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 [...]
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 [...]
Chicago Cubs Week in Review; July 6th-July 12th
The Results: 7/6 W vs. Braves 4-2 7/7 L vs. Braves 1-2 7/8 L vs. Braves 1-4 7/10 L vs. Cardinals 3-8 7/11 W vs. Cardinals 5-2 7/12 W vs. Cardinals 7-3 7/12 L vs. Cardinals 2-4 The Story: The week leading up to the 2009 All-Star Break came and went without too much drama [...]
Chicago Cubs Week in Review June 29th-July 5th
The Results: 6/29 W vs. Pirates 3-1 6/30 L vs. Pirates 0-3 7/1 W vs. Pirates 4-1 7/2 W vs. Brewers 9-5 7/3 W vs. Brewers 2-1 7/4 L vs. Brewers 2-11 7/5 W vs. Brewers 8-2 The Story: Last week had it all for the Chicago Cubs; close games, walk-offs, trades, drubbings, lineup changes, [...]
Chicago Cubs Week In Review June 22nd-28th
The Results: 6/22 L vs. Braves 0-2 6/23 L vs. Tigers 4-5 6/24 L vs. Tigers 3-5 6/25 L vs. Tigers 5-6 6/26 W vs. White Sox 5-4 6/27 L vs. White Sox 7-9 6/28 L vs. White Sox 0-6 The Story: What a difference a week makes huh Cub fans? The Cubs entered this [...]