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Theo has landed Chicago
Tuesday, October 25th, 2011 | Chicago Cubs | No Comments
The worst kept secret in baseball will be official today as The Epstein has landed. Chicago Cubs fans have lost all hope in this sad team until now, but the question is can Epstein bring a World Series to Chicago in five years? Notice I didn’t say win, I think at this point they just want to get to the big game. I guess only time will tell.
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Cubs opening day true baseball fans.
Monday, April 11th, 2011 | Chicago Cubs | No Comments
This videos shows us all why people go to Cubs games, is it to see them win? No way, they want to drink some beer.
The number one Cubs fan passed away
Friday, December 3rd, 2010 | Chicago Cubs | No Comments
The Cubs just sent out this email about Ron Santo. He was the number one Cubs fan in Chicago.
December 3, 2010 – Cubs legend Ron Santo passed away overnight at the age of 70 following a courageous battle with bladder cancer.
“My siblings and I first knew Ron Santo as fans, listening to him in the broadcast booth,” said Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts. “We knew him for his passion, his loyalty, his great personal courage and his tremendous sense of humor. It was our great honor to get to know him personally in our first year as owners.
“Ronnie will forever be the heart and soul of Cubs fans. Our thoughts and prayers today are with his wife Vicki and their family and we share with fans across the globe in mourning the loss of our team’s number one fan and one of the greatest third basemen to ever play the game.
Huge Weekend for Chicago MLB Baseball Teams — Cubs & White Sox Both Sweep Weekend Series
Monday, April 26th, 2010 | Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, MLB, Sports | No Comments
WOW — what a great weekend for both Chicago MLB baseball teams. Both the Cubs and White Sox pulled off weekend sweeps to get back on track after a slow start to the 2010 MLB schedule.
The Cubs outscored the Brewers 25-4 in their 3-game weekend series at Miller Park in Milwaukee. The Cubs bats finally came to life and the pitching was just as impressive. Kosuke Fukudome and Tyler Colvin each hit 2 home runs in the series and Ryan Theriot racked up 9 hits in the series (with 14 hits in his last 5 games) to raise his batting average to .329. Ryan Dempster, Ted Lilly and Randy Wells picked up the wins and Carlos Zambrano made his 1st appearance out of the bullpen in Saturday’s win (although he did give up an earned run).
The Cubs are now 9-10. They trail the 1st place St. Louis Cardinals by 2 and one half 5 games in the National League Central Division and open up a 7-game homestand against the Washington Nationals and the Arizona Diamondbacks. If Carlos Silva and the Cubs win tonight at Wrigley Field, the Cubs will be back at .500 with a 10-10 record.
The White Sox, meanwhile, took 3 straight games from the Seattle Mariners on home runs in their final at-bat in each game at U.S. Cellular Field over the weekend. In Friday’s 7-6 win, Andruw Jones’ 2nd home run of the game on his birthday gave the Sox the walk-off win in the bottom of the 9th inning. Saturday’s win was even more thrilling. After Bobby Jenks surrendered 2 runs in the top of the 9th inning in a 2-2 tie, the Sox found themselves in a big hole. But with one out, Paul Konerko hit his 6th home run of the season to get the Sox within 1. Then with 2 outs, Carlos Quentin walked to set up Alex Rios’ game-winning, walk-off home run to deep left field that gave the White Sox the 5-4. Paul Konerko followed up his Saturday performance with another big home run in the bottom of the 8th inning that broke a 2-2. 3 straight days – 3 straight game-winning home runs for the White Sox in their last at-bat. Incredible!
The White Sox are now 8-11. They trail the 1st place Minnesota Twins by 5 games in the American League Central Division and start a 6-game road trip against the Rangers in Texas and the Yankees in New York.
These 2 teams are far from being playoff teams right now, but more games like this and we could be seeing a “Red Line Series” in Chicago very very soon…
Chicago Sports Teams – Downright Bad – Cubs, White Sox, Bears, Bulls…
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 | Chicago 2016 Olympics, Chicago Bears, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, Rio de Janeiro, Sports | 1 Comment
WOW – it has been a rough year for Chicago sports teams. The Bears and Bulls are just continuing the downward trend for Chicago sports teams. Throw in the fact that the City lost out on the bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics this past October, and you wonder why they even field teams in the “Second City.”
