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May 2010
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Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 1, Pirates 2 – May 31, 2010
A handful of times each season, there is a game – a single loss – that plays out in such a way that it is impossible to console yourself that a loss is a loss is a loss, and even the very best of teams will lose 60 times. This was one of those times. The [...]
Series Preview: Cubs v. Pirates, May 31 – June 2, 2010
The Chicago Cubs head out to face the always scrappy (read: no, seriously, against the Cubs they’ve been scrappy as hell) Pittsburgh Pirates. A refresher on the series preview here at Bleacher Nation: The idea is to hook you up with the bare minimum of what you need to know about every series this year [...]
Praise Jeebus: John Grabow to the DL, Andrew Cashner Called Up
Word broke late last week (and then picked up steam over the weekend) that Chicago Cubs pitching prospect Andrew Cashner, recently placed in the AAA Iowa bullpen, would be called up this week. As Tom Gorzelanny was moved to the bullpen – making it a four-lefty pen – we all knew that one of the [...]
Enhanced Box Score: Cardinals 9, Cubs 1 – May 30, 2010
Well, that was unpleasant. And there was only one way for a game like that to be capped off: John Grabow, giving up runs. A friend told me he’s given up at least one run in seven consecutive appearances. That’s hilariously bad. I think I could do that. Tweet
Tom Gorzelanny: Reliever
The decision’s been made: Carlos Zambrano will return to the rotation on Wednesday, Randy Wells will start on Monday, and Tom Gorzelanny will move to the bullpen. Carlos Zambrano will return to the rotation Wednesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cubs manager Lou Piniella said Sunday. Left-handed starter Tom Gorzelanny has been sent to the bullpen [...]
Carlos Zambrano Will Start on Wednesday
Well, it’s official: Carlos Zambrano is returning to the rotation this week, and it is all but certain to be in Wednesday’s series finale against the Pirates. “We’ll put him in the rotation I would think at the tail end of the Pittsburgh series,” Piniella said. Piniella and pitching coach Larry Rothschild will go over the [...]
Enhanced Box Score: Cardinals 0, Cubs 5 – May 29, 2010
You think maybe Mike Fontenot should be getting some starts at second base against right-handers? Unrelatedly, this Silva cat is pretty good. Tweet
Andrew Cashner to Be Called Up on Monday?
Chicago Cubs top pitching prospect Andrew Cashner was recently moved from the AAA Iowa rotation to the bullpen, in what many viewed as a precursor to a call-up to the big league pen. Baseball Prospectus’ Kevin Goldstein says he’s heard that the Cubs plan to call Cashner up on Monday to join them for the upcoming [...]
