Posted by John Niederkorn | Posted in News | Posted on 24-05-2010
The Chicago Cubs beat the first place Texas Rangers, 5-4 on Sunday afternoon and will head back to Wrigley Field with their first winning road trip of the season. Carlos Silva pitched another fantastic game for the North Siders and improved his record to a perferct 6-0 for the 2010 season.
Posted by John Niederkorn | Posted in News | Posted on 19-05-2010
The Cubs’ right-handed starter, Carlos Zambrano will return to the five-man rotation sometime in the near future. Manager Lou Piniella has decided to reinsert Zambrano into the rotation after the $18 million dollar “starter” for the Cubs spent the last three weeks swimming in murky waters of middle relief.
Posted by John Niederkorn | Posted in Commentary, News | Posted on 12-05-2010
The Cubs finally end their four-game losing streak as they slid by the Florida Marlins 4-3 at Wrigley Field Wednesday afternoon. Even with the victory the Cubs are barely clinging to fourth place in the National League Central Division as the St. Louis Cardinals continue to pull away from the pack.
Posted by John Niederkorn | Posted in News | Posted on 12-05-2010
Chicago Cubs’ rookie phenom, Starlin Castro committed three errors in Monday night’s game against the Florida Marlins in his Wrigley Field debut. Castro’s three errors on Monday comes just three days after he broke a major league record for most runs-batted-in by a player in his first MLB game.
Posted by John Niederkorn | Posted in News | Posted on 09-05-2010
The Cubs’ players added a little flare to their uniforms and equipment today in support of Mother’s Day dawning pink bats, batting gloves, wrist bands and ribbons. The color pink has become synonymous with breast cancer awareness and it has become a popular trend in professional sports, with the National Football League participating last year during the month of October.
Posted by John Niederkorn | Posted in Commentary | Posted on 09-05-2010
The 2010 Chicago Cubs continue to be a mystery to all parties involved, the National League Central Division, their fans and the players themselves. With the six weeks of baseball in the books, the Cubs have endured more peaks and valleys than a celebrity marriage.
Posted by John Niederkorn | Posted in News | Posted on 08-05-2010
Cubs’ top rookie prospect Starlin Castro broke a Major League record last night in Cincinnati by being the first player in history to record six RBIs during his first game in the majors. Castro went 2-5 with a three-run homer in his first at-bat as a Cub, followed by a three-run triple in his very next plate appearance. The shortstop Castro, was called up on Friday from Double-A Tennessee to give the Cubs a much needed boost offensively.
Posted by John Niederkorn | Posted in News | Posted on 30-04-2010
The Cubs tried to play home-run derby today with the Arizona Diamondbacks, sadly they lost both the game and the home-run contest.
The Diamondbacks handed the Cubs their worse loss since opening day, defeating the Cubs 13-5. Arizona scored most of their 13 runs on four home runs.
Posted by John Niederkorn | Posted in News | Posted on 26-04-2010
Chicago Breaking Sports reported that The Crosstown Classic series between the Cubs and White Sox will include a trophy commemorating each years winner of the annual showdown. The announcement is purported to take place this morning at a press conference.
Posted by John Niederkorn | Posted in News | Posted on 26-04-2010
On Saturday Carlos Zambrano made his first relief appearance since June 28, 2002, and he was effective holding the Brewers to just one run. The big right-hander had made over 240 starts before coming out of bullpen in Saturday’s game.