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 ...
Last night's game IS a classic 28 Comments
I was scrolling the page here and noticed a tweet last night by Berselius:
A poorly defended, poorly pitched, poorly managed game might be exciting, but it’s no classic. This ...
What about Yu Darvish? 221 Comments
Yu Darvish could be posted by his Japanese team this winter makng him available to all 30 MLB clubs. He turned 25 years old on August 16th so 2012 would be his age 25 season. That’s ...
Series Preview: St. Louis Cardinals (90-72) vs Philadelphia Phillies (102-60) 169 Comments
St. Louis squeaked its way into the playoffs thanks to a late-season collapse by the Braves. Again, I find it crazy that there are 2 NL Central teams in the playoffs.
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Some Thoughts On Ryan Dempster 318 Comments
Ryan Dempster‘s April was just horrible. In his first start he allowed 6 runs and then in two others he allowed 7 runs. Dempster took over the role that Carlos Zambrano had ...
OV Pic of the Day: Halladay Beat by Cubs (or Heat?) 40 Comments
As far as I can tell, the heat opened up a parallel universe where Roy Halladay is mediocre and Rodrigo Lopez is awesome. Or something. The heat definitely played a role ...
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 ...
How much have the injuries cost the Cubs, and projecting Doug Davis 10 Comments
Randy Wells and Andrew Cashner were placed on the DL following their first start of the season. Each is currently rehabbing in Arizona and just began facing live batters this week. ...
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 ...
On Ryan Braun’s overturned suspension 154 Comments