Kerry Wood Flips The Double Bird; Matt Murton Does Team Nicknames
FanIQ Blog —
... And if totally random nicknames being read off by Murton didn't do it for you, Kerry Wood managed get caught on camera giving the viewing audience the unprecedented two-gunned one finger salute. ...
Windy City Teams On Verge Of Trading Sweeps; Kerry Wood Not Pleased [MLB Closer]
Deadspin —
... hitters in the game" by teammate Matt Murton, Aramis Ramirez failed to take advantage of a lead-off double in the 9th by Derrek Lee. With one out and Lee on third, Bobby Jenks forced the Cubbie into grounding out weakly to short when a sac fly would've sent the game to extra frames. Carlos Quentin took Carlos Marmol deep in the 7th to put the Pale Hose up 6-5 for good. Today the White Sox try to avenge the sweep at Wrigley earlier this month. Call it a hunch, but the camera may not be checking in with Kerry Wood today. ...
Beer Vendor’s Second Job is Saving the World
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
While we’re enjoying the friskiness of fans and players alike for the Cubs/White Sox series (and more than our fair share of awkward moments ), we’d like to share the story of one man who wins no matter the victor when the Cubs and/or White Sox play. That’s Adam Carter , a beer vendor for both teams. Adam Carter, beer vendor and philanthropist Carter’s true passion isn’t baseball; it’s philanthropy. That’s why he spends the baseball off-season traveling across the world, making small donations to needy people without the auspices of major ...
Swept
ChicagoCubsOnline.com —
... that is very good at home. They were out hit, out pitched and out hustled while finishing a stretch of games very reminiscent of the nine they played that led up to the 9-0 pounding at the hands of the Reds on May 7th.... a 3-6 record . The road has been less than kind to Lou Piniella's crew this season and it will not get any easier, but they have to figure out a way to win on Monday night in San Francisco.... and build from there . Kerry Wood Sums Up the Weekend on The South Side Clip from Awful Announcing The Cubs will finish June, the way it started with a trip out west. ...
Kerry Wood Gets Flippant in Bullpen
Larry Brown Sports —
... Thanks to Awful Announcing for spotting that one. Man, what a sharp eye. Hopefully this will discourage FOX from doing their constant cut-aways. Man, does that get annoying. ...
Smells Like Padres in Here - Wednesday Edition
Gaslamp Ball —
... Fastest game ever at Coors Field. The Padres lost on five singles and 79 pitches from Aaron Cook. At Coors Field. Awful team, awful manager.
Germano is still sucking in Portland.
Kerry Wood salutes you.
Randy Wolf takes on Ubaldo Jimenez tonight. The most exciting thing about tonight's game is that Dex and Jon will be stalking that attractive stadium reporter in the stands. But they should honestly cancel tonight's game by reasoning that neither team deserves to play another game ...
