Cublogoverse
Want Matt Murton Back?
Well, here’s the Cubs’ chance. To make room for (juicing) reliever, Juan Rincon, the Colorado Rockies designated Murton for assignment. Murton’s quick trip to Coors Field left him eager for more. He’d been with the club from April 29 to June 4 and hit .267 during the stretch, but the veteran of four big league [...]
Dave Kaplan May Be the Most Overpaid Writer in the Cublogoverse
Chicago Cubs writer Dave Kaplan set off a firestorm yesterday when he posited that Carlos Zambrano May Be the Most Overpaid Player in the Game. That suggestion, alone, would have been enough to subject Kaplan to ridicule. After all, one need look no further than Zambrano’s own teammates – Alfonso Soriano, Aaron Miles, and Ryan [...]
The Cublogoverse is Grading the First Half
Although generally I avoid these large link dumps, there were too many good mid-season reviews/commentaries on the Chicago Cubs’ 2009 season in the Cublogoverse to only note and comment on a few. Thus, link dump. Bleed Cubbie Blue literally grades the Cubs and all of the players on the Cubs. As a whole, they get [...]
The Cublogoverse is BOOOOOOOOO!
There was an excellent dialogue flying back and forth in the Cublogoverse a couple weeks ago (yes, yes, I’m late to the party) on the subject of booing. It’s actually consistently a hot topic in the Cubs world year in, year out. It must have something to do with the combination of increased expectations and [...]
The Cublogoverse Has Another Cub
And you better catch it quick before the author gets demoted. Just kidding. I mean, did you see his homer last night? Bobby Scales is a new blogger on MLB, with perhaps the greatest player-named blog ever: 30 is the new 20. Here’s hoping Bobby keeps up with the entries (last one was a few [...]
The Cublogoverse is Polling Things
Our friends over at View from the Bleachers are conducting a Cubs Confidence survey, and they’d like you to hop over for a quick 30 second survey. Should be fun – though, for some of the spots, it’s quite difficult to find any Cubs in whom to have confidence these days.
A Brief Word on Why Bleacher Nation Does Not Do Game Recaps
Aside from the tedium of writing the same game recap that every single news publication and every other blog writes, we don’t do recaps here at Bleacher Nation in no small part so that I don’t have to come up with ridiculous titles like this: For Cubs and Lilly, day is a real dilly :: [...]
In Case You Weren’t Paying Attention: the Cubs Suck with Runners in Scoring Position
By Brett on June 26, 2009
The Chicago Cubs’ offensive woes this year are well-documented. But it’s not just a general suckiness offensively that’s burdening the club, there’s a specific, exceptional problem: the Cubs are the worst hitting team in baseball with runners in scoring position. Naturally, it’s possible to score without runners in scoring position. But, um, a whole lot [...]
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