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Monthly Archives June 2009

Cubs’ Bradley Just Don’t Get It

There was something poetic in watching the winning hit sail over the head of Chicago Cub outfielder Milton Bradley in yesterday’s 8-7 loss to the crosstown rival White Sox.

Because amidst the hoopla of baseball bragging rights for Chicago it perfectly symbolized Bradley’s relationship with the city.  Since signing a three-year, $30 million contract last January, […]

Posted 28 June 2009 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Cubs Need A New Song

Chicago Cubs baseball needs a change.   More than a lineup change or a roster move.
With its underachieving core of players signed to multi-year contracts its unlikely that another general manager would bite anyway.  No, the kind of change I’m talking about requires more than just a “C” change.
This is change Cub fans could believe in.  […]

Posted 24 June 2009 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Former Cub Sammy Sosa Swung for the Fences - and Whiffed

With a thud and a yawn Sammy Sosa’s legacy came crashing to the ground like a shattered boom box amid a New York Times report last week the former Chicago Cubs baseball star tested positive for performance enhancing drugs.
That Sosa was found among 104 other players testing positive from a 2003 survey could be considered […]

Posted 21 June 2009 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Cubs Discover New Way of Winning: Come-from-Behind

Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry must be feeling pretty smart these days.  In consecutive wins over the crosstown rival White Sox (6-5 on Thursday)  and Cleveland, the Cubs managed to score more runs in two games than it had in its previous 10.
These two offensive outbursts come just four days after Hendry replaced […]

Posted 19 June 2009 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Cubs’ Hendry Throws Hitting Woes on Perry

I’m so old I remember when Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry was a baseball man.  That was a time before he became second in command of one of major league baseball’s top three or four franchises.
Professionally, Hendry’s come a long way from the days as head coach of the Creighton Bluejays.  And no one […]

Posted 15 June 2009 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)
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