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Monthly Archives May 2008

Cubs Spare Urns, Spurn Execution

It’s not everyday a major league team enters the realm of social commentary. Then again, as anyone in Cubdom knows, the Chicago Cubs are no ordinary baseball team.
Take for example this past week. The Cubs have lost games they should have won, won games they should have lost and along the way found […]

Posted 29 May 2008 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Former Cub Pitcher Killed by Lightning

Former Chicago Cub pitcher Jeremi Gonzalez was killed Sunday when he was struck by lightening on a beach in Punta Palma, Zulia, Venezuela.
Signed as an undrafted free agent by Chicago in 1991, Gonzalez toiled in the Cubs farm system until he made his debut with the parent team on May 27, 1997. He was […]

Posted 26 May 2008 † Corked Bat § Chicago Cub Baseball News ‡ Comments (0)

Chicago Cubs: Road Woe-yers

Right about now, my guess is the Chicago Cubs are doing their best Dorothy of the Wizard of Oz impersonation, “There’s no place like home. There’s no place like home.”
After yesterday’s extra-inning loss nothing could look more appealing than the Friendly Confines. Except perhaps curled up in a padded room where no one notices the […]

Posted 26 May 2008 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Cubs 2008: Better Than Before?

Ho hum. Another Chicago Cubs-Pittsburgh Pirates game, another Cubs victory. Last night’s 12-3 pounding was the Cubs ninth win in 10 tries against Pittsburgh this season, and kept the Cubs atop the Central Division standings, one game ahead of the pesky St. Louis Cardinals.
The win placed the Cubs 10 games above the coveted […]

Posted 24 May 2008 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (1)

Dis, Dat and Soriano’s Wicked Bat

For turning in a week to be remembered, Chicago Cub outfielder Alfonso Soriano was, well, remembered. Major League Baseball, using infinite wisdom and irrefutable statistics, named Soriano its National League Player of the Week on Monday.
It was the sixth time in Soriano’s career he’s received the honor and second overall time with the Chicago […]

Posted 20 May 2008 † Corked Bat § Chicago Cubs Transactions § Chicago Cub Baseball News ‡ Comments (1)
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