Both MLB teams allowed August collapses to dictate disappointing finishes in 2009. The White Sox (79-83; .488 winning percentage) finished 7.5 games behind the Minnesota Twins in the American League Central Division, while the Cubs (83-78; .516 winning percentage) finished 7.5 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals in the American League Central Division. Obviously neither team qualified for the playoffs.
While the Bears and Bulls had promising starts to their respective seasons, things have quickly turned for the worse for each team.
The Bears started off by winning 3 of their first 4 games, but a current 4-game losing streak has the Bears sitting at 4-7. With games against the Vikings, Ravens and Packers (teams with winning records) still on the schedule, a 6-10 finish looks like a best-case scenario. A Bears loss to either the Rams (1 win) or Lions (2 wins) could end up costing Head Coach Lovie Smith his job. While the defense has been pretty awful all season long, the biggest disappointments come on the offensive side of the ball. During the off-season preceding the season, the Bears traded 2 1st round draft picks and then-starting QB Kyle Orton to acquire “franchise player” Jay Cutler from the Denver Broncos. Cutler has been a huge enigma in 2009 – while he has thrown for 2671 yards and 16 TD’s and completed over 62% of his passes, he has also thrown a league-high 20 interceptions. His 74.4 passer rating is well below his career 83.9 passer rating. Coupled with Matt Forte’s sophomore slump (1,238 yards rushing with 8 TD’s in 2008 v. 543 yards rushing with 3 TD’s in 2009), it looks like the Bears have a lot of work to do if they want to turn this thing around.
The same could be said for the Bulls. The Bulls started the season with a 6-4 record through their 1st 10 games. But their annual “Circus Road Trip” away from the United Center proved costly. They lost the last 5 games of the trip and now sit at a dismal 6-9. Kirk Hinrich and Tyrus Thomas are both injured, and Derrick Rose is still trying to get back to his top form after dealing with an ankle injury during the pre-season which limited his play. There are a few bright spots for the Bulls. #1 – the Eastern Conference is just awful – even at 3 games under .500 the Bulls would still qualify for the playoffs if the season ended today. #2 – Luol Deng (18.3 points and 8.5 rebounds per game) and Joakim Noah (11.5 points and 12.1 rebounds per game) have looked great early on. #3 – the Bulls are set up well salary-cap-wise for the 2010 free agent feeding frenzy – which will include the likes of LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Amari Stoudamire and Chris Bosh.
Sorry Chicago sports fans – looks like you better root real hard for the Blackhawks to win the Stanley Cup in 2010…
Cubs deal is done will they still suck?
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009 | Chicago Cubs | No Comments
Major League Baseball voted Tuesday and unanimously approved the sale of the Chicago Cubs to the Ricketts family. Tom Ricketts who is the head of the family for the sale could take day-to-day control of the Cubs by the end of the month. The Chicago Tribune who currently owns the team bought the Cubs for $20.5 million in 1981 and the sales this year is reportedly valued at $845 million. The Tribune will keep a 5% stake in the team and Wrigley Field and give up their 25% share in Comcast Sportsnet Chicago.
I think what Cubs fans really care about is will this team ever win anything? Is this deal a good thing for Chicago? There have been rumors for months that the Ricketts family have been have problems with financing for the deal and that it was in risk of falling apart many times. If this is the case what can the Ricketts family do for the Cubs? I think these guys are not going to have the money or be willing to spend the money to put a winning team on the field. This could end up being the Tribune all over again, but I guess we will have to wait and see what 2010 brings us. I hope Tom doesn’t start off talking about how they want to fix up Wrigley field to bring in more money, this will be the first sign of another 100 years of nothing.
For all of the Cubs fans that can’t wait for next year we put up the 2010 schedule and tickets. They are all up on the web site.
2 Chicago MLB Teams, 2 Double-Headers, 4 Meaningless Games – What a Joke!
Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 | Carlos Zambrano, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, General, Mark Buerhle, MLB, Sports | No Comments
It is a sad day for the 2 Chicago baseball teams. Both Chicago baseball teams – the Cubs and the White Sox – have already been officially eliminated from the 2009 MLB playoffs. But because of rain outs, each team is playing a meaningless double-header today. Painful…
The 82-74 Cubs (7.5 games behind the Cardinals for 1st place in the NL Central) take on the 59-97 Pirates at Wrigley Field. Ted Lilly (12-8) pitches in the opener, while Carlos Zambrano (9-6) pitches in the night cap. Why are they even playing these games – the almighty dollar!
