LaHair. Others weren't optimistic at all. I was somewhere in between. I was fairly certain LaHair's ...
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    One foot on the Samardzija bandwagon 10 Comments

    Jeff Samardzija transformed. We heard about it all spring. We were to believe the transformation began in the second half of last season in which he threw about 40 or so innings. We ...
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    Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (5-8) at Chicago Cubs (3-10) 38 Comments

    The Cubs aren't the only NL Central team that's scuffling early on. The Reds were a somewhat populat favorite to win the central this year with Pujols gone and Carpenter hurt ...
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    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 ...

    Cubs open to trading Matt Garza 28 Comments

    We learned awhile back that the Cubs would listen to offers on any of their players so I had really wanted to avoid writing about specific players until a credible rumor surfaced. However, ...

    Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (64-82) at Cincinnati Reds (71-75) 172 Comments

    The Cubs played the Reds just last week, and five of the six starters from that series are pitching this series. I’m just going to make a few minor tweaks to the last preview ...
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    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)

    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 ...

    Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (16-15) at Chicago Cubs (14-16) 23 Comments

    The Cubs went 4-3 on their trip out west, and a winning record on any such trip is a nice feat no matter the quality of the teams played. Today they start a 2 plus week stretch of games ...

    Matt Garza is not this bad or this good 337 Comments

    The start to Matt Garza‘s career as a Cub has not gone as planned. After giving up Chris Archer, Robinson Chirinos, Hak-Ju Lee, Brandon Guyer and Super Sam Fuld, the Cubs ...