Game 153 Thread / Cardinals @ Cubs (2 of 3)

Budweiser is back. For now.After having tarped over the famous Budwesier rooftop billboard behind Wrigley Field's left field wall, crews were out removing the "putrid brown colored, tarp-like material" yesterday after the Cubs blowout loss to Jim Edmonds's team. The owner, Tom Gramatis, paid $8.35 million for the building in June.Anheuser-Busch has had an ad up...

Game Chat | Press Pass | BR Preview SP Adam Wainwright SP Carlos Zambrano 9-3, 3.20, 84 K, 26 BB, 121 IP...

I never even considered this, but John Perrotto hints that it is possible. It's only a one liner, but Perrott claims that "Greg Maddux and Kosuke Fukudome are both in danger of being left off the playoff roster". This was included in Perrotto's weekly article on Baseball Prospecuts under the NL Rumblings and Grumblings section. Fukudome is leading off today...

On Monday, we pointed out an interesting Associated Press nugget where they noted Cubs starter, Carlos Zambrano "woofing" a post-game quotable. Mr. Zambrano started game one of the weekend Cubs/Cards game and was touched for 8 runs through the first two innings, and as the video below shows, Associated Press columnists aren't the only ones treating Zambrano like...

Carlos Zambrano threw a no-hitter just days ago but was blasted for eight runs in 1 1/3 innings by the Cardinals on Friday. Adam Kennedy who was playing outfield for the Cardinals did a good chunk of the damage when he took Zamrano deep for a grandslam in what ended up being a five-run first for [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Zambrano follows up no-no with nothing",...

B-REF PREVIEW | GAMEDAY | WEATHER | ACB CHAT ROOM Braden Looper vs. Cubs hitters: Cubs hitters probably would fare better against Cy Young Ryan Dempster vs. Cardinals hitters: .257/.306/.404 in 171 at-bats When and Where: 1:20, WGN I say mostly meaningless in that it's still important to win home field advantage in the NL, but it's also damn near impossible for...

The Cubs are up 5-0 on the Cardinals as they try to clinch the NL Central today. Fan Graphs gives the Cubs a 96% chance of clinching today at this point. Graph below:

I missed Al in the postgame festivities. Something tells me, we might not run in the same pack or hit the same taverns. Gents, it was priceless today. I was nervous from the start, but the moment the Cubs took the five-nill lead I was even more on edge. My scaredness actually runneth over when I called the Glaus homerun. But in the end all's well that ends well. Hats off to...

B-REF PREVIEW | GAMEDAY | WEATHER | ACB CHAT ROOM Adam Wainright vs. Cubs hitters: .300/.358/.450 in 100 at-bats Carlos Zambrano vs. Cardinals hitters: .237/.304/.401 in 274 at-bats When and Where: 1:20 on CSN Partly cloudy, 72°, wind blowing out to left center field at 9 mph. Zambrano has always been really good against the Cardinals and he's thrown some of his best...

Pearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder wants the Cubs to go "All the Way." Vedder, at the request of Cubs legend Ernie Banks, wrote the song about the Cubs' quest for a World Series title earlier this summer. Now it's being played on some Chicago radio stations and at bars around Wrigleyville, according to Billboard magazine. The song, recorded during a Vedder solo...

At the request of Ernie Banks, Eddie Vedder of Pearl recorded a Cubs song of his own "All the Way". The song was recorded live at teh Auditorium Theatre in Chicago this past August. And on the Pearl Jam website it reads:"At the request of Ernie Banks, Eddie threw together a song for the Cubs ("All the Way"). He got a pretty good live version of it at the...

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With the Cubs on the verge of clinching their second consecutive N.L. Central Division title, Pearl Jam front man Eddie Vedder recently released his ode to the Cubs titled "All the Way." It seems to me though that Vedder has secretly been penning songs about the 2008 White Sox ever since his band was called [...]

I had the good fortune of attending the Cubs-Brewers game yesterday afternoon. I had the Tribune Media Company seats courtesy of my friend Andy, so we were close enough I could've lept the wall and tackled Rich Harden. I chose not to, even though I could've totally taken on the stadium usher standing in my [...]

Cubs Clinch Division, First Back-to-Back since 1907-1908, Earliest since 1932 W - Lilly (16-9), You, Me, Santo, Harry, 104-year-old-dude-who-threw-out-the-first-pitch, all Cubs fans. L - Pineiro (6-7), the rest of the NL Central S - Wood (32) Box Score, Photos Things to Take from This Game 1. A bases loaded three-run single for Soriano Well, two...