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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
Game One Hundred Fifty-Nine - Cubs 3 Diamondbacks 12 WP - Billy Buckner (4-6) LP - Tom Gorzelanny (7-3) Save - None Since being officially eliminated on Tuesday night from post-season play, Lou Piniella's crew has mailed in their remaining games. After being shutout on Wednesday, scoring just two runs in the nightcap (being blanked before the rains came on Thursday) and scoring a grand total of three...
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Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
More photos » by Charles Rex Arbogast - AP The proverbial "managerial wheels" were turning last night. The Cubs still lost. Browse more photos » NOW what do you do with Rich Harden ? One of the more exasperating talents in recent years to wear a Cub uniform, Harden has had great success this year in night games (6-3, 2.66 before last night's game). So you figured that he'd be...
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
Game One Hundred Forty-Four - Cubs 5 Brewers 9 WP - Braden Looper (13-6) LP - Rich Harden (9-9) Save - None The end of Rich Harden's season is starting to look like the way it began, very inconsistent and ineffective. Rich Harden was hit very hard in his three innings of work and if the wind had not been blowing in the score could have been a lot worse. Harden gave up five runs, two earned, on five...
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Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
by Jim Prisching - AP Throw strikes, please. And the red caps? Um, nope. View full size photo uploaded September 11, 2009 Summer arrived at Wrigley Field today, a couple of months late. Didn't anyone tell the weather folks that this is the weather we should have had in July? Rich Harden apparently wanted to make summer last forever, as he threw an alarming 103 pitches in four innings before Lou had...
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Sports Chatter (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
MLB Red Sox recalled OF Josh Reddick from Triple-A Pawtucket. Cubs activated RHP David Patton from the 15-day disabled list. Reds transferred infielder Danny Richar to the 60-day disabled list. Reds purchased the contract of LHP Pedro Viola from Triple-A Louisville Athletics activated infielder Bobby Crosby from the 15-day disabled list. A’s claimed RHP John Meloan off waivers from the Pirates....
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
Game One Hundred Thirty-One: Cubs (66-64) vs. Astros (63-69) Game Time - 1:20pm C.T. Coverage - TV: Comcast SportsNet - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 184 Location - Wrigley Field, Chicago Ted Lilly (9-8, 3.35/1.11) vs. Felipe Paulino (2-6, 6.96/1.72) The Cubs complete their season series with the Houston Astros this afternoon. Lou Piniella's crew is 10-6 versus Carlos Lee and company this year...
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The Cub Reporter (Free subscription) | 09/02/2009
And here are the 29 players eligible to play in the 2009 post-season for the Chicago Cubs: * bats or throws left # bats both PITCHERS (14) Ryan Dempster Chad Fox * Tom Gorzelanny * John Grabow Kevin Gregg Angel Guzman Rich Harden Aaron Heilman * Ted Lilly Carlos Marmol * Sean Marshall David Patton Randy Wells Carlos Zambrano CATCHERS (2) # Koyie Hill Geovany Soto INFIELDERS (7) Jeff Baker # Andres...
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
Game One Hundred Thirty: Cubs (65-64) vs. Astros (63-68) Game Time - 7:05pm C.T. Coverage - TV: WGN TV - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 186 Location - Wrigley Field, Chicago Randy Wells (9-7, 3.06/1.22) vs. Brian Moehler (8-9, 5.26/1.51) Lou Piniella's crew enters play tonight just a game above .500 and in need of a win to keep from hitting the mediocre mark once again this season. The Cubs continued...
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Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
More photos » by Paul Beaty - AP Browse more photos » There will be eight players added to the Cubs ' active roster over the next several days, now that the September 1 roster-expansion date has arrived. Gordon Wittenmyer has the list, and all eight have been major league Cubs at one time or another already during 2009: The Cubs plan to recall outfielder Micah Hoffpauir and right-hander...
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Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 08/31/2009
If you can believe it, I turned off today's Cub game and watched opera on PBS instead. That's how bad things have gotten. (No, I'm not an opera fan, but my wife is and my baby girl loves all music. So there was a bit of making the rest of the family happy going on there. But my wife is a baseball fan too, so it wasn't to stop an argument of anything.) It may be the Dog Days of August in the majors,...
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
Game One Hundred Twenty-Seven: Cubs (64-62) vs. Mets (58-71) Game Time - 3:10pm C.T. Coverage - TV: FOX Saturday Baseball - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 184 Location - Wrigley Field, Chicago Ryan Dempster (7-7, 4.07/1.36) vs. Bobby Parnell (3-6, 5.08/1.63) Can the Chicago Cubs win two games in a row? The last time Lou Piniella's crew posted back-to-back wins was August 14 and August 15 against...
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Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
Hak-Ju Lee and Jose Valdez were named to the Northwest League Post-season All-Star Team. I think everybody needs some good news tonight and I'm glad to say I've got some tonight. So we're going to lead off with it. P eoria Chiefs (37-22) The Peoria Chiefs clinched a playoff spot tonight with a 2-1 victory over the Quad City River Bandits. Starter Aaron Shafer got the win tonight with six shutout innings....
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A Pack A Day (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
This is pack the third from a blaster. My scanner had difficulties finding the bottom of the first two cards. Dunno why. Any scanner experts out there can clue me in? Matt Diaz - For a backup catcher, you could do far worse. Grady Sizemore - Young, handsome, talented, and wealthy. I hate him. His early career doesn't look quite HOF-caliber, but if he can turn in a stellar 5-year run and have a long...
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Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
Man, summer colds suck. They're even worse when you're trying to take care of an infant. Then you're responsible for cleaning up two people's messes. Jeremy Papelbon was named Southern League Pitcher of the Week. Iowa Cubs (66-64) The Iowa Cubs zipped past the New Orleans Zephyrs, 7-4. Starter Mitch Atkins improved his record to 7-11 with a strong start tonight. Atkins went seven innings and allowed...
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Another Cubs Blog (Free subscription) | 08/25/2009
Even if the Cubs win, they still lose Since the Cubs saw them last (7/16-7/19), the Natinals offense has produced at exactly the same rate (.332 wOBA), but their pitching has become even worse (from 4.68 FIP to 4.81). Not really that surprising, considering their best pitcher (Zimmermann) has gone under the knife with TJ surgery. What has improved is their defense - they went from a comical -33.4...
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