Jul 25, 2005 | Andy
Many of our intrepid readers were upset on Friday when we effectively canned the season after a pair of disastrous losses in Cincinnati. Some of you thought we were submitting to knee-jerk reactiveness, others just figured, accurately that I’m a dope. While the...
Jul 22, 2005 | Andy
According to published reports in both Chicago and Cincinnati, Cubs’ General Manager Jim Hendry and Reds’ General Manager Dan O’Brien met yesterday about swapping a couple of Cubs’ pitchers (of the Welleymeyer-Mitre ilk) to the Reds for Austin...
Jul 21, 2005 | Andy
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...
