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August 2010
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Series Preview: Cubs v. Nationals, August 23 – 25, 2010
It’s Series Preview time again, as the Chicago Cubs head to our nation’s capital to take on the nation’s Nationals. I’d criticize and say they aren’t a great representative for our nation, but when you look at the other red, white and blue team taking the field tonight, you’ll see why I kept my mouth [...]
Breaking News: Lou Piniella Retiring Today
ESPN is reporting that Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella is calling it a career after today’s series finale against the Braves. Piniella had said he would retire after this season, but he’s decided to hang them up now. The decision is driven, according to Piniella, by a family situation – you’ll recall that he left [...]
Site Note: On The Road
Sadly (for you) I am on the road this weekend, so there won’t be an Enhanced Box Score for yesterday’s game or today’s, and the series preview for the Nationals series will be late. If there is any big news, we’ll have it, but otherwise, normal posting will resume Monday evening. Tweet
Tyler Colvin is Likely to Start Playing Games at First Base This Week
With Derrek Lee off to the Atlanta Braves, and without a clear replacement in the Chicago Cubs’ system, outfielder Tyler Colvin will start playing some games at first base starting this week. His debut at the position will likely come in the early week series against the Nationals. Colvin has been working out at first [...]
Enhanced Box Score: Braves 5, Cubs 3 – August 20, 2010
The Cubs welcomed Derrek Lee to the Chicago as an opponent with the kind of welcoming loss that only the Cubs can offer. We won’t dwell on Lee’s terrible day (though he got a really heartfelt welcome from the crowd), and instead we’ll dwell on Carlos Marmol’s terrible day. And if there was one guy [...]
Series Preview: Braves v. Cubs, August 20 – 22, 2010
It’s series preview time again as the Chicago Cubs welcome the now slightly improved Atlanta Braves. I’ll always root for the Cubs, but when a certain hulking first baseman comes up for the Braves, I’ll probably give him a cheer or two. A refresher on the series preview here at Bleacher Nation: The idea is [...]
Now Carlos Zambrano Says He Wouldn’t Waive His No-Trade Clause
Not but a couple weeks ago, Chicago Cubs starter Carlos Zambrano – freshly off the restricted list, where he’d been serving a team-imposed suspension, and going to anger management, following a dugout tirade – said he would allow the Cubs to trade him this Winter if they really wanted to (protip: they do). Zambrano, you’ll [...]
Unsurprisey Surprise: Tyler Colvin Working Out at First Base
As we fans looked ahead to 2011, on the assumption that Derrek Lee would not return to the Chicago Cubs, we had a collective head-scratching session on who would be his replacement. One name that kept popping up is outfielder Tyler Colvin. Sure, he hasn’t played first base since his sophomore year in college, but [...]
