Aug 10, 2004 | Andy
I don’t know about you, but if I showed up for my Olympic event and a guy was still filling the cement mixer to finish the venue, I think I’d be less than confident. Then again, the Cubs go to work every day in a ballpark held together with a big fish net....
Aug 9, 2004 | Andy
Leave it to the Cubs to finish up a 4-2 road trip, one in which they took over the Wild Card lead, got Greg Maddux his 300th win and got Nomar’s offense cranked into high gear, with such a horrendous effort last night that the hand wringers in Cubdom (and there...
Aug 6, 2004 | Andy
Gabor Bako’s sterling effort yesterday forced us to change the Bak-o-meter for the first time in almost two months. Bako had two hits, drove in two runs and nearly looked like an actual big league ballplayer. Now, I urge him to do the only prudent thing and...
Aug 5, 2004 | Andy
Pitching Matchup: Cubs: The Franchise 2-2, 4.69 ERA Rockies: Jason Jennings 10-8, 5.89 ERA Lineups: Corey Patterson, cf Nomar, ss Moises Alou, lf Sammy Sosa, rf E-ramis Ramirez, 3b Derrek Lee, 1b Todd Walker, 2b Gabor Bako, c The Franchise, p Rockies Aaron Miles, 2b...
Aug 5, 2004 | Andy
Every time I see a game played at Coors Field I immediately think of the time Mel Rojas got lit up so completely that he actually burst into flames on the mound. First, the grounds crew tried to wrap him up in the tarp to put the flames out, but eventually they had to...
