St. Louis Game Time (Free subscription) | yesterday
Do you know the way.... ....to beat the San Jose Sharks ? Nobody else does; they sit atop the Western Conference with 42 points (19-6-4) and have won 4 of their last 5. Their record might have something to do with In the six games they've been together , the mega-powers line of Dany Heatley , Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton has scored a combined 30 points; Thornton's 1 goal and 12 assists; Heatley's...
SportsProf (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Figured that the question was worth asking. I would hope that they wouldn't. Coste's story is a terrific one, and he contributed well to the Phillies' efforts in 2007 and 2008. Phillies' fans should recall a visit to St. Louis at the beginning of the 2008 season, when Cardinals' fans gave a standing ovation to Phillies' back-up outfielder (how soon they forget) So Taguchi, who had played a reserve...
MLB Trade Rumors (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
According to MLB.com's transactions log, that the Cubs have released outfielder So Taguchi. The 39-year-old Taguchi spent most of the 2009 season with Triple-A Iowa, hitting .248/.347/.333 in 304 plate appearances. He got into six games for the Cubbies in September, picking up three hits in 12 trips to the plate. As the first Japanese-born player to win the World Series with two different teams, Taguchi...
AZ Snakepit (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
It's the end for the 2009 Arizona Diamondbacks. View full size photo uploaded October 4, 2009 Well, it's a win. Our Arizona Diamondbacks end the season by winning the final game and the series, but the Cubs never really put up much during the afternoon. It wasn't a game that was anything but an expression of pride, with neither team going to the playoffs, and everyone on the field seemed ready to be...
Bucs Dugout (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
Lineup Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs 10/01/09 8:05 PM EDT Pittsburgh Pirates Chicago Cubs Andrew McCutchen - CF Ryan Theriot - SS Andy LaRoche - 3B So Taguchi - LF Garrett Jones - 1B Derrek Lee - 1B Ryan Doumit - C Aramis Ramirez - 3B Lastings Milledge - LF Jeff Baker - 2B Brandon Moss - RF Reed Johnson - RF Delwyn Young - 2B Geovany Soto - C Ramon Vazquez - SS Sam Fuld - CF Paul Maholm - P Jeff...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009
More photos » by Paul Beaty - AP Write your own caption. (No contest today, just for fun.) Browse more photos » Not the kind of October baseball we wanted, of course, but here it is October and the Cubs are still playing baseball. As I said yesterday, enjoy it while it's here... because you know you'll miss it over the winter. Bruce Miles has the story behind the "With Reed We Will...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
More photos » by Ben Margot - AP I just like this photo of So Taguchi. Scoring runs is fun! Browse more photos » The Giants moved from New York to San Francisco 51 years ago, in 1958. Since then, the Cubs have played them in San Francisco in a four-game series 23 times. The number of times a Cubs team has swept a Giants team on the road in those 23 tries is zero. So the 2009 Cubs has a...
ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 09/27/2009
Game One Hundred Fifty-Four - Cubs 6 Giants 2 WP - Tom Gorzelanny (7-2) LP - Barry Zito (10-13) Save - None As the cliché goes ... too little too late. Lou Piniella's crew waited too long to play the way most expected they would throughout the season. The Cubs have won six of their last seven games, all on the road and Saturday's win guaranteed them a winning road trip. The Cubs are 6-3 since...
ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009
Game One Hundred Fifty-One: Cubs (78-72) vs. Brewers (74-77) Game Time - 7:05pm C.T. Coverage - TV: Comcast SportsNet - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 188 Location - Miller Park, Milwaukee Jeff Samardzija (1-2, 7.89/1.85) vs. Chris Narveson (1-0, 4.22/1.41) It's getaway day for the Chicago Cubs. After tonight's game they depart for San Francisco to begin their final road series of the season. Lou...
Stan Musial's Stance (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
Ended up watching the last 6 innings or so of last night's Cardinal/Cub game after getting home. Didn't quite end like we wanted it to. - The Cardinal ninth baffled me. Not the Holliday call - he was clearly out of the base line and that was the correct call by the second base umpire. But after Schumaker reaches on a single, why use DeRosa to bunt him over? DeRosa had tagged the ball his previous 2...
We Should Be GM's (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
*The Phillies aren't only a homerun hitting juggernaut, they also pound many balls into the gaps (oh, that sounds dirty) for doubles. They lead the NL in HR (210), doubles (219), and runs (747). *The first handful of months to the season saw the Phils in the bottom portion of the NL in team ERA, but our pitchers are now ranked 6th with a 4.08 earned run average. Thanks Pedro and Cliff. *With 105 stolen...
ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009
Game One Hundred Forty-Eight - Cubs 6 Cardinals 3 - 11 innings WP - Esmailin Caridad (1-0) LP - Mitchell Boggs (2-3) Save - Carlos Marmol (14) It took eleven innings and three hours and fifty-three minutes but the Cubs were able to salvage the last game of the season against the Cardinals . The Cubs won for just the second time all year (2-7) in St. Louis and finished the season series with a 6-10...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
More photos » by Bill Boyce - AP Bobby Scales does his Alfonso Soriano impression. Browse more photos » Today's 2-1 Cubs loss to the Cardinals, their fourth in a row, wasn't all Bobby Scales ' fault, obviously. The Cubs did manage to tie the game up in the 9th inning before the Cardinals got three quick hits and the winning run off Carlos Marmol . And I shouldn't blame Scales, either. Like...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
More photos » by Nam Y Huh - AP That about sums up the season, doesn't it? Browse more photos » The Cardinals' magic number to clinch the NL Central is 8. (It's the lowest of any of the magic numbers, division or wild card, right now.) Even if they sweep the Cubs, they won't get to celebrate this weekend. Small consolation, I know. If the Cubs can rise to the occasion and sweep the Cardinals,...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
More photos » by Charles Rex Arbogast - AP Write your own caption. Browse more photos » With a win today, the Cubs would complete a 5-2 homestand. Yes, 6-1 or 7-0 would have been better against teams that the Cubs should beat, but 5-2 would bring the home record for this season to 45-29 with seven games remaining against the Pirates and Diamondbacks , and a real shot at winning 50 home...
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