Minor news first, about Emilio Bonifacio: Emilio Bonifacio’s rehab assignment transferred to Double-A Tennessee. — Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) July 16, 2014 Come back soon Emilio! In the meantime, I don’t know if you forgot, but the National League lost Continue reading
Arismendy Alcantara leads off today: Today’s #Cubs lineup vs #Braves: Alcantara 2B, Ruggiano RF, Rizzo 1B, Castro SS, Castillo C, Lake CF, Coghlan LF, Olt 3B, Arrieta P — Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) July 11, 2014 And of course, we have Continue reading
As you know, the All-Star rosters have been released (pending injury and pitcher replacements), and we saw that Starlin Castro is the only Cubs player eligible to actually play in the game for the time being. Jeff Samardzija also was Continue reading
Today, or later today since it’s an ungodly hour as I write this, we celebrate the Fourth of July to commemorate the day that our founding fathers decided they’d had enough of oppression and driving on the wrong side of Continue reading
Friday afternoon’s Cubs game had plenty of the unexpected. Let’s start with the lineup and my snarky assessment thereof… #Cubs lineup today… Auto-outs: Baker, Barney, Sweeney, Coghlan Maybe he gets on: Ruggiano You’re our only hope: Rizzo, Castro, Valbuena Continue reading
On Thursday night, even worse than probably the night before, the fog really affected the Cubs-Nationals contest at Wrigley Field: Your browser does not support iframes. It was interesting to see Denard Span with the full “WTF?!” expression in center Continue reading
It’s no secret that the Cubs have had trouble filling Wrigley Field consistently. The attendance regularly sits above 25000 or so and every now and then you’ll here them announce paid attendance of 30000+, but then you look on TV Continue reading
I just got back from a fun but disappointing game at Wrigley Field in which the host Cubs dropped a late heartbreaker to the Cincinnati Reds, 6-1. It was much closer than that for the longest time, and bear with Continue reading
On Saturday, I did a couple things. Since I work at a high school, and this being the end of the school year when students are done and it’s time for the seniors to graduate, I went downtown to the Continue reading
Here I was, minding my own business when I saw the Cubs tweet a new promotion that might have slipped my view earlier… Enjoy this special opportunity to play catch in the outfield grass of Wrigley Field at Catch in Continue reading