Aug 9, 2004 | Andy
Leave it to the Cubs to finish up a 4-2 road trip, one in which they took over the Wild Card lead, got Greg Maddux his 300th win and got Nomar’s offense cranked into high gear, with such a horrendous effort last night that the hand wringers in Cubdom (and there...
Aug 6, 2004 | Andy
Gabor Bako’s sterling effort yesterday forced us to change the Bak-o-meter for the first time in almost two months. Bako had two hits, drove in two runs and nearly looked like an actual big league ballplayer. Now, I urge him to do the only prudent thing and...
Aug 5, 2004 | Andy
Pitching Matchup: Cubs: The Franchise 2-2, 4.69 ERA Rockies: Jason Jennings 10-8, 5.89 ERA Lineups: Corey Patterson, cf Nomar, ss Moises Alou, lf Sammy Sosa, rf E-ramis Ramirez, 3b Derrek Lee, 1b Todd Walker, 2b Gabor Bako, c The Franchise, p Rockies Aaron Miles, 2b...
Aug 5, 2004 | Andy
Every time I see a game played at Coors Field I immediately think of the time Mel Rojas got lit up so completely that he actually burst into flames on the mound. First, the grounds crew tried to wrap him up in the tarp to put the flames out, but eventually they had to...
Aug 4, 2004 | Andy
Kerry Wood was the star of last night’s game for the Cubs, considering at one point he retired 17 of 18 batters and pitched seven scoreless innings after a less than promising first inning. But for the second straight day all anybody wanted to talk about was...
Aug 3, 2004 | Andy
Dear Nomar, Welcome to the Cubs. You’re going to like it here, and we’re going to like having you around. Our old shortstop had the lowest batting average in baseball among players with at least 600 at bats between 2003 and 2004. How’s that for big...
