2009 Cribbie Awards

Game One Hundred Sixty-One: Cubs (82-77) vs. Diamondbacks (69-91) Game Time - 12:05pm C.T. Coverage - TV: WGN TV - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 187 Location - Wrigley Field, Chicago Randy Wells (11-10, 3.18/1.31) vs. Daniel Cabrera (0-5, 6.07/2.04) Only two games remaining on the 2009 schedule ... Weather permitting the big question is, will the Cubs show up to play...

Well kids, it's time to bid adieu to the Koyie Hill Appreciation Society for 2009. As you know, for every hit Koyie Hill delivered in 2009, I removed a section from this picture:Koyie finishes the year with 60 hits and a .237 average in 83 games. Let's face it, Koyie isn't going to be remembered for his offensive output, but for the stretch of consecutive games he caught...

Milton Bradley hasn’t been the only scapegoat this season. Gerald Perry was fired earlier in the season and things never improved. His replacement has now been fired. Joshua was offered his old gig as hitting coach at Iowa. At least Derrek Lee understands. ‘‘I hate to say it, but hitting coach is overrated,’’ said Derrek Lee, the team’s top offensive performer...

Let me hear ya! A one ... a two ... a three ... The nearly nine-month journey that began in Mesa back in February has come to an end. There is no reason for me to rehash what went wrong for the 2009 Chicago Cubs ... you know what happened. You lived through every pitch of every inning just like I did. With that said, I truly believe that one person is not responsible for this past...

Game One Hundred Sixty-One - Cubs 2 Diamondbacks 5 WP - Doug Davis (9-14) LP - Ryan Dempster (11-9) Save - Juan Gutierrez (9) Lou Piniella's crew finished the season with a loss to the Diamondbacks and completed the 2009 campaign with an 83-78 record in 161 games. Doug Davis dominated the Cubs' offense once again. The veteran southpaw's two best starts of the...

In a game of stunning mediocrity and epic defeat, the Cubs were handed their 77nd loss of the season yesterday against an Arizona team that sucks golf balls through garden hoses.  Still, in a series that matters none, these things are bound to happen. The Cubs pitcher was Tom Gorzelanny, who is in rotation audition mode until next April.  He didn't do much to help...

This is funny: ‘We’ve been doing things [in the clubhouse] the last two weeks of the season that we hadn’t done all year, that we did last year and the year before last,’’ shortstop Ryan Theriot said. ‘‘It’s definitely a different feel. I don’t know why that is. I’m not going to sit here and say it’s one person’...

Earlier this season the Chicago Cubs offense was struggling and Milton Bradley was not getting along with hitting coach Gerald Perry. So after considering that Bradley was making a significantly larger chunk of cash than Perry was, the team decided to relieve Perry of his duties and called up Von Joshua from their Triple-A affiliate in Iowa to replace him.Now Joshua didn't do much to salvage

Daniel Cabrera (0-5, 6.07 ERA) vs. Randy Wells (11-10, 3.18 ERA) Story Lines Randy Wells' rotation spot for next season is pretty secure, I would guess, but I'm sure he would like to end the year with a better than .500 record. The Cubs, by the looks of it, looked terrible yesterday. Thank goodness, I didn't see anything. Who's Hot The Twins - Don't look...

Count pitcher Randy Wells among the best chapters to a sad Cubs story.

Randy Wells allowed three hits in seven strong innings and struck out a career-high 10, helping the Chicago Cubs beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 on Saturday.

Randy Wells allowed three hits and struck out a career-high 10 in the Cubs' win Saturday.