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Monthly Archives May 2007

Cubs Weekly Report Card:
05.21 to 05.27

Thankfully to a case of food poisoning I’ve found something more nauseating than chronicling the Chicago Cubs collapse of 2007. But with the aid of Cipro, Dicyclomine and some Immodium AD I’m back upright. If only it was that easy to correct the events of this Cubs’ season.
A little late, but with the […]

Posted 29 May 2007 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion § Cubs Weekly Report Card ‡ Comments (0)

The Incredible Shrinking Chicago Cubs

The only thing more pathetic than the shell-shocked look on Chicago reliever Bob Howry following last night’s 9-8 loss, were the dumb-founded faces of the Cubs baseball brain trust - Larry Rothschild, Alan Trammel and Lou Piniella - during the disastrous eighth inning.
WGN cameras panned the Cubs dugout as Chicago relievers - all three […]

Posted 26 May 2007 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

The Message Is in the Movement

If there were any questions about the mindset of Chicago Cubs baseball management for 2007, let me bring one of my all-time favorite bands into the conversation:
“This ain’t no party. This ain’t no disco. This ain’t no foolin’ around.”
- Talking Heads, Life During Wartime
From general manager Jim Hendry’s off-season spending spree to the events […]

Posted 23 May 2007 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

The Marshall Plan

Chicago Cub baseball fans got their first peek at the much-anticipated and heavily hinted at shake-up of the club’s pitching staff today.
Left-hander reliever Neal Cotts, who was one of Jim Hendry’s off-season acquisitions, was optioned to Triple A Iowa after a week’s worth of ineffective work out of the bullpen.  Cotts saw his ERA balloon […]

Posted 22 May 2007 † Corked Bat § Chicago Cubs Transactions ‡ Comments (0)

Coast to Coast Toast

As Chicago Cubs baseball embarks on a six-game road trip to the Left Coast, I thought it would be a good time to reflect on the last time the club packed its bags and left home. As I think we all remember it, the trip was frustrating at its finest, woeful at its worst.
The […]

Posted 22 May 2007 † Corked Bat § Major League Baseball News & Opinion § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)
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