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2009 Cribbie Awards
October 04, 2009 by
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Last day of the season (for teams that aren’t good enough to be in the playoffs). Time to hand out some awards for accomplishment or lack thereof to deserving Cubs players.
Ryne Sandberg MVP Award: Derrek Lee. Easy call here. He leads the team in batting average, homers...
Cubs Find Perfect Way to Cap Crappy Season: Getting Swept at Home by the Pirates
October 01, 2009 by
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September got off to a winning start for the Cubs, who at the time still had hope of climbing back into the Wild Card race.
Unfortunately, that playoff run never materialized in a meaningful way, and by the end of the month, the Cubs had nothing to play for except pride.
Pride, evidently...
Milton Bradley Gone too, According to Piniella
September 29, 2009 by
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A day after basically admitting that the Cubs aren’t going to retain Rich Harden, Lou Piniella also indicated – again without saying anything definitive – that Milton Bradley has played his last game for the North Siders.
“Our general manager Jim Hendry had...
Cubs Will Not Keep Rich Harden, Piniella Indicates
September 28, 2009 by
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Manager banter is normally pretty innocuous, but on Sunday Lou Piniella actually spoke words that imparted useful information, though it was probably by accident.
“You look at our starting pitching here for next year,” Piniella said. “You’ve got (Carlos) Zambrano...
Cardinals Make it Official
September 26, 2009 by
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Congratulations to the St. Louis Cardinals, your 2009 National League Central Division champions.
This has been a foregone conclusion for weeks – hell, months – but that doesn’t make it feel any better.
Here’s hoping the Red Birds make a quick exit. And...
Prolonging the Inevitable
September 26, 2009 by
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The Cardinals are in no particular hurry to clinch the NL Central. Their magic number was 1 going into Friday night, but they lost to Colorado while the Cubs beat San Francisco, leaving the magic number right there.
If I didn’t know any better, I might think the Cardinals were...
Cubs Play Spoiler
September 25, 2009 by
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The Cubs were supposed to be making a playoff push right about now, but you know what they say about the best laid plans.
That’s right: they often get VD. Which is why they should always use protection.
I use humor to distract myself from the disappointment of knowing that...
Milton Bradley Speaks from Someone Else’s Heart
September 24, 2009 by
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Someone in Milton Bradley’s support group – and you thought “Kentucky census worker” was a bad job – has decided that Milton should express remorse over the way he blew up his Cubs career by lashing out against the media, fans and organization in a newspaper...
Cubs Discover Winning Recipe
September 23, 2009 by
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At last, the Chicago Cubs have found a recipe for consistently winning games.
Start with a big slab of Milwaukee Brewers, the other team in the NL Central that has had a woefully disappointing season, then slather on a thick layer of post-Milton Bradley clubhouse looseness, sprinkle...
Lou Piniella Tiptoes Around Milton Bradley
September 21, 2009 by
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Lou Piniella has been in baseball a long time, in big markets like New York and Chicago, so he knows how to handle the media. Those media-handling skills are coming in very handy in the wake of Jim Hendry’s decision to suspend pain-in-the-ass outfielder Milton Bradley, a guy...
Milton Bradley Has Played His Last Game for the Cubs
September 20, 2009 by
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Milton Bradley is still technically employed by the Chicago Cubs, but as of right now, he is no longer a member of the Cubs baseball team. This after Jim Hendry announced that the fiery and controversial outfielder has been suspended for the remainder of the season for derogatory...
The Pointlessness of Hope
September 19, 2009 by
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The last two games against the Cardinals have demonstrated why it was silly for anyone to still hold out hope that the Cubs could stage a miracle turnaround and make the postseason.
It’s not just that they the lost the games, it’s the way they lost: by once again not...
More Milton Bradley BS
September 18, 2009 by
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The Cubs have been up-and-down in almost all areas this year, but one thing at least has remained consistent from the start of the season to the end: Milton Bradley being a pain in the rear.
On Thursday, Milton reminded us why he has become the living symbol of the crappy 2009 Cubs...
Cubs Lose, Harden Will Sit
September 17, 2009 by
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Rich Harden didn’t have it Wednesday against the Brewers. He only lasted 3 innings, giving up 5 runs on 5 hits and 3 walks in the Cubs‘ 9-5 loss.
On Thursday we found out that those may be the last innings we see Harden pitch for awhile. Lou Piniella announced that...
Not Falling for it
September 16, 2009 by
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I don’t know about you, but I’m through allowing the 2009 Cubs to get my hopes up, only to have them go into another prolonged offensive slumber.
I’m done allowing myself to believe that this team has one great run left in it, and that this run will be enough to get...
The Cubs Need to Trade Carlos Zambrano
September 15, 2009 by
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A season of frustration will be followed by an off-season of change for the Chicago Cubs.
Whether you think those changes should be big or small depends on how close you think the Cubs are to competing with the Cardinals in the division. I think they’re fairly far away. So...
Small Consolation
September 15, 2009 by
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Neither the Cubs nor the Brewers have much left to play for this season. Except bragging rights over each other.
At least that’s one race the Cubs can say they lead. After Monday’s 2-0 win, the Cubs now hold a 7-4 advantage in the season series vs. Milwaukee.
Given...
A Hollow Winning Streak
September 12, 2009 by
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The Cubs took down the Reds Friday afternoon for their fourth straight victory. They are now 7-3 in September. And it doesn’t matter a lick because they are still not even within hailing distance of the division lead or the Wild Card.
When the final post-mortem is written...
I Have a Mental Illness
September 10, 2009 by
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I suffer from a strange mental illness. I don’t know what the name of it is. It only has one symptom:
A weird, inexplicable tendency to check the Wild Card standings every morning even though I know the Cubs have no shot.
What is it that compels me to go to ESPN’s MLB...
Who Says the Cubs Can’t Hit?
September 09, 2009 by
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Now I know why the Cubs offense has looked so stagnant all year: They were saving it up for the first inning of Tuesday night’s game in Pittsburgh.
And when they finally cut loose, they really dropped a massive log. 8 hits in a row to start a game, tying a major league record...
Lilly, Lee, Marmol Redux
September 08, 2009 by
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The Cubs have found a formula for consistent victory. Start Ted Lilly. Have Derrek Lee hit a couple of bombs. Pitch Carlos Marmol in the 9th. Repeat.
Alas, Ted Lilly can’ t start every game. Either his arm would fall off or the union would file a grievance. And Derrek...
D-Lee Injection
September 06, 2009 by
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Derrek Lee took a couple of days off to experience the birth of his second child, then returned to the line-up refreshed and blasted two homers in a 5-3 win over the Mets.
All such efforts are too little, too late at this point, but it was still cool to see Lee, the Cubs 2009 MVP [...]
At Least They Scored
September 05, 2009 by
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The Cubs were staring down the barrel of a second straight shutout when they finally broke through for a run against the Mets in the 8th inning Friday. This after being shut down for 7 innings by Bobby Parnell, who went into the game with an ERA north of 5.50.
There are offensive...
About That Alfonso Soriano Drop…
September 04, 2009 by
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Alfonso Soriano is having a dismal year. Sori wrapped that dismalness up in a nice, neat package Thursday against the White Sox, going 0-4 with 3 Ks and committing a fielding gaffe that had fans all over America muttering the cursed name of Brant Brown under their breaths.
It...
Nice Timing, Kid
September 03, 2009 by
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Derrek Lee is out of the Cubs‘ line-up for Thursday’s make-up game against the White Sox, but it’s okay, he has a good excuse:
His wife just gave birth to their second child.
Derrek has to do the family thing right now, and I’m cool with that. I just hope...
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