Jul 29, 2005 | Andy
The only thing missing from the three hour power nap the Cubs took yesterday in a 6-0 loss to Arizona was Dusty Baker handing out pillows before the guys took the field. Because there is some kind of law that the Cubs make every soft tossing lefty look like an...
Jul 28, 2005 | Andy
Pitching matchup Snakes: Admiral Halsey, 6-7, 4.00 ERA Cubs: Jerome Williams, 3-3, 4.91 ERA
Jul 28, 2005 | Andy
You have to love the San Francisco Giants. If the Cubs somehow emerge from the wild card scrum and claim a playoff spot, we will have to look no further than the three games the Giants should have won at Wrigley Field this week. They actually did win one of them, but...
Jul 27, 2005 | Andy
Pitching matchup Giants: Brett Tomko, 7-10, 5.03 ERA Cubs: Carlos Zambrano, 7-4, 3.42 ERA Lineups San Francisco Giants Jason Ellison, cf Mr. 3000, ss JT Snow, 1b Pete Happy, lf Michael Tucker, rf Edgardo Alfonso, 3b Deivi Cruz, 2b Yorvit Torrealba, c Brett Tomko, p...
Jul 27, 2005 | Andy
On a night when Greg Maddux made history, the Cubs made something else. Maddux’s third inning strikeout of Omar Vizquel made him the second player in Major League history to get his 3,000th strikeout with less than 1,000 walks. The only other guy who did it also...
Jul 26, 2005 | Andy
There are times, of course, when hazing can be dangerous. You’ll hear about it in a few weeks when college kids go back to campus and some freshman girl drinks twice her body weight in Michelob Ultra and passes out on some train tracks and gets run over. But...
