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...
Sep 22, 2004 | Andy
What’s the trite old saying? Speed never slumps? Well, neither, I wouldn’t imagine would hustling. The Cubs, who have played well of late, winning nine of their last 11 games and now making it look more and more like they’ll grab the Wild Card and...
