Series Preview: San Diego Padres (17-32) at Chicago Cubs (15-32) 68 Comments
Will the Cubs complete the hat trick of being swept by some of the worst teams in the NL? This time they have the additional challenge of getting swept at home.
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Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (15-29) at Pittsburgh Pirates (20-24) 91 Comments
The surging Cubs could extend their streak to 12 in a row in a series against the Pirates. At least they'll get to lose in a beautiful ballpark. The Pirates are coming off a series ...
Series Preview: Chicago White Sox (18-21) at Chicago Cubs (15-23) 86 Comments
Last I checked, the White Sox were doing pretty well in the AL central and there was talk of contention. They have a losing record now, but it's only a half game back from ...
Short Series Preview for a Short Series: 48 Comments
The Cardinals are good. The Cubs are not. Here's a look at the matchups for this quick series in St. Louis
Monday: Ryan Dempster, RHP (1.02, 2.16, 2.80, 3.83) vs Jake Westbrook, ...
Dempster trade to Boston makes sense to Heyman 66 Comments
Jon Heyman is providing some suggestions about how the Red Sox can be fixed. One of them is acquiring a starting pitcher and he names Ryan Dempster.
One obvious suggestion could be ...
10 Best Games By A Cubs Player So Far 27 Comments
We're only 31 games into the season, but I was curious for some unkown reason who had the best game of any player on the team. Win Probability Added (WPA) is the perfect stat for ...
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 ...
Where We Stand Now: Starting pitching 24 Comments
I already took a look at the team batting numbers, and now we'll look at the bright spot in the Cubs roster: starting pitching. Here's how the seven pitchers who have started ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
Wood to the DL, Dempster had an MRI, Sveum concerned about lack of home runs 2 Comments
I really don't know why this is news at this point, but Kerry Wood has returned to his home on the disabled list. Here's a news headline for you: Kerry Wood is healthy. Seriously, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers (1-2) at Chicago Cubs (1-2) 57 Comments
The Brewers dropped their opening series to the Cardinals, losing to Jaime Garcia and Lance Lynn in three relatively high-scoring games. The Cubs, meanwhile, did their best to try ...
Daily Facepalm – 4.6.12 35 Comments
Cubs game recap
The Cubs lost 2-1 to the Nationals yesterday. Ryan Dempster had an incredible start, striking out ten batters in 7.2 innings. Unfortunately, after he was relieved in ...
Nationals at Cubs Chat 106 Comments
The games threads this year, for as long as we do them anyway, are going to be abbreviated compared to the past. Stephen Strasburg gets the ball for the Nationals and Ryan Dempster ...
Cubs more likely to trade Ryan Dempster if they extend Matt Garza? 6 Comments