Jul 21, 2005 | Andy
Pitching matchup: Cubs: Greg Maddux, 8-7, 4.57 ERA, 2994 strikeouts, 892 walks Reds: Eric Milton, 4-10, 6.93 ERA, 948 strikeouts, 376 walks Lineups Cubs Jerry the Lesser, cf Todd Walker, 2b The MVP, 1b E-ramis, 3b Michael Barrett, c Jeromy Burnitz, rf Ron Ce, ss Matt...
Jul 21, 2005 | Andy
The strange thing is that apparently some Cubs analysts and (lots of) fans haven’t actually watched the team play in 2004 or 2005, because the hysterical reaction to another Kerry Wood injury just seems out of place. It sucks that he’s hurt again, and for...
Jul 20, 2005 | Andy
When you’re a kid you don’t put a whole lot of thought into who your favorite player ought to be. You don’t even know how you made the decision, you just did. This Week In Baseball had a camera behind the Seattle Mariners’ batting cage in the...
Jul 19, 2005 | Andy
Think about being Corey Patterson. You just trudged in off the field after (gasp!) drawing two walks in a AAA game and you’re feeling pretty good about yourself. Then somebody calls your old Cubs’ teammate Jason Dubois to the office and he finds out...
Jul 18, 2005 | Andy
There was the theory that Dusty Baker was trying to send a message to Carlos Zambrano by putting him in the fourth spot in the rotation to start the second half of the season. The theory was that the Cubs wanted to do something to refocus Carlos, who, despite having...
