San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
For their final series before the All-Star break, the Giants got the pleasure of facing the Cubs' Jason Marquis, Rich Harden and Ryan Dempster at Wrigley Field. In their first series after the break, the Giants got the honor of dealing with the Brewers' CC...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Twenty and counting, that's the haul the A's have taken in from their six trades since the end of last season. The A's traded away some major parts, including Dan Haren, Rich Harden, Nick Swisher, Joe Blanton, Mark Kotsay and Marco Scutaro, to obtain this...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Twenty and counting, that's the haul the A's have taken in from their six trades since the end of last season. The A's traded away some major parts, including Dan Haren, Rich Harden, Nick Swisher, Joe Blanton, Mark Kotsay and Marco Scutaro, to obtain this...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
For their final series before the All-Star break, the Giants got the pleasure of facing the Cubs' Jason Marquis, Rich Harden and Ryan Dempster at Wrigley Field. In their first series after the break, the Giants got the honor of dealing with the Brewers' CC...
The Cub Reporter (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Probable Pitches for the Series ThursdayScott Olson vs. Carlos Zambrano - 8:05pm EDT Friday Josh Johnson vs. Ryan Dempster - 2:20pm EDT SaturdayChris Volstad vs. Rich Harden - 1:05pm EDT SundayRick VandenHurk vs. Jason Marquis - 2:20pm EDT
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
The Angels swept the Boston Red Sox out of Anaheim to start the second-half while their closest competitors in the AL West, the Oakland A’s, were getting swept by the resurgent New York Yankees. This after the A’s finished trading away 2/5 of their starting rotation (Rich Harden and reliever Chad Gaudin to [...]
The Serious Tip (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
When the Oakland A's traded pitcher Rich Harden, I did not think it would affect me in the least. I'm neutral on Harden and the Rays had already finished playing their season series against the Cubs. So although some people got excited , the latest baseball mega-blockbuster barely nudged my care meter. How completely foolish of me. Little did I realize that because of this trade I could once again...
Beyond the Boxscore (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
That's right, the Houston Astros, who are ten games removed from a playoff spot have acquired a veteran free-agent-to-be starting pitcher . I suppose this is Ed Wade's idea of answering back to C.C. Sabathia and Rich Harden. Cute, if not effective. The price is a AAA pitcher by the name of Chad Reineke, more on him in a bit. First let's see what Paul DePodesta said about Wolf not too long ago: Randy...
Statimagician (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Rich Harden pitched excellent for the Cubs last night — but lost. The winner was the very old Randy Johnson, who is amazingly, 13-0 lifetime against the Cubs! Johnson is 7-7 this year, but with last night’s win now has 291 wins. At 300 wins he is almost guaranteed entry into the Hall of Fame, although [...]
Red Hot Mama (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Rich Harden made his second start for the Cubs last night, and he was impressive. Harden went 7 innings and allowed only one run while striking out 10 batters. Unfortunately, Randy Johnson rose to the challenge and bettered him, shutting out the Cubs and allowing only 2 hits over his 7 innings. The Cubs never scored, [...]
Foul Balls (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
While the Oakland Athletics were only six games behind the Los Angeles Angels when they traded Rich Harden to the Chicago Cubs, I don't think many people were expecting the A's to actually catch and pass the Angels. Obviously, Billy Beane didn't think it mattered, or else he wouldn't have made the deal. So when Harden came to Chicago, he was entering a whole new world as he became one of the
Cubbie Nation (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Rich Harden did everything that you could hope for from a pitcher and more, but he couldn't escape the light-hitting Alex Romero, whose home run in the 6th inning proved enough to beat the Cubs last night in Arizona. Poor Rich is probably wondering what he has gotten himself into. After much ado about his health, the need to potentially rest him, and all the other naysays and doubts, he's performed...
Bleed Cubbie Blue (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Well, that was a waste of time. No, not Rich Harden's effort in the Cubs' 2-0 loss to the Diamondbacks, continuing Bank Holding Company Ballpark's reputation as a Cub house of pain -- the Cubs are now 13-26 there, and that doesn't include the two playoff losses there last year. I wasted my time staying up to watch; it was a fairly quick game at two hours and 18 minutes, ending by 11:00 pm CT, but...
Chicago news (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Randy Johnson improved to 13-0 in 14 career starts against the Cubs on Monday night, outdueling Rich Harden in the Arizona Diamondbacks' 2-0 victory.
The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Rich Harden in two starts with the Cubs: 0-1, 0.73 ERA.
