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Let's Go to the Videotape: 1987 Year in Review
This week, I bring to you a relic from the distant, hoary past of 1987. The clips come from a half-hour year-in-review special produced by Sports Extra, the long-running Channel 5 weekly highlights show. If you didn't have cable in the 1980s (and if you lived in the Tri State Area back then, that...
Braves Graph of the Day: Bobby Cox Is Worth 1000 Words
I know we're all disappointed about what happened last night (or rather, what didn't happen). Let's just try to keep in mind that today is a day of celebration, and that we're still in the driver's seat. In that vein, I present to you this graph. I know a graph can't really sum up Bobby Cox's...
Braves Stats of the Day: The Greatness of Bobby Cox
I figured I'd get Bobby Cox Weekend started off a little early with some fun comparisons between Bobby and his most successful contemporaries. Below, I look at the six active managers other than Bobby (counting Lou Piniella as "active") with at least 1,000 wins, and see what they'd have to do to...
Who Should Be The Cubs' Next Manager?
On today's off day, I thought I'd start out with a quick post which is mostly a poll. I asked you this question in July, after Lou Piniella announced his retirement, but it deserves asking again. Some circumstances have changed since then, with Mike Quade in the mix since he's serving as manager...
Mike Quade, New Cubs Manager: Who Is He?
One of the things we can say for sure about Mike Quade is that he has done his job as third-base coach for the Cubs since 2007 very well. How do we know this? Because it's an infrequent event when Quade is criticized for sending or holding a runner at third base -- unlike his predecessor, "Wavin'...
Who Should Replace Lou Piniella As Cubs Manager?
Ryne Sandberg is my choice. Who's yours? We are at a unique place in modern Cubs history. For the first time since the College of Coaches era ended with Leo Durocher's emphatic statement on his hiring on October 25, 1965, "I'm the manager. I'm not a head coach, I'm the manager.", the Cubs are...
Aramis Ramirez' Big Night Leads Cubs Over Astros 14-7
Now that was fun! And it was almost as if two different games were played last night; the Astros ran out to leads of 6-0 and 7-1, in part because of a throwing error by Ryan Theriot on what looked like it would become a routine inning-ending double play (with only one run scoring in that second...
Lou Piniella To Retire At End Of 2010 Season
Just announced via press release from the Cubs, here is Lou's statement: "I couldn’t be more appreciative of the Cubs organization for providing me the opportunity to manage this ballclub," said Piniella. "I’ve had four wonderful years here that I wouldn’t trade for anything in the world. I’ve...
Cubs, White Sox Celebrate Blackhawks' Historic Season -- Then Nearly Make History Of Their Own
This recap was going to be all about the Blackhawks' appearance at Wrigley Field before Sunday night's game; how they took a complete tour of the field, shook hands and posed for photos with their baseball counterparts, (a remarkable scene, actually; I'm not sure that there has ever been an...
Wells Blows Up Again; Crosstown Cup Game One To White Sox
The most exciting thing of the day was the rumor -- unfounded -- that the Blackhawks would bring the Stanley Cup to Wrigley Field after their parade and rally this morning. Turned out to be untrue, though the Stanley Cup will indeed be at Wrigley during Sunday night's crosstown game. The start of...
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