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Cubs Trade Bradley!

Sorry, wishful thinking. They haven't traded Milton Bradley yet. But they will. In the meantime, let's take a look at the Cubs. The last time we saw them, they were crushed under the weight of their high expectations and missed the 2009 playoffs by 8.5 games. (That's it? They seemed a lot...

Posted to Final Thoughts on Chicago Sports (Weblog) by MikeJ on 12-09-2009
Jack's First Cubs Game

Ok, so the season is for all practical purposes over, and I've got the mother of all rants brewing. But I'm going to skip all that for now, and talk about my son's first Cubs game. Talk about a breath of fresh air. Jack is a crazy Cubs fan, and he legitimately likes every player on the team...

Posted to Final Thoughts on Chicago Sports (Weblog) by MikeJ on 08-30-2009
Cubs Thoughts: Closing Time

Ok, Kevin Gregg isn't very good. That 600-foot home run that Dan Uggla hit on Sunday, as part of back-to-back blown saves, is pretty much all the evidence you need. But you know what? I'm not worried about the Cubs at this point. I've pretty much given up hope. I have absolutely zero confidence...

Posted to Final Thoughts on Chicago Sports (Weblog) by MikeJ on 08-05-2009
Cubs trade Hart and Ascanio to Pirates

The Cubs traded Kevin Hart and Jose Ascanio today to the Pirates for John Grabow and Tom Gorzelanny. I don't know about this trade. If you ask me, Hart has been awfully good for this team. Three wins in three starts since the break while Dempster/Lilly were on the shelf. And Ascanio has pretty decent...

Posted to Final Thoughts on Chicago Sports (Weblog) by MikeJ on 07-30-2009
All-Star Thoughts and some Cubs Grades

Well, the AL won again. Ho-hum. Unless you happened to be in St. Louis , these last two days of MLB events were pretty dull. To witness: The HR Derby was a complete and utter bore. Three hours is about two hours too many, and unless a) you've actually heard of the guy (I'm looking at you, Nelson...

Posted to Final Thoughts on Chicago Sports (Weblog) by MikeJ on 07-14-2009
Abbreviated Cubs Rants

Lots going on with the Cubs these days. It seems every day inspires another rant. I could probably go on for 10 pages on each of these topics, but in the interest of time I'll try to be brief. DeRosa Traded to St. Louis - Jim Hendry had a chance for a do-over but for whatever reason he couldn't...

Posted to Final Thoughts on Chicago Sports (Weblog) by MikeJ on 07-01-2009
A Little Mike & Mike on the Cubs

With apologies to the real Mike & Mike , my friend Mike and I engaged in a little email exchange on the Cubs the last few days that sum up the feelings of typical Cubs fans. It started Monday (after the Cubs swept the Indians) with an email from MikeB: MB: Boy, I thought we had problems until they...

Posted to Final Thoughts on Chicago Sports (Weblog) by MikeJ on 06-25-2009
Random Cubs Notes and what I think of Sammy

Ok, it's been far too long and there's a lot on my mind. Man, do the 2009 Cubs suck. Yeah, they won today...yippee! But frankly, I'm more surprised that they scored 6 runs in a single game than I am that they beat the equally execrable White Sox. This offense is bad . Based on their offseason...

Posted to Final Thoughts on Chicago Sports (Weblog) by MikeJ on 06-18-2009
You'd think I would have learned by now

Randy Wells pitched BRILLIANTLY tonight. No hitter through 6 2/3, supremely efficient in getting outs, and he left in the 8th leading 5-1. A Marmol/Gregg meltdown later, it's 5-5 going into extras. I swear, I called the Gregg Meltdown before he even came into the game. Alfon-frickin-seca the second...

Posted to Final Thoughts on Chicago Sports (Weblog) by MikeJ on 06-02-2009
Cubs Staying Above Water

Well, this regular season ain't going exactly as expected, is it? I never thought they'd run away with it, of course, but its still a bit frustrating watching the team that won 97 games last year just tread water and look so...ordinary. Lets do a little Three up, Three down. (apologies to wherever...

Posted to Final Thoughts on Chicago Sports (Weblog) by MikeJ on 05-10-2009

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