August 2009
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Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 3, Dodgers 1 – August 23, 2009
Although it’s always nice to get a win on getaway day, this one has the classic too-little-too-late feel to it.
The Cubs Are Getting Sued
And no, not by the fans who’ve seen their ticket dollars evaporate like morning dew met by the heat of mid-day. No, this is actually kind of sad: The family of a 21-year-old man who died in 2007 after a Cubs-owned car wash next to Wrigley Field collapsed on him during a violent August storm [...]
Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 0, Dodgers 2 – August 22, 2009
As a friend of the Nation, DK remarked, apparently the plan is now for the Cubs to score -1 runs tomorrow.
Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 1, Dodgers 2 – August 21, 2009
Well, the Cubs needed to split in LA to have any real hope this year. And it’s an 0-2 start. That ain’t good. Neither is 3 runs total scored in those first two games. Does anyone even remember the words to “Go Cubs Go”?
Obsessive New Ownerwatch: The Deal is Done
According to Dave Kaplan, the Cubs sale is done. Interestingly, the sale price was $845 million, not the $900 million originally reported as accepted. The next owners’ meeting isn’t until November, but the approval from them may yet come sooner.
God’s Wrathwatch: Zambrano Has Successful Rehab Start
Carlos Zambrano threw five innings last night for A ball Peoria, and things went well. Not only in result, but in how he felt. Pitching against the Clinton LumberKings, Zambrano tossed 5 uneventful innings, giving up 4 hits and no runs. He walked none, struck out five and uncorked 1 wild pitch. Zambrano threw 76 [...]
Obsessive New Ownerwatch: It’s Gonna Happen
The sale of the Chicago Cubs to Tom Ricketts is ‘imminent’, according to the Chicago Tribune. The final papers are expected to be signed within days, and then it’s just a matter of MLB approval (and, of course, the Tribune’s bankruptcy court approval). Both approvals are expected without difficulty. Yup. There’s not much else new [...]
Mark Prior Plans to Pitch in the Big Leagues Again
By Brett on August 21, 2009
Last year, Mark Prior was on a big league deal with the San Diego Padres as he rehabbed from another shoulder injury and surgery. This year, he returned to the Padres on a minor league deal, still trying to make it back to a big league mound. It didn’t work out, and the Padres released [...]
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