sean marshall Stories - Bleed Cubbie Blue
Marshalling Our Resources: Cubs 2, Mets 6
Far be it from me to look to John Kruk as the fount of all baseball wisdom, but if you saw Baseball Tonight last night, you'll have to admit he had a point. They ran the highlight of the bizarre play where Johan Santana's bat broke when he hit a ground ball up the middle, only to see the ball...
You Can't Win 'Em All: Cubs 1, Marlins 2
Yes, I know. That's a cliché. But it really is true. Look, for example, at the sidebar box that has the best starts for Cub teams since 1900. Even the 1906 Cubs -- who still hold the ML record for wins in a season, 116 (tied by the 2001 Mariners, managed by Lou Piniella, to keep this somewhat...
The Marshall Plan: Cubs 8, Giants 7
Man, where do I even start? Here: if using Carlos Marmol in the 9th inning today was Lou's way of "experimenting" with him, trying him out, letting him throw in a game the Cubs seemed to have well in hand, that choice is inexcusable. That's a very strong statement -- and I know this topic is...
Hey Now, You're An All-Star: Cubs 7, Cardinals 1
In the middle of the season, you can't really point to any single game as "must-win" (though I have been guilty of saying that in the past)... because there are plenty of games remaining, the Cubs are in first place, and they come home (at last!) for a homestand beginning Tuesday, after playing 16...
A Lost Weekend: Cubs 1, White Sox 5
I woke up Sunday after a hot, sticky, stormy day Saturday and found myself transported into November. That's what it felt like on the South Side of Chicago last night -- cold, windy, with nasty little rainshowers that kept poking at us, reminding us how dreary this series was. If that wasn't bad...
Missed It By That Much: Cubs 5, Orioles 7
A fair amount of the play in the early innings of last night's 7-5 Cub loss to the Orioles, snapping their home winning streak at 14, resembled the bumbling spy Maxwell Smart (I haven't yet seen the new Get Smart movie, though I think I will -- I was a big fan of the TV series when it originally...
Late Night With The Cubs
NEW YORK -- Usually, when I have a meeting like the one I attended last night and it's at the same time as the game (7 pm EDT), I don't get to see any baseball -- the meetings usually run three to three and a half hours, and most of the time, as you know, that's more than enough time to finish a...
Game Called On Account Of Irrelevance
MESA, Arizona -- In the longest, most ridiculous game of the entire spring, the Cubs and Brewers played to a 10-10 tie in front of another sellout, 12,782, and both the Cubs and Brewers traded blown leads, errors, wild pitches, walks with the bases loaded... And none of it means anything,...
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