Mr. 200

As the skies turned eerily purple around Jacobs Field in Cleveland last night, and the flickering of the Cuyahoga River could be seen in the distance, Henry Blanco, with one thunderous swing of his bat joined that elite 200 club in Major League Baseball. His three run...

Pointless Exercise: Tigers at Cubs, 1:20 p.m., 6/16

Sorry about yesterday. I was actually at the game. You didn’t need a Cubs Live for that shit. Today’s is sponsored by: Pitching matchup: Tigers: Nate Robertson, 6-3, 3.50 ERA Cubs: Glendong Rusch, 2-6, Touchdown.29 ERA Lineups Tigers Curtis Granderson, cf...

The Dose: Day of the Marmot

Remember when starting pitching promised to be the calling card of the Cubs for a decade? That hasn’t really worked out, unless you live in Des Moines, and then 40 percent of the rotation rolls through town every summer on a rehab start. This year, the Cubs have...

Pointless Exercise: Cubs at Houston, 1 p.m., 6/7

Today’s Cubs Dead! is sponsored by: Pitching matchup: Cubs: Sean Marshall 3-3, 4.72 ERA Astros: Somebody Sampson 0-0, 3.68 ERA Lineups Unlucky Pierre, cf Tony Woeful, 2b Michael Barrett, c Disgusted Bat Flip, 1b E-ramis, 3b John Mabry, rf (no Jock? boo hoo) Red,...

If nothing else, we’ve still got Carlos

I really thought Carlos Zambrano had it on Monday night. When he managed to contain himself from trying to strangle the second home plate umpire of the night (the third if you heard Bob Brenly say that the ghost of Eric Gregg was calling the sixth inning) after...