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Monthly Archives May 2007

Cubs Weekly Report Card:
05.07 to 05.13

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 May 7 to May 13 :
Weekly Record: 2-4
Season Record: 17-18
Chicago Cubs baseball returned to its pre-May ways and it […]

Posted 13 May 2007 † Corked Bat § Cubs Weekly Report Card ‡ Comments (2)

Chicago Cubs Dance
With the Grand Dame

Baseball is a fickle mistress. She giveth and she certainly taketh away. And she’ll do it with a wry smile and a twinkle in her eye.
Perhaps Chicago Cubs skipper Lou Piniella summed it up best following last night’s latest debacle of the week, an 11-7 loss to Philadelphia. It was a […]

Posted 13 May 2007 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Soriano’s Solo Backs a Marquis Effort

The sum read Chicago Cubs 1, Pittsburgh 0. In reality it was one of those rare instances in a team sport where the parts on this occasion were actually greater than the sum.
Thank Chicago General Manager Jim Hendry for this one. Heck, since we’re in the asterisk era of baseball, why not put […]

Posted 09 May 2007 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Oh for Tuesday

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By now all good Chicago Cub baseball fans have heard about last night’s 4-3 marathon loss to Pittsburgh. And in accessing the loss it’s easy to point […]

Posted 09 May 2007 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Cub-bustible

You know in your heart of hearts as a Chicago Cubs fan, that somewhere, someplace in the great baseball kingdom called the Major Leagues, someone is rubbing their forehead and muttering to anyone who will listen, “I can’t believe the Cubs are the hottest team in the National League.”
And the sad caveat to this tale, […]

Posted 07 May 2007 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (2)
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