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Prior Pain Free, So Are We

Mark Prior is reportedly healthy and throwing pain free. Chicago Cubs baseball is happy and Prior-free.
Whatever small coincidence, it’s a win-win situation for both. And a long-time since either party could say that about themselves.
Healthy and happy. Two traits neither Prior nor Cubdom experienced much of from 2004 to the spring of […]

Posted 21 February 2008 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Cubs’ Lee, Soriano Practice, ‘Say What?’

Derrek Lee should stick to first base, because playing both sides of the fence isnt’ the forte of the Chicago Cubs infielder.
When asked recently about teammate Ryan Dempster’s prediction the Cubs would win the World Series in 2008, Lee did a verbal imitation of the Hokey Pokey:
You put your first thought in
You pull your […]

Posted 18 February 2008 † Corked Bat § ‡ Comments (0)

Dempster Does Nostradamus
Predicts Cubs Title

“Next year” is finally this year, and this year is sounding a lot like last year to this Chicago Cub baseball fan.
Unbridled hope, a healthy disregard for reality and another Chicago Cub pitcher making World Series predictions.
Yep. It must be February in Mesa.
At least this year there’s a new mouth in the south making predictions […]

Posted 17 February 2008 † Corked Bat § Comments & Opinion ‡ Comments (0)

Cubs Open Spring Training
With Those Magic Words

When I was studying the craft of writing my university professor introduced to class what he believed to be the most beautiful words in the English language: cellar door.
While the days of yore held cellar doors, I do understand the phrase’s allure, the lilting way it rolls off the tongue.
But proving all things […]

Posted 13 February 2008 † Corked Bat § Chicago Cub Baseball News ‡ Comments (0)

Chicago Cubs 2008
Spring Training Schedule

Don’t look now, but Chicago Cubs baseball is just a little more than three months away from taking the field and beginning its 2008 campaign.
The Cubs revealed their 2008 spring training schedule which has the club opening February 28th against San Francisco in Scottsdale. Once again the Cubs’ spring training home will be […]

Posted 20 November 2007 † Corked Bat § Chicago Cub Baseball News ‡ Comments (0)
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