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Lou Piniella, This One's On You: Bullpen Mismanagement Sends Cubs To 4-3 Loss
Was Lou sleeping in the dugout during the eighth inning? Or for that matter, for the entire game? Let's reconstruct Carlos Marmol's disastrous eighth inning, in which he wound up walking in a run whi...
Mr. Zambrano Goes To Washington: Cubs vs. Nationals Preview, Friday 7/17, 6:05 CT
WASHINGTON -- A reminder that this is a news item, not politics: Lou Piniella got to visit the Oval Office yesterday, bringing several members of his extended family to meet President Obama, and remin...
Which Manager Does The Strangest Things? - The Thursday Funnies
Greetings from Pittsburgh, where I spent the night Wednesday on the way to DC. Off to Washington sometime around the time this posts -- and there will be Cubs baseball again tonight! Click on i...
DeRosa-less Cubs Carry On: Cubs vs. White Sox Preview, Sunday 6/28, 1:05 CT
The headline, incidentally, is what is known as a "joke", in case you thought I was serious. This will be the last time Mark DeRosa will be mentioned by me on this site, until the Cubs play the Cardin...
Bullpen Fails Again In 8-7 Cubs Loss To White Sox
Milton Bradley said he'd be "surprised" if he didn't have a good game today. Well, surprise, Milton. He had a single in five at-bats and reached on an error in another AB. And before I get to the bull...
The Lou And Ozzie Show, Part Deux: Cubs vs. White Sox Preview, Friday 6/26, 3:05 CT
As Rick Morrissey points out, the Cubs/White Sox series this year has lacked the intensity of some other years. Maybe it's because of the non-intense teams: The Cubs seemed to gain momentum from thei...
Haircuts, Lilly And Avoiding A Sweep: Cubs vs. Tigers Preview, Thursday 6/25, 12:05 CT
Almost cut my hair It happened just the other day It was getting kind of long I could have said it was in my way -- Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young A bit of fun this morning -- we need it, right? Maggli...
Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before: Cubs Bats Impotent In 2-0 Loss To Twins
Instead of a simple recounting of today's game, I'm going to start this recap with some information from Deep Goat. Word is that there may be some "changes" as soon as tomorrow. I don't know the natu...
Grading The Cubs At The Season's One-Third Mark
The Cubs finished the first third of the 2009 season -- 54 games -- after yesterday's win with a 28-26 record. In and of itself, that's actually a good thing. Because of rainouts, the Cubs have pla...
Poor Fundamental Play Dooms Cubs In 4-3, 11-Inning Loss To Reds
I like Mike Fontenot, but he's having a tough year. Offensively, his production is down -- partly because he's being asked to play every day, instead of in the platoon role he's more suited to. Agains...
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