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Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
No, this isn't about Ron Santo. Last year, we did an occasional series of "Name That Cub", where you had to identify a Cubs player from the past from an old photo. It was fun, but in general, too easy -- because most of the photos I used were from the last three or four decades. I'm upping the ante. Since it's a non-newsy baseball weekend, let's try Cubs from the black-and-white era. No prizes...
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The Cub Reporter (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
(Click on image for the full size drawing) Well...again, kinda mean. But right or wrong these guys'll be linked by post season blunder and playoff disaster and high pressure fumbling. Maybe if they had a pr department and some Hollywood agents, they could have fun with it. Create a tv show called "Droppin' The Ball" with writing about the scale of "Two And A Half Men". And throughout...
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Andre Dawson for the Hall of Fame (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
The Wrigley faithful as of 9/25 have Andre second in voting for the Cubs All-Time 9 outfield. Billy Williams - 30.7% ANDRE DAWSON - 26% Hack Wilson - 17.4% Sammy Sosa - 6.1% Kiki Cuyler - 4.5% Other notable Cubs leading in their respectable position in votes are: Ryne Sandberg (2B), Derrek Lee (1B), Ernie Banks (SS), Ron Santo (3B), Gabby Harnett (C) and Fergie Jenkins (P). Andre is tied with Adam...
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
Game One Hundred Fifty-Two: Cubs (78-73) vs. Giants (82-70) Game Time - 9:15pm C.T. Coverage - TV: Comcast SportsNet - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 186 Location - AT & T Park, San Francisco Ryan Dempster (10-8, 3.72/1.34) vs. Brad Penny (10-9, 5.35/1.45) The Cubs open their final road series of the year tonight with the first of four in San Francisco. The Cubs enter play tonight five games...
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Paul Soglin: Waxing America (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Last week it was Miller Park, Wednesday of this week it was Wrigley Field to watch the hapless Cubs host the erratic Milwaukee Professional Baseball Cub. I sat behind home plate with high school buddy Jim Anixter and a friend of his. By time the game was over I had met six new fans and we had a rollicking discussion about the game, our childhood and baseball, baseball in general, steroids, Bud Selig,...
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 09/13/2009
Game One Hundred Forty-One: Cubs (72-68) vs. Reds (64-78) Game Time - 1:20pm C.T. Coverage - TV: WGN TV - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 187 Location - Wrigley Field, Chicago Ted Lilly (11-8, 3.17/1.07) vs. Homer Bailey (5-4, 5.60/1.54) The Cubs will try to rebound from Saturday's sloppy loss in the series and season finale against the Reds this afternoon. The Cubs are 9-5 against Dusty Baker's...
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A Boat Against the Current (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
September 9, 1969—The New York Mets saw irrefutable proof that they would overtake the Chicago Cubs in their first miraculous championship season, when a black crossed in front of Cubs’ star third baseman Ron Santo as he waited in the on-deck circle. Sure enough, the Mets stomped on the Windy City visitors at Shea Stadium, 7-1. The victory left the former lovable losers within a game and...
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 09/07/2009
Game One Hundred Thirty-Six - Cubs 4 Pirates 2 WP - Ted Lilly (11-8) LP - Daniel McCutchen (0-1) Save - Carlos Marmol (10) Derrek Lee drove in three of the Cubs four runs with a pair of home runs , his second two homer game in the last three days ... and Ted Lilly took care of the rest. Lilly notched his team leading 11th win of the year with another quality start, the 83rd time this year the Cubs'...
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Wait 'til this Year (Free subscription) | 09/06/2009
Saturday: Cubs 5, Mets 3 2009 could mark the end of an era. I refer to the Cubs' streak of leading the league in strikeouts dating back to 2001. Trailing the Giants by 36 (and in fourth place overall) after Saturday's action, it looks like the Cubs might finally relinquish the strikeout throne. While it's not an inherently good category in which to lead the league (strikeouts lead to higher pitch counts,...
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Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/06/2009
At least it doesn't remind Chicago Cubs broadcaster of 1969 NEW YORK -- Ron Santo 's least-favorite destination in America was the now-obliterated Shea Stadium, for reasons most Cubs fans know by heart.
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Game One Hundred Thirty-Three: Cubs (67-65) vs. Mets (60-74) Game Time - 6:10pm C.T. Coverage - TV: Comcast SportsNet - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 185 Location - Citi Field, New York Carlos Zambrano (7-6, 3.91/1.43) vs. Bobby Parnell (3-7, 5.81/1.68) The Chicago Cubs begin a two-city, six-game road trip tonight with the first of three at brand new Citi Field. After saying he would never return...
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Wait 'til this Year (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Thursday: White Sox 5, Cubs 0 I got it! I got it! I don't got it. Carlos Torres? Seriously'? A 27-year-old rookie making his third major league start and shooting for his first major league win? And all he does is throw seven scoreless innings in 2009's final installment of the Crosstown Craptastic. This loss is on Alfonso Soriano. Congratulations to Derrek Lee, who was attending to the birth of his...
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Game One Hundred Thirty-Two - Cubs 0 White Sox 5 WP - Carlos Torres (1-0) LP - Ryan Dempster (8-8) Save - None The Chicago White Sox did not win the game on Thursday afternoon the Cubs beat themselves. As Ron Santo so aptly put it, the makeup game against the South Side was " embarrassing " ... and Bob Brenly described the game as " downright ugly. " Thursday was one of the sloppiest...
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ChicagoCubsOnline.com (Free subscription) | 08/30/2009
Game One Hundred Twenty-Eight: Cubs (65-62) vs. Mets (58-72) Game Time - 1:20pm C.T. Coverage - TV: WGN TV - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 188 Location - Wrigley Field, Chicago Carlos Zambrano (7-5, 3.80/1.38) vs. Nelson Figueroa (1-3, 5.40/1.80) Can the Chicago Cubs win three in a row? The last time Lou Piniella's crew won on three consecutive days was from July 22 - July 27 when they posted five...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 08/29/2009
Ron Santo has been part of the Cubs’ ups and (mostly) downs since 1960. Some fans wonder what toll his devotion has taken.
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