March 2011
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Spring Training Miscellany: Cubs 3, Giants 2 – March 20, 2011
Today’s game was light on the roster competitors, but one guy really stood out. Randy Wells was not only excellent today, but he was excellent after some troubles in the first inning. If you’ll recall Wells’ troubles last year, they were almost exclusively early – so this was a good sign. He’s officially (ok, well, not [...]
Lukewarm Stove: Mike Quade Suggests Cubs Will Pass on Luis Castillo
Former Mets second baseman Luis Castillo, released a couple days ago, is free to sign with another team starting today (for the ML minimum of $414,000). A few reports had the Chicago Cubs as one of many teams that would give Castillo a look, but (thankfully) manager Mike Quade has generally squashed the Cubs’ connection [...]
Spring Training Miscellany: Cubs 4, Padres 14 – March 19, 2011
Another day, another run total in the (four)teens. For the opponent. Matt Garza had very little going for him today – he nibbled just off the edge of the plate, and when he came back into the zone he got hit. Hard. For what it’s worth, he says the mound in Peoria (where he pitched [...]
Carlos Silva: Rotation or Bust?
Buried among the notes about Carlos Silva’s crappy outing yesterday (and the Cubs’ overall poor performance), Mike Quade let something that may be pretty important slip: “I think, right now, we look at [Silva] as a starter,” Quade said yesterday. “That’s the only way we look at him. I think he could [pitch out ofthe [...]
Lukewarm Stove: Cubs Reportedly Interested in Luis Castillo
Today, the New York Mets did what teams like the Chicago Cubs generally lack the balls to do: they released a guy, despite his multimillion dollar contract, because he simply wasn’t worth a roster spot. The guy in question was second baseman Luis Castillo, who is owed $6 million in the final year of his [...]
Spring Training Miscellany: Cubs 13, Reds 14 – March 18, 2011
It was a pitching optional Friday as two of the Cubs’ three Carloses (Zambrano and Silva) conspired to suck a duck against the Reds. At least the offense scored 13… Carlos Silva’s goose has gotta be cooked, no? After Big Z gave up the first six runs to the Reds, Silva gave up the remaining [...]
Darwin Barney and Reed Johnson “Pulling Away” in Bench Competition?
At present, 11 of the 13 positional spots on the Chicago Cubs’ 25-man roster are locked in (assuming the immovable object that is Koyie Hill is the backup catcher), leaving a handful of players competing to be the fifth outfielder and the middle infield backup. Specifically, Reed Johnson and Fernando Perez are fighting to be [...]
Write a Ridiculous Letter, Get Published in the Chicago Tribune
By Brett on March 20, 2011
I will be the first to admit that I don’t know how a newsroom works. I don’t know how story ideas are created, vetted, and assigned. I don’t know the process of writing a news article. I don’t know the pressures of a deadline. And I also don’t know how letters to the editor are [...]
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