The Cubs' bats came alive again today giving them the series win against the Houston Astros.The Cubs scored first in the bottom of the 2nd inning as Mark DeRosa doubled in Jim Edmonds for his first of many RBI today.Houston came back quickly though, plating four total, thanks to Carlos Lee's 3-run   more...
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The Cubs led 1-0 going to the top of the 3rd.  Jason Marquis kind of fell apart that inning and it was capped off by a 3-run home run by Carlos Lee.  They came right back.  In a big way. Mark DeRosa hit a grand slam to put the Cubs back up by 1 in the 3rd inning.  The Cubs sent   more...
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The Cubs led 1-0 going to the top of the 3rd.  Jason Marquis kind of fell apart that inning and it was capped off by a 3-run home run by Carlos Lee.  They came right back.  In a big way. Mark DeRosa hit a grand slam to put the Cubs back up by 1 in the 3rd inning.  The Cubs sent   more...
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B-REF PREVIEW | GAMEDAY | WEATHER | ACB CHAT ROOMBrandon Backe vs. Cubs hitters:  .244/.312/.402 in 127 at-batsJason Marquis vs. Astros hitters:  .303/.380/.471 in 208 at-batsWhen and Where:  1:20 on WGNThe wind is blowing in toward the 1st base dugout at about 6 mph so that might   more...
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The Cubs will move Jason Marquis if they have to make any more trades.With Moises Alou coming out of a rehab minor league game with a torn hamstring(most likley miss the rest of the season)the Mets May have to trade for someone like Matt Holiday or former Met Xavier Nady to replace the often   more...

Monday, July 28th @ Milwaukee W 6-4Gaudin (W, 7-4), Torres (L, 5-3), Marmol (S, 5)Tuesday, July 29th @ Milwaukee W 7-1Zambrano (W, 12-4), Sheets (L, 10-4)Wednesday, July 30th @ Milwaukee W 7-2Dempster (W, 12-4), Parra (L, 9-4)Thursday, July 31st @ Milwaukee W 11-4Harden (W, 1-1), Bush (L,   more...
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An interesting story about how Lou Pinella gave the managerial duties to CLiff Floyd in the Chicago Cubs 14 inning game against the Padres. A must read if you missed the story- Classic Lou Pinella!
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After the Brewers dealt for CC Sabathia I stated on here several times (in the comments mostly) that the Cubs didn't need to make a move to counter the Brewers acquisition.  They just didn't need to and I also said that I'd be surprised if Jim Hendry did.  Well, I was surprised, but   more...
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The GNUru's list of the most surprising starting pitchers in fantasy baseball!!While it's still too early to read to much into the early season stats, many unheralded players are off to impressive starts. If you drafted, picked up, or traded for some of the following players, your fantasy team is   more...
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The GNUru's expert analysis of the most surprising pitchers in fantasy baseball. No mention of Johan Santana here.....the GNUru gives you the Chad Gaudin's and Matt Capps of the fantasy world!
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B-REF PREVIEW | GAMEDAY | WEATHER | ACB CHAT ROOMYusmeiro Petit vs. Cubs hitters:  8-33, 4 2B, HRJason Marquis vs. Diamondbacks hitters:  .167/.264/.342 in 119 at-batsWhen and Where:  8:40 pm on WGNOf the 8 hits the Cubs have against Petit, Soriano has 4 of them in 6 at-bats.    more...
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Cyril Morong of 'Beyond the Boxscore' created two 15 player lists, one of pitchers who improved from the 2005 to 2006, the other of players who declined. He used a statistic called RSAA which means "the amount of runs that a pitcher saved vs. what an average pitcher would have allowed. It is   more...
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Usually when the opponent hits 7 home runs you're going to lose and today was no different even though the score was actually closer than you'd think.  The Cubs lost 12-7 and had some chances today, but the Reds brought their lumber to the yard today and did a lot of damage against every Cubs   more...
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Using the ZIPs in-season projection tool, I calculated the projections for the 5 Cubs starters for the rest of the year.  Rich Harden's stats are projected as a Cub.  Since Jason Marquis remains in the rotation for the time being, I only calculated his projection and not Sean   more...
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For the first time in years, the Red Sox are facing a logjam in the outfield. Since of those players is a top 10 MLB prospect (Jacoby Ellsbury) and one of them is the best defensive centerfielder in baseball (Coco Crisp), platooning doesn't seem to be an option. That leaves one other course of   more...
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