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Yes, there are fifteen of them (I made sure to count). Cubs pitchers brought their strikeout shoes to the ballpark Wednesday night; Ted Lilly, Carlos Marmol and Kerry Wood combined for a season-hig...

Is That A Banana In The Clubhouse, Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?

When, in the third inning last night, Carlos Zambrano stalked around the mound briefly, causing trainer Mark O'Neal and Lou Piniella to run out and check him out, we figured it might have been another...

Second Verse, Same As The First

Stop me if you've heard this one before: the Cubs go out to an early lead, then cough it up because the other guys got ONE key hit, and then the Cubs have numerous chances to get back in the game, but...

From Wuertz To Chad

Drifting in and out of sleep last night (since I have to get up at 3:30 am for work on Saturdays, and thank you to BCB reader northsider for posting the extra inning comment thread), I woke up just in...

Oops

Well, did she make you cry Make you break down Shatter your illusions of love And is it over now Do you know how to pick up the pieces and go home? -- Fleetwood Mac, "Gold Dust Woman" Dav...

In Tribute

On a night when many players and some entire teams -- nine of them -- honored the legacy of Jackie Robinson by wearing his retired number 42, Derrek Lee, who you see above (along with the Reds' Ke...

Baseball Is A Marathon, Not A Sprint

I know that quite a few BCB readers were at last night's 5-3 Cub loss to the Phillies in Philadelphia, and hopefully later today someone will make a FanPost with a few more details than I can write ab...

Sunday Photos

Bench coach Alan Trammell positioning fielders Fans react to Alfonso Soriano's HR D-Lee gets high-fives after his HR Kerry Wood strikes out Miguel Tejada to end it! Click o...

First Week Lessons Learned: Class Is Now In Session

The Cubs beat the Astros 3-2 this afternoon on another gorgeous, sunny early-April day, evening their season record at 3-3. So what have we learned so far this year? Let's examine not only what's h...

Friday Photos

Alfonso Soriano throws in after overrunning Miguel Tejada's triple Soriano at 2B D-Lee and Ryan Theriot execute a perfect hit & run in the 8th inning Mark DeRosa's 9th innin...


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