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4th of July Weekend Thread
The Cubs activated Kerry Wood before the game and put Carlos Zambrano on the disabled list. With the All-Star Break looming, Z may only miss one start. In the meantime, Wood sat on the bench while Wells gave up the game tying home run in the 7th and then the lead.
Oh Q-Ball, you're nothing if not consistently wrong...
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Game Preview: Cubs (26-31) @ Brewers(23-34) & Strasburg Day
Join the fun in Parachat if you're going to be tuned in to watch Stephen Strasburg's debut and stay for the Cubs game that starts an hour later or if you want to talk about the Blackhawks game(which doesn't happen until tomorrow).
Game Preview: Cubs(18-22) @ Phillies(24-14)
Theriot, 2B | #Victorino, CF |
Castro, SS | Polanco, 3B |
Lee, 1B | *Utley, 2B |
Ramirez, 3B | *Howard, 1B |
Byrd, CF | Werth, RF |
Soriano, LF | #Rollins, SS |
Baker, RF | *Ibanez, LF |
Soto, C | Ruiz, C |
*Gorzelanny, P | *Moyer, P |
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Saturday Game Preview: Pirates (15-20) at Cubs (15-21)
Cubs try to even up their series with the Bucs after losing the first four matchups of the season series. It's the first time the Cubs have dropped their first four games against Pittsburgh since...well, I refuse to look it up because it would depress the crap out of me.
The lefty Paul Maholm (2-3, 4.91) starts this afternoon against Ryan Dempster (2-3, 3.44). This was the pitching matchup back on 5/4 at PNC when the Cubs clung to a 2-1 lead with two out in home 6th. Dempster then told Lou Piniella that he had enough left in the tank to retire Ryan Church with the tying run aboard, at which point Church crushed a pitch into the rightfield bleachers, and all of everybody's premonitions about how Lou should have yanked Dempster in favor of Sean Marshall were proven right.
Cubbie memories—there's nothin' like 'em.
Saturday's starting lineups:
Caridad to DL; Gray Called Up and Game Thread
The first in-season roster move was annouced as Esmailin Caridad will go to the disabled list for sucking, a forearm strain with Jeff Gray getting called up. I updated the bullpen chart on the right with the green indicating Gray's appearances in the minors. Derrek Lee takes the day off with the sore right thumb, conveniently on day when Dave Bush is pitching, whom Lee is 5/31 against in his career against with a .413 OPS.
Lineups after the jump...
Game 3 Thread: Cubs @ Braves
A battle of two of the better rookie pitchers from 2009 as the Cubs try to avoid the sweep.
CHAT | TV: CSN, Direct TV 737 | RADIO: XM 175, WGN
Cubs | Braves |
Theriot SS | #Cabrera LF |
*Fukudome RF | Prado 2B |
Lee 1b | # C. Jones 3B |
Ramirez 3B | *McCann C |
Byrd CF | Glaus 3B |
*Colvin LF | Escobar SS |
Baker 2B | *Heyward RF |
#Hill C | *McLouth CF |
Wells P | Hanson P |
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Game 1 Thread/Cubs @ Braves
And we do it again. Here are the lineups for Opening Day 2010. Parachat is up and running as it will throughout every game of the season(you can access it via the menu bar above). You do have to register and it is a different registration than your TCR account.
Cubs | Braves |
Theriot SS | #Cabrera LF |
*Fukudome RF | Prado 2B |
Lee 1b | # C. Jones 3B |
Ramirez 3B | *McCann C |
Byrd CF | Glaus 3B |
Soriano LF | Escobar SS |
*Fontenot 2B | *Heyward RF |
Soto C | *McLouth CF |
#Zambrano P | Lowe P |
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Sunday Night Chat
Everyone's last chance to see some baseball for a few days, join the fun in Parachat.
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Can’t Win ‘Em All (But Try Anyway)
SP *Darrell May | SP Greg Maddux |
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crunch (view)
he's a low-level cubs star in the modern history of the cubs (c.zambrano, k.wood, r.dempster, etc), but that star has dimmed...and has been dimming since 2021.
2024 has been ugly the whole way and we're only in mid-april. homers aside (even though there's been 7 in 17ip) he gave up 29 hits in 20 spring innings and 31 in 17 regular season innings.
he's pretty much only got 2 pitches at this point in his career and the mix isn't fooling anyone. he threw a noticable amount more curves in his last start to add to the mix and it didn't help his issues. he don't have many moves left to break out.
Eric S (view)
Definitely needs a 10 day stint for the hangnail - have to nip those things in the bud or suffer the consequences (ie, more opponent home run derby, etc)
Eric S (view)
Thanks for checking and yeah, that’s a double ouch
Sonicwind75 (view)
Believe you are correct, checked and appears Cubs have a $2.51 million obligation to Barnhart this season per Cot's Contracts. Also paying Trey Mancini $7mil this season. Ouch.
crunch (view)
m.busch had 0hr and 2 doubles when he was last at wrigley.
we'll probably see a few more of his jerseys in the seats when they return tomorrow.
wonder who will go down for taillon. hey hendricks, you got a hangnail or something?
Eric S (view)
Nice work by Wesneski with some solid defense behind him and the late tack on runs were welcome. Gladly take a 5-4 West Coast swing, particularly down two key starting pitchers … Now just don’t get swept by the Marlins for Pete’s sake.
crunch (view)
dansby takes the team lead in SB today after a SB with 2 SB total. the team has 3. madrigal has the other one.
cubs also have 7 triples, 7 players each.
crunch (view)
sure am ready for p.wisdom and m.masterboney to swap roster spots.
Eric S (view)
The fifth inning has not been kind to Wicks this season. Giving up leadoff doubles to Tucker Barnhart is also not good for business. IIRC, the Cubs are on the hook for the majority of Barnhart’s salary this season to add insult to injury (could definitely be wrong here).
Cubster (view)
Kris Bryant to IL with low back strain. He’s keeping the Rockies docs busy.