Weekend Recap: Take that England! Milwaukee!
wastingawayinwrigleyville.blogspot.com 7/5/2009 — WAIW celebrates America...and you should too, by clicking on the "Buy Now" button on the right! It was a festive weekend in the Chicagoland area, with 4th of July bringing out the drunkest of drunks and the Brewers in town, losing 3 of 4 to the Cubbies. I went into this weekend thinking ...

Cubs could be in real trouble now
i94sports.com 7/9/2009 — The Cubs managed to ruin all of the momentum they had built up from a nice series with the Brewers over the weekend by dropping two of three to the Atlanta Braves at home. I chalked up last night’s loss to a solid effort by Javier Vasquez, and it was. But the Cubs once again came out ...

Five Things the Cubs need to do after the All-Star Break
mlbnotebook.com 7/14/2009 — The Cubs entered the All-Star Break 43-43 after splitting Sunday's doubleheader with St. Louis. On July 13, 2008, the Cubs were 57-38 and found themselves 4.5 games ahead of St. Louis for the division lead. This season, they're fourth in the NL Central. There's still plenty of time to make some ...

That Just Happened
424tales.blogspot.com 6/19/2009 — Yesterday reminded me why I love baseball, and why I will foolishly have the Cubs near to my heart until they kill me. I'm still not entirely sure that the entire ending to the game is not some elaborate hoax being perpetrated on me by some ruthless Cardinals/White Sox coalition of evil-doers. ...

Talkin' Cubs Live - Cubs vs. Brewers - 07/02/09
chicagocubsonline.com 7/2/2009 — Game Seventy-Six: Cubs (37-38) vs. Brewers (42-36) Game Time - 7:05pm C.T. Coverage - TV: Comcast SportsNet/MLB Network - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 183 Location - Wrigley Field, Chicago Ryan Dempster (4-5, 4.09/1.36) vs. Seth McClung (3-1, 3.55/1.47) Updated 4:20pm C.T. - Cubs ...

Talkin' Cubs Live - Cubs vs. Brewers - 07/05/09
chicagocubsonline.com 7/5/2009 — Game Seventy-Nine: Cubs (39-39) vs. Brewers (43-38) Game Time - 1:20pm C.T. Coverage - TV: Comcast SportsNet/TBS - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 187 Location - Wrigley Field, Chicago Ted Lilly (7-6, 3.35/1.13) vs. Mike Burns (1-1, 3.31/1.29) Despite being blown out on Saturday, the ...

Is There Any Hope for the Cubs in the Second Half?
thesportsbank.net 7/15/2009 — By: Peter Christian, David Kay, and Paul Schmidt There are two types of Cubs fans, one that is always waiting for the other shoe to drop, the other is always looking for the signs of the next hot streak. So instead of a standard objective midseason review about the Cubs, why not hear from ...

WAIW Cubs Blog Roundtable, Week 15: Those Were the Days ...
wastingawayinwrigleyville.blogspot.com 7/3/2009 — We at WAIW are lucky enough to be acquainted with the operators of a bunch of excellent Cubs blogs. Every Friday throughout the 2009 season, we're going to bring as many of them as we can together to share their thoughts on being Cubs fans. This week - the greatest games of our respective ...

God, We Suck
hirejimessian.com 7/8/2009 — Not you, Chicago Cubs. I try never to refer to the team as “we,” since I’m just a stupid fan writing silly things about the wacky stuff you do. No, the “we” that sucks is the “we” that includes me in the definition of “Cubs fan.” I’m ...

Cubs Reflections on Being in First Place
baseballreflections.com 7/28/2009 — Despite all my nay-saying and doom-daying, the Chicago Cubs woke up on July 27th and found themselves in first place in the NL Central. Outside of any performance by the Cubs, here are five reasons which this has happened: 5. The St. Louis Cardinals have no hitting. A ...

Aramis Ramirez: Here He Comes To Save the Day — Bleacher Report - MLB
The hopes of the Chicago Cubs' 2009 season may rest on the shoulders of one player. Aramis Ramirez is set to make his return Monday.  Ramirez is coming off the DL after dislocating his left shoulder back on May 9. In rehab assignments, ...

Report: Tribune, Ricketts family reach deal — Major League Baseball News
The Cubs may have a new owner soon. According to the Chicago Tribune website, Tribune Co. apparently has reached a deal to sell the Cubs and Wrigley Field to the Ricketts family, a source familiar with the matter said Monday.

Ricketts, Tribune reach deal for Cubs: source — Boston.com -- Baseball News
The Ricketts family has reached a deal to buy the storied Chicago Cubs baseball team from bankrupt media company Tribune Co for slightly less than the original $900 million bid, a source familiar with the deal said on Monday.

Cubs deal Freel to Royals for cash, player — Major League Baseball News
Infielder Ryan Freel, who had been designated for assignment by the Cubs on July 2, was dealt to the Kansas City Royals on Monday.

Cubs trade utilityman Freel to Royals (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News
The Chicago Cubs have traded utilityman Ryan Freel to the Kansas City Royals for a player to be named. The 33-year-old Freel started the year with Baltimore and later was traded to the Cubs. He's been injured this season and was batting .140 overall ...