The 76-81 White Sox (8 games behind the Tigers for 1st place in the AL Central) take on the 64-92 Indians at Jacobs Field. Carlos Torres (1-1) pitches in Game 1 of the traditional double-header while White Sox ace Mark Buerhle (12-10) pitches in Game 2. Meanwhile, the Indians just fired manager Eric Wedge after 7 years managing the Indians. Not sure why they are playing both games since there is no separate admission for each game like at Wrigley Field.
Get your TV sets tuned in early today – Cubs and Pirates have already started in Chicago with the pesky Pirates out to a 4-0 lead over the lovable losers at the Friendly Confines…
Another Cubby Occurrence – Derrek Lee Injured By Teammate in HR Celebration…
Friday, September 25th, 2009 | Chicago Cubs, Derrek Lee, General, Jeff Baker, Milton Bradley, MLB, Sports | No Comments
Gotta love this one – - we have another “Cubby Occurrence”. In last night’s Chicago Cubs dramatic come from behind 3-2 win over the San Francisco Giants, Derrek Lee was injured by teammate Angel Guzman while celebrating Jeff Baker’s 2-out, 2-run home run to win the game. Beautiful. In a frustrating season for Cubs fans all across the country, this is the icing on the cake.
The Cubs were a team that won 97 games in 2008 with the best offense in the National League, only to get swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the divisional round of the playoffs. Cubs fans once again had high hopes for the Cubs in 2009, but it has been a year of frustration instead. Off-season trades of likable players like Mark DeRosa and Jason Marquis for the unlikable Milton Bradley and Kevin Gregg. Enduring the over-paid Bradley and Alfonso Soriano botch fly ball after fly ball in the outfield and being forced to listen to their pointless excuses. Enduring 2 DL stints from ace Carlos Zambrano – one because he pulled a hamstring trying to beat out a sacrifice bunt and one because he threw out his back swinging too hard during batting practice. Enduring a DL stint for Ryan Dempster who fractured a toe when he jumped over the Cubs dugout fence to celebrate a win at Wrigley Field. And now to this latest crazy injury – another “Cubby Occurrence” – an injury that could only happen to a Cubs player.
Don’t worry Cubs fans, the season is almost over – just 10 games left. And look on the bright side – despite how poorly your team has played, the Cubs still have a 79-73 and need just 3 more wins to avoid a losing season…
MLB Players Union – Most Powerful Organization in the World?!
Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 | Chicago Cubs, General, Milton Bradley, MLB, MLB Players Association, Sports | No Comments
Gotta love this – the Cubs suspended disgruntled and controversial outfielder Milton Bradley for conduct detrimental to the team. Now it looks like the MLB Players Association is going to file a grievance against the Cubs and MLB to make sure Bradley gets paid. Guess you can say whatever you want about your team, your teammates and your bosses, get fired/suspended, and get paid. Gotta love it. As if professional athletes don’t have it good enough already. The MLB Players Association (union) may seriously be the most powerful organization in the world…
Bradley Cubs fans hate you because you suck!
Friday, August 28th, 2009 | Chicago Cubs, MLB, Sports | No Comments
The Chicago Cubs Milton Bradley had some super smart things to say yesterday after he went 0-5 playing the Nats. Milton is upset that fans do not like him and said “When I go home and look in the mirror, I like what I see” “My family is there, I have people I can talk to who are very supportive, in spite of everything and all the adversity and the hatred you face on a daily basis. Bu I’ll be all right. I always have” The genius also added “I’m talking about hatred, period. I’m talking about when I go to eat at a restaurant. I’ve got to listen to the waiters badmouthing me at another table, sitting in a restaurant.”
So Milton fans dislike you because of race? Oh man has this guy lost it. No Bradley, fans hate you because you make $10 million a year and play like a fat kid in fifth grade gym class. Professional athletes are so out of touch with reality it is getting crazy. Bradley is on his seventh team in nine years now and why do you think that is? Looks like Bradley wants to be the next Steve Bartman. Lets make it eight teams in ten years for this joker.
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