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April 2011
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Derrek Lee Confirms that African American Cubs Players Received Racist Hate Mail
The Chicago Cubs fans as racist meme has been played, replayed, and played out. So I’m not trying to bait you into another (angry) discussion. Suffice it to say, it’s fair to conclude that there are bad apples everywhere, and, for whatever reason, things seem to be magnified in Chicago. But there is something new [...]
Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 4, Diamondbacks 2 – April 29, 2011
It’s ok to admit that, when Justin Upton launched a 450 foot two-run bomb off of Carlos Zambrano in the bottom of the first inning last night, you hung your head and thought, “here we go again.” I did. But then the Cubs locked it down, and scored enough to win. It feels good to [...]
Depression Sets In and Other Depressing Bullets of Depression – April 29, 2011
Many readers may be under the impression that I’m a glass half full kind of Cubs fan – and I suppose that I am, about half the time. The other half, I’m a sky-is-falling-there-is-no-way-out-from-under-the-crushing-weight-of-failure-why-didn’t-my-mom-breast-feed-me pessimist. In other words, I’m a Cubs fan. For us, the glass is neither half full nor half empty. There is [...]
Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 2, Diamondbacks 11 – April 28, 2011
You know the story. Ryan Dempster was not just normal-awful, he was ultramega-wow-something-must-be-wrong-awful. One third of an inning. One out. That’s all he gave the Cubs. It was the worst outing of Dempster’s career. At least we can’t say Mike Quade left him in too long this time (or can we?). The offense wasn’t much [...]
Series Preview: Cubs v. Diamondbacks, April 28 – May 1, 2011
After a rain-abbreviated (thank you!) two-game series against the Rockies, the Chicago Cubs head out West to play four in Arizona. The Diamondbacks are probably not a very good team, and the Cubs managed to take two out of three the last time these teams met. The Series Preview hooks you up with what you [...]
Should Starlin Castro Move to Second Base?
There was a time, no so long ago, that it was assumed Starlin Castro would end up at second base. Castro’s range has never been in question, but his mistakes are exaggerated at shortstop, where they might be hidden at second. And, with a supremely good fielder shortstop just a couple years away in Hak-Ju [...]
Paul Sullivan Drops Some Knowledge and Other Bullets – April 28, 2011
If anywhere is going wake up the Chicago Cubs’ recently-slumbering bats (outside of Coors Field), it’s Chase Field (that’s where the Diamondbacks play, in case the ever-changing landscape of stadium naming rights has confused/annoyed you). The Cubs usually hit pretty well there, at least when it’s not the playoffs. Yesterday’s rainout (thank you!) gives the [...]
What Do Lance Berkman and Carlos Pena Say About the Cardinals and Cubs Organizations?
By Brett on April 29, 2011
Here’s something I posted about this morning on Facebook and Twitter (which reminds me, you should Like BN on Facebook and Follow BN on Twitter, or else you might miss this kind of thing), but I wanted to give it a little more attention. This offseason, there was a pool of free agent first basemen/corner [...]
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