Aug 1, 2006 | Andy
The Cubs newest light hitting shortstop will debut tonight against the Diamondbacks at Wrigley. He joins a long line of ace sixes going back to Ivan DeJesus, Larry Bowa, Paul Noce, Dave Owen, Jose Vizcaino, Ricky Gutierrez, Alex Gonzalez (the one not nicknamed Sea...
Jul 31, 2006 | Andy
It’s been 34 years a day since the Cubs last swept the Cardinals in a four-game series at Wrigley Field and it’s been almost an hour and a half since they traded a Hall of Fame starting pitcher. Good times. On Thursday, Jim Hendry gave Dusty another in a...
Jul 26, 2006 | Andy
It’s been an eventful few days for the Cubs. They got swept by a really lousy team in Washington, they then took the first two games against the best team in the National League (the Mets, right?), E-ramis Ramirez has hit 40 homers in the last six days,...
Jul 21, 2006 | Andy
Some of you might be stopping by today just because Teddy G. wrote a column today about Dusty Baker backing out of an appearance on “Quite Frankly With Stephen A. Smith” set for Monday. Dusty’s reason for backing out was that that he found out, from...
Jul 20, 2006 | Andy
Today’s thrashing brought to you by: Pitching matchup: Andy Clettitte, 8-9, 4.99 ERA Carlos Zambrano, 9-3, 3.23 ERA Lineups Astros Corky Thatcher, 2b Mike Lamb, 1b Fat Lance, rf Aubrey Huff, 3b (Note, Aubrey is not a chick. We don’t think.) Luke Scott, lf...
Jul 17, 2006 | Andy
Sunday night I sat down to watch the ESPY preshow. No, not the one where a one-eyed “anchor†said words like “hizzy†and “peep†but the one where what used to be the National League ballclub in Chicago played the Mets with a...
