June 2010
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Enhanced Box Score: White Sox 2, Cubs 1 – June 12, 2010
Can you feel the Crosstown Cup slipping away? I, for one, am devastated. Another lifeless, pathetic effort from the Cubs’ increasingly aged offense. At least Ryan Theriot is heating up. Still, you’ve gotta feel bad for Carlos Silva, who had a chance to do something truly special – even if wins and losses are a terrible, [...]
Mitch Atkins to Chicago, James Russell to Iowa
With the Chicago starting pitchers failing to go deep into games lately, the bullpen has been a bit taxed. To that end, the Cubs reached into AAA Iowa to pull up an arm to provide some relief (get it!?), and called up righty Mitch Atkins. To make room on the roster, left-hander James Russell was [...]
Enhanced Box Score: Sox 10, Cubs 5
You’re wondering where the actual EBS is, aren’t you? Well, apologies, friends. The technological limitations of travel have left me without the ability to create the EBS today. But do you really want one? It would just highlight Jake Peavy and say something like “you’re welcome,” or highlight James Russell and say something like “I [...]
Series Preview: White Sox v. Cubs, June 11 – June 13, 2010
Can you feel the excitement of the BP Environmentally-Friendly Crosstown Cup? Given this season’s performance of the two Chicago clubs, I’d say it’s a fitting that the rivalry is sponsored by a company associated, at present, with an oozing flow of oily sludge. Time for the Series Preview. The idea is to hook you up [...]
Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 4, Brewers 5 – June 10, 2010
Defense and a couple no-show-players killed the Cubs today. Still, the continued lineup shenanigans are what really gets my goat.
Aramis Ramirez Suggests that His Slump is Related to the Thumb Problem
For months now, Aramis Ramirez has been terrible. He’s been consistently bad from day one on the 2010 season, and he’s never had a stretch of more than two games where he looked like a quality Major Leaguer, let alone the All-Star he’s been in years past. Yesterday, the Chicago Cubs placed Ramirez on the [...]
Cubs Go Pitcher-Heavy in Draft, and Keep Searching for Diamonds on Third Day
The 2010 MLB Draft is in the books, and the Chicago Cubs took another 20 players on Wednesday, for a total of 50 players drafted over the course of the drawn-out three day draft. Out of 50 total picks, the Cubs took 29 players who were either high school or junior college players. Likewise, 31 [...]
Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 9, Brewers 4 – June 9, 2010
I… Have… The POWER!!! Powered by a powerful power explosion, the Cubs powered past the Brewers. And that makes it easy to overlook the fact that Carlos Zambrano was less than effective.
