Okay, split-squad action on Friday, with the Cubs losing to the Indians at home (boo) and beating the Angels on the road (yay!). A couple of cool notes: Kris Bryant against the Tribe… .@Kris_Bryant23 takes the Indians deep for Continue reading
The Cubs put a ton of guys on and still couldn’t score even one run today. Bad luck, bad execution, but again…just spring training. At least Travis Wood pitched well: Final from Goodyear: #Indians 1, #Cubs 0. Rizzo had Continue reading
Welp…the Cubs didn’t win on Wednesday. Final #Rockies 7, #Cubs 5. Baez and Kottaras hit back to back HRs. Att: 10,598 — Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) March 5, 2014 There was what was termed a “Little League grand slam” Continue reading
The Cubs won two spring training games in a row. This doesn’t really mean anything, but it’s cool whenever a guy like Mike Olt puts a charge into a ball. I don’t think that by itself is enough to win Continue reading
The Cubs played a couple on Monday. In the morning B-game: Cubs’ B game with SF ended in 5-5 tie. Almora and Bryant each had two hits and one RBI. Szczur had triple and RBI. — Mark Gonzales (@MDGonzales) Continue reading
The Cubs have yet to win a Cactus League game this spring, but hey, it’s spring training! Unfortunately for Cubs fans, shortstop Starlin Castro tweaked his hamstring, but they’re downplaying it so I guess we don’t have to worry too Continue reading
Next week we finally have Cactus League play, likely after a couple of Cubs intrasquad games as tune-ups. You can check out the schedule here. The Cubs host the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday, February 27th to celebrate their first official Continue reading
The news just came in from the Bay Area scribes that former Giant and should-be Hall of Famer Barry Bonds is going to be a special instructor for the San Francisco Giants during spring training. I had a bit of Continue reading
Fun times in Mesa today. Apparently Javier Baez has so much power that the cars parked past the outfield fence are in continual danger. Case in point: Here’s the remnants of the window @javy23baez shattered in batting practice today Continue reading
I was looking forward to this week so much and no, not because of Valentine’s Day but because baseball is back. I guess it does fit though because I am celebrating my love for baseball today. I know you guys Continue reading