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In 2009, behind the reliable arm of Ted Lilly was a group of left handed would-be starters of modest ability and some history of
success. Both Sean Marshall and Tom Gorzelanny would start games for the Cubs in '09 to middling degrees of success, and while either probably deserve their ...
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Sean Marshall
Chicago Cubs
Tom Gorzelanny
I told you all about how Ryan Dempster let the Cubs in strikeouts. As it turns out, he almost didn't.
Rich Harden pitched 59 fewer innings, started five fewer games -- and at the end of the season, only trailed Demp by one in the strikeout category.
Of his 26 starts, Harden racked up ...
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Chicago Cubs
Rich Harden
Two days after the World Series, and nothing has happened so far to harm or help us. There is a reason behind this: much of the activity you see at the moment pertains to players with contracts specifying "Club options for 2010". At the risk of sounding remedial, take the case of ...
MLB
Chicago Cubs
Along with the Rejuvenation of Derrek Lee, Randy Wells was the nicest surprise of 2009. When you consider that he ended up a game over .500 with an ERA over 4, this should tell you a lot about the abortion of a season we just witnessed.
I almost feel like writing three short ...
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Randy Wells
Chicago Cubs
Such as...
Remorse that we didn't appoint him as the Manager in 2006-7?
I too am on the record for wanting Girardi that winter. But we got Sweet Lou instead, and I moaned. But after the Zambrano-Barrett tilt, up until Game 3 of 2008, I was all about the Genuis of Lou; the Tao ...
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Joe Girardi
Chicago Cubs
Our friends at MLBTR are all over this John Grabow story. Apparently the Cubs want to extend
the guy's time with the Cubs via a two-year deal worth $6 or 8 million.
The
31-year old Grabow came over from the Pirates in the Tom Gorzelanny
trade late this past season. And when he pitched, he ...
MLB
Chicago Cubs
Milton Bradley
John Grabow
Lou Piniella
New Cubs owner Tom Ricketts did an appearance on NPR on Saturday morning ( here's the related article ). This is great news for Cub fans who are hungry to learn about what his plans are, but it's terrible news for people who were hoping for an exciting interview. (NPR, I love ya, ...
MLB
Chicago Cubs
Because of how prominently these recaps are titled, I probably shouldn't lead this one with, "Guess who led the Cubs in innings pitched and strikeouts?" But I'm clever, so I basically just did it anyway without you even noticing.
P.S. The answer is Ryan Dempster!!!
At the beginning of ...
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Ryan Dempster
Chicago Cubs
The Cubs did have one player this season that exceeded my expectations this season, and that is Theodore Roosevelt Lilly. What can you say about the lefty that isn't good? He plays hard, pitches well and leads in the clubhouse. That is just about the perfect player in my book. Now, if Jim ...
MLB
Chicago Cubs
Ted Lilly
Quick -- name the last pitcher signed to a massive multi-million dollar contract that got through the deal unscathed!
Chances are you can't. This is a big reason why rewarding a 20-something starting pitcher with more than a hundred million dollars guaranteed is a ...
MLB
Carlos Zambrano
Chicago Cubs
Call me a moron, but I've kinda been rooting for the Yankees this postseason. I'm not sure why. I don't like the Yankees, in fact I generally dislike them, but I feel like the balance of baseball is off. After all, the Yanks haven't won a world series since I was in high school. (I think my ...
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New York Yankees
Chicago Cubs
A major fuel storage depot exploded today near San Juan, PR, as reported by CNN and other news sources.
Investigators are trying to determine the cause of the mishap, which has injured one person critically and caused thousands more to be evacuated. One report describes how ...
MLB
Chicago Cubs
Geovany Soto
goatriders.org - 19 days ago
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ESPN is reporting that the Cubs are close
to signing hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo to a deal.
He will be replacing Von Joshua and Gerald Perry as the Cubs hitting coach. As smart, sophisticated, kick-ass Cub fans, we all have to realize ...
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Rudy Jaramillo to sign with the Cubs
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It appears the Cubs Propaganda Machine is firing its opening salvos in its carpet bombing campaign to sell us loyal faithful Cub fans on shortstop prospect Starlin Castro.
Those of us who remember the lean years after Sammy Sosa saved baseball, can remember how the Chicago media, ...
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Chicago Cubs
Bobby Hill
Going by the OPS+ statistic as an indicator of hitting productivity, do you know who was third on the team in 2009 (amongst players of 300+ ABs) in OPS+, after DLee and ARam?
No fair peeking at the tag. Of course it was Milton Bradley. He barely edged out Fooky in both OBP and ...
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Chicago Cubs
Milton Bradley
Catcher Kenji Johjima of the Seattle Mariners opted out of the final two years of his contract so he could return to Japan, and play ball in what is, presumably, a more comfortable environment for him. I cannot pretend to imagine his thought process, having had a college course in ...
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Chicago Cubs
Kenji Johjima
Kosuke Fukudome
Catcher Kohjima of the Seattle Mariners opted out of the final two years of his contract so he could return to Japan, and play ball in what is, presumably, a more comfortable environment for him. I cannot pretend to imagine his thought process, having had a college course in Japanese ...
MLB
Chicago Cubs
Kosuke Fukudome
Sometimes Cub fans embarrass me. Actually this is pretty typical -- if you are a Cub fan, no matter how idiotic you may act, sooner or later you'll encounter some other Cub fan who makes your face burn an embarrassing shade of red, leaving you to apologize to the non-Cub-fans around ...
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Chicago Cubs
Alex Rodriguez
goatriders.org - 24 days ago
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Baseball fans are like philosophers. If you encounter
them one at a time, you might learn something
interesting about baseball -- much as a philosopher may teach you something interesting about life. But if you should ever happen to see ...
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Hitting coach? Who cares?
Despite what Madisoncubaholic said in the shout box, I haven't found this year's playoffs to be too terribly exciting. We had what, sweeps in every series but one? The Yankees and the Angels -- two of the heavy hitters of the AL -- are playing for the Series. In the NL we have ...
