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Monthly Archives April 2007

Cubs Weekly Report Card:
04.15 to 04.22

Every Sunday during the Chicago Cubs baseball season I’ll try to issue a report card, assessing the week that was from a long distance point of view.Here’s the report card for the week of April 15 to April 22:
Weekly Record: 3-4
Season Record: 7-11
It was another week of should haves, could haves and more didn’ts than […]

Posted 22 April 2007 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion § Cubs Weekly Report Card ‡ Comments (0)

Weather or Not

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Chicago Cubs baseball manager Lou Piniella doesn’t strike me as the type of man to make excuses. In fact, Piniella strikes me as a rational, reasonable man.
But like any […]

Posted 21 April 2007 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Learning to Love the “L” Word

Like long-lost lovers, the Chicago Cubs almost found themselves this week.
It would have made a wonderful story: How a group of highly paid, under-achieving baseball players saw the sum of its parts come from behind to come together and settle in the embrace of victory.
It may have been the start of something big: How this […]

Posted 19 April 2007 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Pie Day

I admit I got it wrong. When Chicago center fielder Alfonso Soriano went down with a hamstring injury last night, it never occurred to me that the Cubs’ brain trust would turn to youth - specifically highly touted, top prospect, Felix Pie.
It was only after a night’s rest, contemplation over a hot cup of […]

Posted 17 April 2007 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Sore-iano

Nomar Garciaparra in 2005. Derrek Lee last season. Now Alfonso Soriano?
Say it ain’t so, Joe.
Admittedly, my heart stopped when news filtered in that Soriano was forced to leave tonight’s game with a hamstring injury. And in my fading youth this act of nature can be particularly disturbing.
But between the imaginary heart stoppage and the […]

Posted 16 April 2007 † Corked Bat § Chicago Cub Baseball News § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)
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