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Monthly Archives July 2007

Blood in the Water

Mark Grace has never struck me as one to mince words. Besides being one helluva ball player, Grace’s poignancy and blue-collar approach to the beautiful game of baseball has made him an endearing figure in Chicago Cubs’ lore.
Now a commentator for Fox Sports Game of the Week, Grace has taken his candidness to the airwaves. […]

Posted 15 July 2007 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (1)

Five Things Between the Cubs
And the Central Division Title

Forget about the Curse of the Billy Goat. Steve Bartman and Alex Gonzalez? Long gone.
This is the second week of July and the Chicago Cubs are in the midst of a Central Division title race. The last time the Cubs and post-season play were mentioned as a possibility was 2005 before the […]

Posted 14 July 2007 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

What Do the Cubs Have
To Do to Get Respect?

My Sunday afternoons always consist of two things: lunch with my beloved, soon-to-be married daughter, and running errands. The first is always delightful and the second gives me an opportunity to catch up on national sports talk radio.
Today was an exceptionally long errand day so I was able to tune in to ESPN […]

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

Cubs Learning to Love Prosperity

Throughout the years. one of the more confounding aspects of the Cubs’ many personalities has been their penchant, almost willingness, to play to the level of their competition.Of course, this trait holds no candle to the years besieged by bad ball players and a tendency towards mismanagement from ownership downwards. But those are […]

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

An Independence Day Fix

It doesn’t bother me the Chicago Cubs lost today. It only seems fitting that a team from our nation’s capitol, the Washington Nationals, would win today, on this the day of our country’s independence.
It only seems right. And just.
In fact, if I was commissioner of Major League Baseball the Nationals would start every […]

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