Kerry Wood‘s career came to an end today at Wrigley Field and his career ended in appropriate fashion — with a strikeout. Wood struckout Dayan Viciedo on a wicked curve and then was removed from the game Jamie Quirk, who was acting as manager because Dale Sveum was ejected in the fifth inning. Wood left [...]
In a move that comes as a little bit of a surprise, Chicago Cubs’ RHP Kerry Wood will retire after his next outing according to ESPNChicago’s Bruce Levine. His next outing is expected to come this weekend and could come as early as today’s game against the Chicago White Sox according to ESPNChicago’s Doug Padilla. [...]
Today is Opening Day in baseball and every team starts out 0-0 and a dream. Well, every team starts out 0-0 except for the Seattle Mariners, Oakland A’s, Miami Marlins, and St. Louis Cardinals. Be it as it may, this year baseball is wide open. You could make the argument for at least 12 teams [...]
Last week we kicked off our “Key” player series with a look at the “Key” player for each National League East team. We will continue the series this week starting with the National League Central. Chicago Cubs – Ryan Dempster: The Cubs don’t have too many players with value on their current roster, but Dempster [...]
“Let’s play two!!!” In this case, two Chicago Cubs posts in one day. Earlier we looked at what their starting lineup lineup might look like come Opening Day and now their is some rotation news. According to Paul Sullivan via Twitter, Chicago Cubs’ Manager Dale Sveum has said RHP Jeff Samardzija is a “near lock” [...]
It’s been 103 years since the Chicago Cubs last won the World Series and I am guessing once the 2012 regular season concludes on October 3, it will be 104 years since the Cubs last won the World Series. With a new owner, a new President, and a new GM, the Cubs are in rebuilding [...]
