April 2009
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Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 4, Astros 2, April 6, 2009
Clearly, the Cubs are going 162-0. Today’s Opening Day enhanced box score highlights one of the big offseason moves for the Chicago Cubs.
Series Preview: Cubs v. Astros, April 6 – April 8, 2009
Ah, the season is finally here. With it brings the first series of the year, and thus, the first series preview. Admittedly, this is the first ever preview here at Bleacher Nation, so there will probably be a learning curve. The idea is to hook you up with what you need to know about every [...]
Obsessive Harden Shoulderwatch: Rich Still Feels Right Despite Starts Going Wrong
Rich Harden has looked terrible this Spring. Not only has he been ineffective, but also his velocity has been down and his stuff has looked weak. In his last Spring start, he got smacked around by the Yankees in new Yankee Stadium. And when a dude has a tear in his shoulder, the ineffectiveness would [...]
The Original Chinfuzz Calls it a Career
When the Chicago Cubs acquired Antonio Alfonseca and Matt Clement from the Florida Marlins in 2002, many fans (including me) saw it as the true turning point. It was the dawn of the modern, competitive Cubs. In that sense, Matt Clement will always hold a special place in the history of the Chicago Cubs. Oh, [...]
Cubs Release Chad Gaudin, Jeff Samardzija to AAA
The Chicago Cubs bullpen is set: David Patton and Angel Guzman are in, Chad Gaudin and Jeff Samardzija are out. Ultimately, this is the precise series of moves we had predicted a week ago, with the exception of Gaudin being released instead of traded or DL’d. Previously, the Cubs had indicated no one would be [...]
Carlos Zambrano Hates Wrigley Field
After seeing the new Yankee Stadium, Chicago Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano said he is disgusted with Wrigley Field and wishes it would just burn down. Well, he practically said that. “You come into a ballpark like this and you see great things,” the Cubs ace told The Associated Press on Saturday before his team’s 10-1 [...]
Reed Johnson Thinks David Patton Is Making the Team
I actually missed this bit a couple days ago, but as we’re on the verge of Lou Piniella’s announcement regarding the bullpen, it was too good not to post. Reed Johnson, who has his own excellent blog, had a great many thoughts to share about bullpen competitor and Rule V pick David Patton. I love [...]
Kosuke Fukudome is Going to Hit 1.000 This Year
By Brett on April 6, 2009
Kosuke Fukudome is finally back in Cubs camp after a relatively yawn-worthy WBC stint. But the good news is, he’s figured out why he struggled so much in the final three months of the season last year. He simply wasn’t being the player Lou Piniella wants him to be. “If I can be the player [...]
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