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Good Thoughts to Cliff Floyd

Our good thoughts to Chicago Cub right fielder Cliff Floyd and his family as he’s currently left the team to tend to his father, who’s reportedly to be gravely ill.
Floyd left the team Friday and it’s uncertain when he’ll return.Â He’s been placed on Major League Baseball’s bereavement list.Â The rule allows a player to […]

¶ Posted 09 June 2007 † Corked Bat § Chicago Cub Baseball News ‡ Comments (0)

Thank You, Daryle Ward

While the Chicago Cubs were busy perfecting the clubhouse scuffle, the managerial suspension and other such baseball shenanigans, outfielder Daryle Ward quietly went on the disabled list.
It may have saved the Cubs season.
With Ward injured with a strained left hip, the Cubs recalled center fielder Felix Pie. They haven’t been the same since.
Today’s strong outing […]

¶ Posted 06 June 2007 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

2007 Chicago Cubs Quiz: 10 Questions

As Chicago Cubs baseball enters the make or break portion of the season, I thought it would be a nice break for all of us fans to take a short quiz on the progress of the 2007 season.
There’s no scoring involved, much like the Cubs offense. I’ll toss ‘em. You hit ‘em. […]

¶ Posted 04 June 2007 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Cubs Weekly Report Card:
05.28 to 06.03

If there is a week that’ll define the Cubs 2007 season, it will be the week that was. Lackluster play to clubhouse fisticuffs with a Lou Piniella ejection thrown in for good measure were all part of a low-light reel that’ll be hard to forget.
I do have one burning question regarding the Carlos Zambrano-Michael Barrett […]

¶ Posted 03 June 2007 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion § Cubs Weekly Report Card ‡ Comments (0)

“Kick Me Out of the Ballgame”

In honor of Lou Piniella’s first ejection as Chicago Cubs manager and 62nd of his career, I thought it only appropriate to honor the skipper with a song. With deepest apologies to John Norworth, composer of the baseball classic, here’s:
Kick Me Out of the Ballgame
Kick me out of the ballgame
Toss me out […]