What is that?
The best field sobriety test picture I could come up with at this time(and I’ve re-typed this line like five times now).
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You kind of have to look past the “awesome” copyright anti-infringement measure…
But I understand. It’s cool ….
And for the rest of you villagers–put down those torches and pitchforks.
I know we lost four to two to that blabber-mouth D*&ck and his pet.
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It’s only Spring Training. (more…)
Today we are going to eschew what has become the “Original” format to talk about the three different types of major league baseball players, at least I believe, should be on every team:
The Super Star(Soriano, Zambrano)
The Fan Favorite(Ramirez, Theriot)
The Grinder(which is not my favorite term, but F*&k it, it serves my purpose here–Johnson, Fontenot) (more…)
The Cubs are back!
Once again haunting Ho Ho Kam park in preparation for the 2009 season. Full squad workouts began at their Mesa, Arizona facility on the 20th with only one notable name missing, that being their pirouetting, non-righty hitting, early season mania-inducing only to be disappointed/confused at WHAT EXACTLY IS HE SWINGING AT?! right center fielder Kosuke Fukudome.
But more on him later. (more…)
The Cubs got a good day out of Carlos Zambrano on the mound and at the plate on Thursday as the Cubs defeated the Reds 3-2. The one run victory is another series win for the Cubs as they just keep on winning series everytime it seems like.
Big Z pitched seven strong innings to get the victory and improve to 13-5 on the season. Z gave up six hits and the one run which came on a solo home run. Zambrano struckout four batters but was also a little wild as he walked four others. he clearly showed his emotion out on the mound today and luckily it didn’t come back to hurt him. Big Z also hit his fourth home run of the season as he went deep in the third inning.
Carlos Marmol gave up a solo home run to Joey Votto in the eighth inning and then Kerry Wood closed the door in the ninth to record his 26th save of the season.
Besides Zambrano’s solo home run, Mark DeRosa stayed hot with a solo home run of his own in the second inning. The Cubs also scored a run in the first inning when Derrek Lee grounded into a douple play. It seems that Lee can’t hit the ball out of the park but sure can ground into the dp’s!
Carlos Zambrano pitched 8 brilliant innings in route to his 10th victory of 2008 on a beautiful night in Wrigley. Zambrano located his pitches very well having both the slider and sinker working nicely. Coming off the DL only last week, Zambrano gave up a homerun to Adam Dunn, with one out in the 2nd inning, and then sat down the next 20 Reds batters he faced.
Offensively the Cubs got it going early. After going down 1-0 on Adam Dunn’s homerun the Cubs answered as rookie All-Star Geovany Soto led off the second with a double, and then scored from second on an error by Cincinnati Red’s shortstop Jeff Keppinger. Soto’s hustle was reminiscent of his inside the park homerun in Houston earlier this year.
After Cubs shortstop Ryan Theriot made a brilliant play to end the top half of the 6th inning, Aramis Ramirez took the very first pitch of the bottom half and sent it to souvenir city to give the Cubs their first lead of the game. Red’s pitcher Johnny Cueto would then go on to strike out the next two batters and escape any further damange. The Cubs offense struck again the very next inning. After Cub’s left fielder Reed Johnson led off with a single, Zambrano attempted to bunt him over to second. Zambrano was called out at first even though he beat the throw by a country mile. This brought Lou out of the dugout and sparked the Cub’s offense. With two outs, Kosuke Fukudome doubled in Reed Johnson to give the cubs a 3-1 lead. Derek Lee and Aramis Ramirez then both followed with RBI hits off of Red’s reliever David Weathers and the Cubs went in to the 8th inning with a 5-1 lead.
Carlos Marmol came in to pitch for the Cubs in the top of the 9th and got into some early trouble. After appearing to tweak his foot, while making the second out of the inning, Carlos then gave up a hit and walked the next two batters to load the bases. Lou then made the call for All-Star closer Kerry Wood to come in for a chance at his 23rd save. Wood did not disappoint an ecstatic Wrigley crowd by getting Red’s second baseman Brandon Phillips to pop out to Derek Lee for the last out of the game.
Carlos Zambrano gets the win as he pitches 8 strong innings giving up only one hit and one run while striking out 5. He moves to 10-3 on the season and looks to pitch next in the All-Star game at Yankee Stadium. Cueto is credited with the loss as he moves to 7-9 on the season.
Ted Lilly will take the mound tomorrow in hopes of becoming the third Cub pitcher to win his 10th game of the season as he faces Cinicinnati right-hander Bronson Arroyo. The Cubs will be looking to sweep the Reds and win their 4th straight.
Written By: Murray Shaw
Carlos Zambrano was pretty wild on Wednesday night as the Chicago Cubs lost to the Tampa Bay Rays for the second straight night. Big Z took the loss as the Cubs lost the game by the score of 5-3.
It was unsure if Zambrano just didn’t get settled in, or if he had some sort of arm problem. He did leave the game after pitching 6 2/3 innings. He tried to talk his way into staying in the game but that didn’t happen as Lou Piniella brough in Neal Cotts who ended up walking his only batter.
Michael Wuertz was then brought in to record the final out in the seventh inning and he also pitched the eighth inning without letting a run score. It was good job by Wuertz, but Cotts has been sucking it up and needs to be sent back down to the minors if you ask me.
Ryan Theriot had two rbi for the Cubs while Kosuke Fukudome had one rbi. It should be noted that Fukudome will be the lead off man every game until Alfonso Soriano returns to the lineup. Geovany Soto hit a solo home run to start the top of the ninth but the Cubs couldn’t get another run to tie the game and extend it into extra innings.
Jim Edmonds left the game in the bottom of the fourth inning with soreness in his left foot.
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Jim Edmonds hit a game tying home run in the bottom of the ninth inning and then Reed Johnson was hit by a pitch in the 11th inning with the bases loaded as the Chicago Cubs came back to beat the Atlanta Braves 3-2. It was awesome to see Edmonds be productive at the plate and keep the Cubs in the game.
Carlos Zambrano got the start for the Cubs and pitched seven innings while giving up eight hits and two runs. Zambrano gave up a two run home run in the second inning to Jeff Francoeur but that was all the Braves would get.
The Cubs bullpen did a great job as Scott Eyre, Carlos Marmol, Neal Cotts, and Kerry Wood all contributed. Wood was the one who got the win and is now 3-1 on the season.
The Cubs will now travel to Canada to take on the Blue Jays this weekend. It could be a tough road trip for the Cubs, hopefully they will keep on winning!
The Chicago Cubs won their eighth straight game as they beat the San Diego Padres 7-6 in San Diego on Monday night. It was a great start to a West coast road trip for the Cubs. The Cubs are now 3.5 games up on the St. Louis Cardinals in the division as well.
Big Z – Carlos Zambrano did a little bit of everything against the Padres. Zambrano went 3-3 at the plate including a triple and rbi. On the mound, Zambrano only threw five innings but it was enough to get his eighth win of the season.
Everything was going good for Cubs pitchers until the ninth inning when Carlos Marmol gave up a three run home run to Adrian Gonzalez. Marmol was then taken out of the game and Kerry Wood was brough in to record his 15th save of the season.
At the plate the Cubs were led by ex-Padre Jim Edmonds who had two doubles and two rbi. Zambrano, Alfonso Soriano, Ryan Theriot, and Kosuke Fukudome all had one rbi in the game as well.
The Cubs will be going for their ninth straight win on Tuesday night when Jason Marquis takes the mound.
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