Bulls Takluk

The past week saw the 2007 NBA Playoffs move into the second round, with San Antonio, Utah and Cleveland all up 2-1, with the Spurs / Suns a superbly high-grade series – one worthy of the Conference Finals in fact. Unfortunately, I was completely out of touch...

Cubs Live? — Pissburgh at Cubs, 1:20 pm

Pitching matchup: Pissburgh: Paul Maholm 1-4, 5.51 ERA Cubs: Carlos Zambrano 3-2, 5.80 ERA Lineups Pissburgh Freddy Sanchez, 2b Jose Bautista, 3b Jason Bay, lf Ryan Doumit, rf Xavier Nady, cf Adam LaRoche, 1b Ronny Paulino, c Kirk Hinrich’s half brother, ss...

Cubs Report: The sucking has slowed!

Ten days ago (or thereabouts, I’m too lazy to look it up) the Cubs were a scintillating 7-13 and enjoying the comfortable (and all-too-familiar) dampness of the NL Central cellar. Nine games later they’re 15-14 and alone in second place. Before you get too...

BtB – Dallas Dumped

The Playoffs are less than a fortnight old, but already we have lost both NBA Finalists from last season.  The Bulls swept Miami, but last night, we saw the greatest upset in any sport, ever (if you believe the hyperbole that FOX and ESPN have been spouting over...

Clash of the not-so-titans: Nats at Cubs, 1:20 p.m.

Pitching matchup: Nationals: Sean Bergman (What? He’s still pitching?) 0-2, 2.79 ERA Cubs: The Lawnmower 2-2, 5.77 ERA Wait, I guess that’s Jason Bergmann.  Ah, who cares? Lineups Nationals Felipe Lopez, PG St. John’s Mini Manny, 2b Ryan...

A little housekeeping

Some of you may have noticed that the Cubs did not play Thursday. Normally, I get these days confused with the ones where the game is being aired on CLTV, because to me, it’s the same damn thing. Regardless, the Cubs are white hot now (4-1 since we added the...