Rodrigo Lopez gets the first Cactus League start today at 2:05 pm. Starters generally pitch a couple innings their first start and then build up after that. You can click here to get Gameday. I wish I could write something about how important it is to get off to a good start, but I can't. Not only is it mostly …
Cubs at Padres game thread
It’s been a while since we had one of these (and I can’t even write more than that one sentence and will make mb21 do the rest). Although Carlos Zambrano is not with the team, it’s almost certainly his final game employed by the Chicago Cubs. In his honor and the complete crap that this current team is, I suggest …
Cubs Already Losing
This could become a series, but for now we kind of just needed a new thread.
First Half Mercifully Ends
The first half of the Cubs’ season draws to an end today in Pittsburgh, thus leading us to wonder: It’s only the fucking All-Star break?! Starlin Castro has managed to play well enough at a thin enough position that he could be starting the All-Star game, and Aramis Ramirez has gotten serious buzz as a potential injury replacement at third …
Team That Resembles Little League Team vs. Pitcher That Resembles Little League Pitcher from “Dazed & Confused”
The suddenly Doug Davisless Cubs will take the field tonight to desperately try to hit the nasty stuff of Mitch Kramer’s double (and two-time Cy Young Award winner), Tim Lincecum. The Cubs will have Darwin Barney back, so they have that going for them. I can’t think of any other advantages they may have off the top of my head. …
Cubs/Giants DH – Game 2: In Case Anyone Hasn’t Cried Uncle
The first game between the Cubs and the Giants had all kinds of unusual stuff going on. Koyie Hill actually hit the ball and had it actually leave the ballpark in actual fair territory. No really. Here’s proof:
Cubs ARE Involved in Tightly Contested Battle in the Standings
The Cubs and Royals square off in the rubber match of their series today. The winner will feel good about themselves for the day until they lose their next game, which for these teams probably means tomorrow. The loser will own sole possession of the #2 draft pick in the 2012 amateur draft. That is probably more valuable than a …
Guy Nobody Wanted Who is Suddenly Indispensable vs. Guy We Wanted and Are Now Glad We Didn’t Get
Tonight, the Cubs/Sox series ends the first leg of its journey to crowning the Oil King of Chicago, or something like that. The Cubs send Doug Davis, who nobody ever wanted to see in a Cubs uniform, against the Sox. Of course, in this bizarro season, we come to a place where we can’t live without him, lest James Russell …
Who Goes Batshit Crazy Tonight?
I got my money on this guy… Seriously, what the hell is Garza doing in that photo? He looks like when Chandler can’t smile in “The One With the Engagement Picture.” Anyway… he’s pitching against Mark Buerhle tonight, who has been known to take an awkward photo himself… Let’s just try not to be too embarassing out there, guys.