CHICAGO- Tom Ricketts and family kicked off the 25th Annual Chicago Cubs Convention by throwing out the first pitches during the opening ceremonies. The fans packed into the Grand Ballroom cheered when the Ricketts family were first introduced. The ball that Tom Ricketts threw actually almost hit Ronnie Woo-Woo in the head. Ronnie later commented [...]
Hendry’s Focus For 2010, Fixing Bad Moves Of 2009
The GM with the hottest seat around baseball is quite possibly Cubs General Manager Jim Hendry. Many die-hard Cub fans grow more and more impatient with Hendry’s lack of forward progress this offseason. While great potential future Cubs–Chone Figgens and Curtis Granderson–found new homes, Cubs fans feared the worst. Jim Hendry confirmed it himself at [...]
The Last Week In Review
As you know, I have been documenting the 2009 Cubs season week-by-week in order to truly document the rollercoaster ride that is the MLB season for each team. The endgame in theory was to look back and understand how the Cubs got into the playoffs; the truth is that nobody wants to read a documented [...]
Chicago Cubs Week In Review: August 10th-16th
The Results: 8/10 L vs. Rockies 5-11 8/11 L vs. Phillies 3-4 8/12 L vs. Phillies 5-12 8/13 L vs. Phillies 1-6 8/14 W vs. Pirates 17-2 8/15 W vs. Pirates 3-1 8/16 PPD vs. Pirates The Story: This last week was a painful reminder of how this Cub’s team stacks up against the best [...]
Dumbass White Sox Fans
There’s been quite a lot of commotion about the dumbass Cubs fan pouring beer on Shane Victorino last night. And this is all very warranted. But in reading some of the comments on the web, I’ve come across so many ‘holier than thou’ White Sox fans bashing Cubs fans in general, and praising their own [...]
Chicago Cubs Week In Review; August 3rd – 9th
The Results: 8/3 W vs. Reds 4-2 8/4 W vs. Reds 6-3 8/5 L vs. Reds 0-4 8/7 L vs. Rockies 2-6 8/8 W vs. Rockies 6-5 8/9 L vs. Rockies 5-11 The Story: The Cubs found themselves in a soft spot in their schedule this week but could not make any ground on the [...]
Chicago Cubs Week in Review: July 27th-August 2nd
The Results: 7/27 W vs. Astros 5-1 7/28 L vs. Astros 6-11 7/29 W vs. Astros 12-0 7/30 W vs. Astros 12-3 7/31 L vs. Marlins 2-5 8/01 W vs. Marlins 9-8 8/02 L vs. Marlins 2-3 The Story: Now that we are well over halfway through the season, the Cubs seem to be rounding [...]
Chicago Cubs Week In Review; July 20-26th
The Results: 20 L at Philadelphia, 1-10 (WP: R.Lopez; LP: T.Lilly) 21 L at Philadelphia, 1-4 (13th) (WP: C.Condrey; LP: J.Samardzija) 22 W at Philadelphia, 10-5 (WP: C.Zambrano; LP: J.Moyer) 24 W vs. Cincinnati, 8-5 (WP: R.Wells; LP: A.Harang) 25 W vs. Cincinnati, 5-3 (WP: K.Hart; LP: J.Cueto) 26 W vs. Cincinnati, 5-2 (WP: R.Harden; [...]
Chicago Cubs Week In Review; July 13-19th
The Results: 7/16 W vs. Nationals 6-2 7/17 W vs. Nationals 3-1 7/18 W vs. Nationals 6-5 7/19 W vs. Nationals 11-3 The Story: The Cubs received what they greatly needed this week, a breather. Even Ted Lilly did not see action in the 80th All-Star game in St Louis in the earlier part of [...]