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Lukewarm Stove: Cubs Really, Really Want to Trade Kosuke Fukudome
After watching him sit on the bench for a few weeks – and flail helplessly at breaking balls outside when he does get in the game – the Chicago Cubs[Read More...]
Archive for July, 2010
God’s Wrath Watch: Not Geovany Soto!
Of all the personnel the Chicago Cubs could lose to injury, catcher Geovany Soto might be the hardest to stomach. He leads all catchers in several offensive categories, and he’s[Read More...]
Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 5, Astros 2 – July 26, 2010
If you didn’t know the Cubs were going to tease us in the final week before the trade deadline, you don’t know the Cubs.
Lukewarm Stove: Derrek Lee and Ted Lilly Are Tweety
The Twitterverse (*shudder* I’ll never use that term again, I promise) is atwitter (but I’ll use that one as much as I please) with tidbits about Derrek Lee and Ted[Read More...]
Zambranogate: Carlos Breaks His Silence For Realsies
Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano has finally spoken publicly regarding Zambranogate, and while it’s good to finally hear from the horse’s mouth, his statements leave a little to be desired.[Read More...]
Series Preview: Cubs v. Astros, July 26 – 28, 2010
It’s Series Preview time again, as the Chicago Cubs head down to Houston to face yet another terrible team that they simply cannot beat. At least the team gets the[Read More...]
Lukewarm Stove: Angels Still Looking at Derrek Lee
Following their trade for starter Dan Haren, the Los Angeles Angels are setting their sites on another need: a middle of the order bat, and preferably one that can play[Read More...]
Obsessive Ted Lilly Trade Watch: Cubs Asking Arm and a Leg from Tigers?
There have been vague assertions and thin rumors that the Chicago Cubs had yet to move pitcher Ted Lilly because they were asking for the moon. Given that Lilly is[Read More...]
Enhanced Box Score: Cardinals 4, Cubs 3 – July 25, 2010
I’m not going to rip the rookie for giving up the game-winning bomb to Felipe Lopez, but you do have to wonder if Brian Schlitter – like Jeff Stevens before[Read More...]
Chicago Cubs Sign Second Round Pick Reggie Golden
Some good news on the draft front – yesterday the Cubs announced that they had signed their second round pick, high school outfielder Reggie Golden. Reggie Golden got his first[Read More...]
Enhanced Box Score: Cardinals 5, Cubs 6 – July 24, 2010
Oh, Cubs. Cubs, Cubs, Cubs. Look, I’m never going to root against the Cubs – especially against the Cardinals. But how do you go from losing 2 of 3 to[Read More...]
Obsessive Lilly Trade Watch: Cubs Would Like to Deal Lilly Before Tuesday
The Chicago Cubs are now actively shopping pitcher Ted Lilly, and would like to have a deal in place before Lilly’s next start, which is scheduled for Tuesday. With contenders[Read More...]
Brian Schlitter to Chicago, Jeff Stevens to Iowa
The Chicago Cubs middle reliever shuffle continues as today the team activated Brian Schlitter from the 15-day DL, and sent Jeff Stevens back to AAA Iowa. Stevens couldn’t get his[Read More...]
Enhanced Box Score: Cardinals 0, Cubs 5 – July 23, 2010
Randy Wells is officially back, y’all (as I said he was in the Series Preview). And better still? The Cubs actually knocked around a guy whom they should knock around.
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