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Cubs Outscore Entire Road Trip, Lose To Pirates Anyway, 10-8
All the on-field personnel last night, including the umpires, wore red caps with the team logos in stars-and-stripes. This was done to honor those who have served and are serving our country on Memorial Day. It had the effect of making all teams look like the Nationals, and the Cubs decided to...
Peavy Bites Hand That Once Wanted (And May Still Want) To Feed Him: Cubs 0, Padres 4
I don't want to sound alarmist, but the last time the Cubs had an extended period of offensive futility comparable to the last four games (two runs scored total) was from May 2-6, 2006, when they scored two runs in five games; those were the first five losses of an eight-game losing streak (and 12...
Okay, NOW You Can Worry About The Cubs' Offense: Cubs 1, Cardinals 2
I was hoping this would be a happy recap after the Cubs made a stirring ninth-inning rally to win, but instead it's another frustrating loss, 2-1 to the Cardinals, the third loss in a row, wasting a fine outing by Ryan Dempster. Dempster allowed only six hits and two runs in seven good innings...
Of Jinxes And Homers And Losses
Shake this one off. What else can you do after a loss like this one, 9-0 to the Reds, a game that was over after the second inning? The Reds slammed seven home runs off the Cubs, including four in that second inning. The last time the Cubs gave up four home runs in an inning was nearly eight...
Changes Loom as White Sox Skid Hits 6
They say good hitting is contagious. Well, for the White Sox, bad hitting is a plague, an epidemic. The Sox closed out a road trip that saw them score just 9 runs in 6 games, with Sox hitters going 4-37 with runners in scoring position. I've been sitting up waiting for more definitive news...
White Sox Hit Snooze Button
I'm a heavy sleeper -- I've been known to sleep through nearly anything. Dogs barking, lightning crashing, my alarm ringing, I can sleep through them all -- So too is the White Sox offense. Bonser and Blackburn barked; the Sox offense caught some Zzzz's. Marcum rang, Litsch crashed; the Sox...
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 time to see Skip Schumaker's walkoff HR fly over the RF wall in St. Louis, finishing the Cubs' 5-3...
Maybe They'll Blame Air Conditioning
Orlando Cabrera provided all of the White Sox offense Friday night in Toronto; 2 singles. With a collective 2-for-29 day at the plate, the Sox continued their quest to match the feeble '07 attack, lowering their average to new league low of .237. The only blemish on Mark Buehrle's night came...
Team Meeting: 5 p.m.
According to the Associated Press, following the A's loss yesterday, their fourth in a row, Nick Swisher scrawled "Team Meeting: 5 p.m." on the message board in the clubhouse. The frustrations many of us have felt during this losing skid, which has seen the A's score only 5 runs over four contests,...
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