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Monthly Archives June 2007

Squeezin’ and Pleasin’

Chicago Cubs baseball manager Lou Piniella is a genius. Well, at least he was for today’s game with the White Sox.
According to my unofficial statistics, that makes exactly twice this season the Cubs’ first-year manager has attained “genius” status. The other coming in a 10-inning win against the Washington Nationals back on […]

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

Sammy’s Whammy

Sammy Sosa’s like a bad penny when it comes to Chicago Cubs baseball.
You know the kind. No matter how many times you make change, at the end of the day you find that same beat-up penny in your pocket. After trying to get rid of it so many times, pretty soon you just […]

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

A Catcher in the Lie

Somewhere between Ryan Dempster’s last strike in Tuesday’s game and today’s press conference, Michael Barrett strapped on the chaps, saddled up the ol’ Palomino and packed three-and-a-half years of Chicago Cub baggage to head off into the sunset. Or as I’m sure he’d prefer to have it known - his new team, the San […]

Posted 20 June 2007 † Corked Bat § Chicago Cubs Transactions § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Cubs Weekly Report Card:
06.11 to 06.17

If if’s and but’s were homers not bunts, oh what a wonderful week it would have been for Chicago Cubs baseball. Despite an offense that has yet to heat up with the summer temps, the Cubs managed to scrape together their second winning week in a row.
While a 4-3 mark did nothing to get […]

Posted 18 June 2007 † Corked Bat § Cubs Weekly Report Card ‡ Comments (0)

Cubs Find Chutzpah
At the Price of Soriano’s No-No

How does a baseball team with a $100 million payroll, a losing record in mid-June, which engages in clubhouse scuffles, player dissension, a manager suspension and two beanball wars within the same week attract so much attention?
Wait.
I think I just answered my own question.
For whatever reason, the 2007 Chicago Cubs are fast earning the reputation […]

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