Game 48 Thread - T. Wood vs. Suppan
The face of Joe Mather batting third will forever haunt my nightmares of the 2012 Cubs.
Padres
Cubs
*Venable, CF
*DeJesus, RF
Denorfia, RF
Castro, SS
*Alonso, 1B
Mather, CF
Quentin, LF
*LaHair, 1B
*Headley, 3B
Soriano, LF
Hundley, C
*Stewart, 3B
#Cabrera, 2B
Barney, 2B
#Parrino, SS
*Lalli, C
Suppan, P
Wood, P
What's more amazing, that the Cubs have lost...
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3 days ago
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3 days ago
Video: Cubs Joe Mather Game Winning Hit vs Cardinals
The start of 2012 has been anything but glorious for the Chicago Cubs, but on Monday, everything seemed alright as Joe Mather knocked in the game winning runs against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Check the video out here.
Center fielder Marlon Byrd was traded to the Boston Red Sox over the weekend in the team’s most recent shakeup. I’m all in favor of dealing Byrd. He was...
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April 24, 2012
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April 24, 2012
Mather Lifts Cubs Past Cardinals
CHICAGO (AP) -- Joe Mather's two-run single with two outs in the ninth inning lifted the Chicago Cubs to a 3-2 comeback win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.
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April 23, 2012
Cubs 3, Cardinals 2
Joe Mather's two-run single with two outs in the ninth inning lifted the Chicago Cubs to a 3-2 comeback win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.
St. Louis closer Jason Motte (1-1) had the Cubs down to their final strike when Mather, a former Cardinal, grounded a 2-2 slider up the middle, scoring Bryan LaHair and Geovany Soto.
LaHair battled Motte for 12 pitches before...
Via AP on Fox
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April 23, 2012
Motte, Cards stunned by walk-off loss to Cubs
CHICAGO (AP) -- Joe Mather's two-run single with two outs in the ninth inning lifted the Chicago Cubs to a 3-2 comeback win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night.
St. Louis closer Jason Motte (1-1) had the Cubs down to their final strike when Mather, a former Cardinal, grounded a 2-2 slider up the middle, scoring Bryan LaHair and Geovany Soto.
LaHair battled Motte for...
Via Fox Sports Midwest
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April 23, 2012
Joe Mather Is The Story Of The Cubs’ Spring Training
There was obviously plenty to watch with the Chicago Cubs this spring.
You had a new manager, in Dale Sveum, working under a new front office regime led by Theo Epstein, and more bounce back candidates than any other team in the league. Yet, a nearly unknown quantity stole the show all spring, and has earned himself a spot on the Cubs’ Opening Day roster.
A former St. Louis...
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March 31, 2012
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March 31, 2012
Other transformed Cubs
With Jeff Samardzija's "transformation" I thought it would be fun to find other Cubs player who have transformed this spring.
Joe Mather: With a .412/.455/.745 batting line through today, he's established himself as a completely different ballplayer. We know this because he's had 55 plate appearances and that's absolutely enough to know whether or not a...
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March 29, 2012
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March 29, 2012
Daily Facepalm 3.26.12
Anything interesting happen over the weekend?
Eh. Dempster was knocked around in a minor league game yesterday, but who knows if he was working on something. I missed yesterday's game, but apparently Joe Mather had a Johnsonian/Fuldian incredible catch in CF.
Is there a Cubs game today?
It's going on right now, apparently. The Cubs are playing the Padres. Len and Mick have...
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March 26, 2012
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March 26, 2012
Rangers fall to Cubs after 9th-inning home run
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Joe Mather hit a tiebreaking solo home run off Sean Green in the ninth inning, giving the Chicago Cubs a 3-2 split-squad victory over the Texas Rangers and a two-game split at Cashman Field.
Texas tied the score in the eighth against Alberto Cabrera when Guilder Rodriguez doubled and scored on Ryan Strausborger's single.
Texas starter Matt Harrison gave up...
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March 18, 2012
Minor Moves: Jacobs, Gaudin, Delaney, Fields, Mather
We'll keep track of today's minor moves right here..
The Pirates announced that they signed right-hander Logan Kensing to a minor league deal that includes an invitation to Spring Training. The 29-year-old spent the 2011 campaign with the Yankees' top affiliate after recovering from elbow surgery in 2010.
The Diamondbacks signed first baseman Mike Jacobs to...
Via MLB Trade Rumors
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January 04, 2012
THE CUBS HOT 25
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