Aug 4, 2004 | Andy
Kerry Wood was the star of last night’s game for the Cubs, considering at one point he retired 17 of 18 batters and pitched seven scoreless innings after a less than promising first inning. But for the second straight day all anybody wanted to talk about was...
Aug 3, 2004 | Andy
Dear Nomar, Welcome to the Cubs. You’re going to like it here, and we’re going to like having you around. Our old shortstop had the lowest batting average in baseball among players with at least 600 at bats between 2003 and 2004. How’s that for big...
Aug 2, 2004 | Andy
The Sun always seems to set on the Cubs. The goat, 1908, Bartman, Durham, Javy Lopez, Will Clark. But, with the Nomar trade, can the Cubs, finally, do enough to get the Sun to rise instead of set? They get 57 games to try to figure that one out. The lineup, it?s...
Aug 2, 2004 | Andy
I’m sure there were some things that Nomar Garciaparra did yesterday that he didn’t get a standing ovation for. He might have changed the channels on the TV in his hotel room without much fanfare. He might have even successfully brushed his teeth without...
Aug 2, 2004 | Andy
I wonder what Nomar’s first impression of Chicago was. First, it was the reception he got from the entire Cubs locker room on his arrival at Wrigley on Sunday. As if its not good enough to be immediately accepted by your teammates, he got to meet the inhabitants...
