This was a good fundamental game for the Cubs. They played good defense ( no errors and an OF assist by Matt Murton at the plate)and they took five walks. The downfall of this game was that they hit into 3 double-plays (Theriot, Barrett, and Colvin). The young guys were pretty much the […]
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Kerry Wood and Ryan Dempster both throw one scoreless inning. The more impressive of the two was Ryan Dempster as he threw 2 strikeouts and 0 BB’s and no hits. The key to that sentence was zero walks, because that is what really killed him in the 2006 season. Kerry Wood came back from his […]
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It’s another win for the Cubs today. After getting off to a bad start, the Cubs are starting to play well. Felix Pie is really showing he wants to be part of this big league team as he is starting to hit the ball alot and his defense is outstanding. Cesar Izturis had 2 hits […]
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It was a fun day at the ball park today as the Cubs beat the Oakland Athletics 9-8. The Cubs offense got started early with a lead-off homerun from Alfonso Soriano, his first of the spring; He also had a stolen base later in the game. Barrett and Murton each had two hit games as […]
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Considering that this game does not matter it was not a good game for the Cubs. They had four errors as a team (2 by Patterson, 1 by Soriano and another by Ramirez). Even with the four errors the Cubs pitching staff only gave up 2 runs (1 earned). Marquis, Dempster and […]
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Mark Prior is expected to start the 5th game of Spring Training … This is coming from ESPNews. This is good stuff! Now, let’s just hope he can pitch well and stay healthy all year.
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The Cubs avoided an arbitration hearing today with Big Z, as they signed him to a one-year deal worth 12.5 million dollars. Now, the last thing that is on Jim Hendry’s list of things to do is put a check mark next to his goal of signing Zambrano to a long term deal. Zambrano […]
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As Jim Hendry and Barry Praver, Carlos Zambrano’s agent, try to negotiate a deal by Tuesday, Carlos Zambrano sits back and waits for his phone to ring. Unfortunately, if they do not get a deal done by tomorrow, the two sides will go to trial for an arbitration hearing. Zambrano, who earned 6.5 […]
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According to Cubs.com, Alfonso Soriano arrived to training camp on Thursday, 4 days earlier than required. This says alot about his character. He is not there to win a starting job because he knows he already has it. He is doing it so that he can get better and meet some of his […]
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