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Monthly Archives March 2009

Reattached Hill Joins Cub Roster

Take an uneventful eight-year minor league career. Mix in three reattached fingers.  Add a spring training battle with a veteran catcher and you pretty much have a mini-version of Koyie Hill’s baseball career.
You also have one member of Chicago Cub baseball’s  25-man roster.
In trimming their roster to 28 players on Monday, the Cubs pulled somewhat […]

Posted 31 March 2009 † Corked Bat § Chicago Cubs Spring Training ‡ Comments (0)

Critical Season Awaits Chicago Cubs

Like any of the other 29 major league teams, Chicago Cubs baseball awaits the start of the new season with as many questions as it has answers.
Which probably isn’t the best place to be if you’re manager Lou Piniella and in the final year of a three-year contract.  And it’s certainly not the most comfortable […]

Posted 29 March 2009 † Corked Bat § Chicago Cubs Spring Training § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Koskie’s Comeback Bid Ends with Chicago Cubs

It had all the makings of the perfect Hollywood script.  It was a story that could write itself.
Professional athlete suffers debilitating injury.  After two years of rehabilitation returns to the sport and plays for Team Canada in the World Baseball Classic.
Athlete signs minor league deal with Chicago Cubs baseball and receives invitation to spring training.  […]

Posted 22 March 2009 † Corked Bat § Chicago Cubs Spring Training § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

March Madness: Chicago Cubs Style

Did you hear that?
If you didn’t, you’re not alone.  That sweet nothingness emanating out of Mesa, AZ, is the sound of Chicago Cubs baseball spring training style.
And my guess is Cubs manager Lou Piniella couldn’t be happier.
With a little more than two weeks left in what must be the longest spring training in major league […]

Posted 19 March 2009 † Corked Bat § Chicago Cubs Spring Training § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

For the Cubs, Piniella, Time to Win Is Now

Entering his third season as Chicago Cubs manager, there’s two certainties we’ve learned about Lou Piniella: He knows baseball and he’s consistent even in his inconsistencies.
One, his knowledge of the game, has led to Chicago Cubs baseball success, as the two division titles in each of his first two years indicate.  The other, his consistent […]

Posted 15 March 2009 † Corked Bat § Chicago Cubs Spring Training § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)
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