April 2011
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Enhanced Box Score: Pirates 5, Cubs 4 – April 3, 2011
It’s very hard not to be reactionary after a game like that. I get that these games will happen. I get that, after giving up 16 hits (even if they were all singles), the Cubs probably should have lost this one. I get that it’s only three games. I get that it was the first [...]
Fans Will Love Matt Garza and Other Bullets – April 3, 2011
This might become a regular feature when there are articles of note that do not merit their own, separate write-up, and where there are points I’d like to make about the previous day’s game. Let me know what you think. Carlos Pena says former and current teammate Matt Garza’s intensity, which rivals Carlos Zambrano’s, is [...]
God’s Benevolence Watch: Carlos Zambrano Expects to Be OK After Multiple Cramps
It’s ok to admit that you nervously peed yourself just a little bit when Carlos Zambrano threw an awkward-looking pitch, looked down at his hand, flexed it, and then proceeded to leave the game mid-at-bat . Ha, you just admitted that you peed yourself. And it was all for nothing. Zambrano left the game due [...]
Laughing Because He Isn’t On the Cubs: More Theriot Goodness
At the risk of belaboring the point, I find it worthwhile to remind you all of our fortuity in being rid of Ryan Theriot. In another loss for the Cardinals today, Theriot – leading off – went 0-3, made an error, and allowed two infield singles dribble in front of him. Am I spiteful? Perhaps [...]
Enhanced Box Score: Pirates 3, Cubs 5 – April 2, 2011
I would imagine that, however you were feeling yesterday, you’re feeling the exact opposite way today. The Cubs pulled the comeback trick on the Pirates today – and the guy off of whom they did it ain’t no slouch – and I’m tickled. I’m also, frankly, shocked…
Quade Explains the Dempster Decision, and Other Bullets – April 2, 2011
Consider this a game day link dump for your perusing pleasure. Keep those spirits up, chumpions. Mike Quade says he felt like Ryan Dempster was fine to go out for the 6th and 7th innings yesterday, and Dempster, himself, agreed. ”If I have him out there for 125 pitches, I’ll put a gun to my head,” [...]
Laughing Because It Isn’t the Cubs: Matt Holliday Out After Appendectomy
More sCardenfreude. Yes, it’s true that this was widely reported yesterday, but (1) being that it was April Fools Day, I thought it prudent to wait, and (2) there still wasn’t much information available on prognosis because the surgery hadn’t been performed yet. Enough setup: yesterday, after experiencing abdominal discomfort, Cardinals outfielder Matt Holliday had [...]
Enhanced Box Score: Pirates 6, Cubs 3 – April 1, 2010
Hopefully you’ve missed seeing the Enhanced Box Scores as much as I’ve missed making them. On days like today, they’re cathartic. Two swings doomed the Cubs (and an aggressively, interminably tight strike zone), and the offense couldn’t come through despite plenty of baserunners. I suspect most of you feel like I do…
