Category Archives: Chicago Cubs

May 4, 2012

Mariano Rivera Blows Out Knee During Practice…

Wow…  Not sure where to begin.  The news, of course, is that during batting practice, while shagging fly balls, Mariano Rivera – perhaps the greatest reliever ever – got a cleat stuck in the turf at Kaufmann (Royals) Stadium, twisting … Continue reading →

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April 29, 2012

2012 Season Forecast: Chicago Cubs

2011 Record:  71 – 91 (5th, NL Central) Runs Scored:  654 (8th, NL) Runs Allowed:  756 (14th, NL) Only Colorado and Houston allowed more runs… 2011 in Review: The Cubs started losing early, and pretty much were consistent about it … Continue reading →

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April 22, 2012

Sox Win ‘The Humber Game’, and Plenty of Pitchers Head to the DL

There have only been 21 perfect games in the history of Major League Baseball, but the Chicago White Sox have three of them.  Yesterday afternoon, Philip Humber defied his humble resume and blanked the Seattle Mariners, 4 – 0, without … Continue reading →

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April 21, 2012

Boston Celebrates 100th Fenway Birthday in Style. Then loses… And other news…

That was some birthday party!  Prior to the game, the Red Sox brought out more than 200 former players and coaches, finishing with Johnny Pesky and Bobby Doerr – both in their 90s – to celebrate the 100th birthday of … Continue reading →

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April 17, 2012

A Tale of Two Mouths…

I am writing as the Cubs and Marlins prepare to open a three-game series here in Miami…  Ozzie Guillen, he of the multiple footspace mouth, aims to start earning the respect of Little Havana and the thousands of Cubans who … Continue reading →

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April 12, 2012

Historic Anniversaries and Who was Dorsey Riddlemoser?

This week, we’ve seen the 50th anniversary of Dodger Stadium, the 50th Anniversary of the arrival of the Houston Astros and New York Mets (Roger Craig, the first Mets opening day starter, was around to throw out the first pitch), … Continue reading →

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February 21, 2012

2011 NL Best and Worst Pitchers

Finally getting caught up on my statistical analysis as I head into the 2012 Spring Training season…  First of all, God Bless Sean Lahman, whose baseball database makes it possible to write queries and look at statistics using a Microsoft … Continue reading →

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April 11, 2011

Manny Ramirez Ends Career Rather Than Face Suspension

Short morning – so we’ll try to do this quickly… Manny Ramirez is Done… Rather than face a 100 game suspension for what the NY Times reported as having been found using performance enhancing drugs (again), Manny Ramirez told MLB … Continue reading →

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April 7, 2011

Of Appendectomies and Aces: Dunn, Jimenez Out

Adam Dunn became the second slugger to go under the knife to remove an appendix – Dunn’s was an emergency operation on Tuesday night.  He told manager Ozzie Guillen he’d be ready to play on Thursday, but realistically he (like … Continue reading →

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April 6, 2011

Winning and Losing Streaks

With the new season off and running, the first thing we look at in the standings is the last “0″ on the board.  Texas edged Seattle last night to become the first team to five wins (5 – 0), while … Continue reading →

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