Sep 27, 2004 | Andy
You could see it coming, and the only postive is that the Cubs didn’t succumb to 12 road games in 11 days earlier. All in all, an 8-4 trip is probably better than expected. The truth is that they left for the road trip a game and a half out of the wild card lead...
Sep 24, 2004 | Andy
Late last night, Fat Lance Berkman homered to erase a ninth inning Giants lead and officially put the Cubs in the driver’s seat in the NL Wild Card race. Thanks. We’ll take it from here. Behind another ho-hum 15 win season from legend-in-residence Greg...
Sep 23, 2004 | Andy
Pitching matchup Cubs: Greg Maddux 14-10, 3.68 ERA Piss: Nelson Figueroa, 0-2, 4.44 ERA Lineups Cubs Tom Goodwin, cf Derrek Lee, 1b E-ramis Ramirez, 3b Moises Alou, lf Sammy Sosa, rf Nomar Garciaparra, ss Mark Grudzielanek, 2b Gabor Bako, c Greg Maddux, p Pirates...
Sep 23, 2004 | Andy
Last year Carlos Zambrano faded down the stretch. His fastball straightened out and he tried to compensate by throwing it even harder, which just made it go straighter. A guy who’d helped carry the team deep into September was a shell of himself in October. Fast...
Sep 22, 2004 | Andy
There’s nothing I despise more than after months of intense and grueling training, sitting in wardrobe for a couple hours waiting to be fit in full gladiator battle gear, which is even twice as uncomfortable and burdensome as it looks, before heading to hair and...
