The Chicago Cubs open up their 2008 campaign against the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field today. The brainiacs at MLB made a good call having the Brewers travel to Chicago, rather than have the Cubs head north, since Cubs fans always outnumber Brewers fans at Miller Park, and that would be embarrassing if it [...]
How can a guy with .281 lifetime batting average, including a .308 average against lefties, just fall into General Manager Jim Hendry’s lap less than a week before Opening Day?
The signing of Reed Johnson to a one-year deal helps fill one potential problem spot and does it in a way that didn’t cost any talent [...]
“It” being the rotation and the roster. This is the team that will break camp to end the 100 years of misery. Or so they’d like us to think.
Naming Jason Marquis to the starting rotation and sending Jon Lieber to the bullpen was a surprise. A case can be made that it [...]
One week to go until the boys head back north to play host to the Milwaukee Brewers. A quick Q&A about the outfield.
Questions
1. Is Alfonso Soriano’s rifle arm really an asset?
2. Is the man who will eventually play center for the Chicago Cubs currently a Chicago Cub?
3. Can a Gold Glove [...]
There is no number more evil, in the entire history of numbers, than number 17. It’s a bad one.
This is the 17th post on cubsmasochist.com. It might as well be used to make mention of Kerry Wood’s first scratch of 2008 as reported by Paul Sullivan here.
Questions
1. Can Ryan Theriot increase his .341 OBP in 2007 and sustain it for an entire year to be a rock-solid leadoff hitter?
2. Will Mark DeRosa’s heart problem come back at all this season or is he past that?
3. Will the real Derrek Lee please stand up?
4. Is the sometimes questionable [...]
There’s a difference between fighting to hold onto something when reality means change must occur and marking a change when it happens.
Yesterday marked the final time the Dodgers will ever play a game at Vero Beach, Florida, and the occasion is worthy of note because it’s one of the last ties that bind the Los [...]
Rumor has it, actor turned incredible director Clint Eastwood has a unique way of ending a take when on the set. He doesn’t say, “cut,” or “brilliant” or “that was incredible.” The rumor is he says, “that’s enough of that shit,” and the crew moves on to the next shot.
Yesterday Piniella shifted his [...]
There’s been a reluctance to mention Felix Pie’s injury on cubsmasochist.com, basically, because it sounded awful. There’s no way that cutting off the blood supply to a testicle can be a pleasant feeling, so out of pity, the injury has gone unreported. That was okay so long as Pie didn’t miss time, but now he’ll [...]
Ah, baseball on WGN. Does it get much better than that?
It sure does. Baseball on WGN is better when the Cubs are finishing a 13-1 dismantling of the Kansas City Royals. Yeah, the Royals. Why do they even try? Why not just shut it down and get rid of the [...]
