| | Chicago Cubs avoid sweep with incredible comeback against Nationals: A fan's reaction (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
Let's revisit the Chicago Cubs' 12-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 22, 2011. The Cubs trailed 8-1 in the top of the fifth inning and had 15 outs to mount a comeback. Although the game wasn't halfway finished, Mike Quade expressed his frustrations over the...
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| | Cubs Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) |
| Few people probably took Cubs manager Mike Quade seriously when he chatted up reporters before Thursday night's game against the Nationals.
After all, his team had just dropped three straight to the Nats, each by one run. But Quade wouldn't quit, even though his team entered the game a season-worst 18 games under .500.
"I believe we can turn this thing around, and I think it can start today and I believe that every day," Quade said. "There's nothing like today. Get (Matt) Garza a good outing, win a ballgame here, we go into Pittsburgh and start to try to build on turning this thing around right now. I always feel like that every day. People think it's tough, but why not? Why not today?"
Yeah, right.
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| | NL Roundup: A look at Thursday's games (The Canadian Press) |
Manager Davey Johnson took this loss personally.
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| | Thursday's National League Capsules (PA SportsTicker) |
Darwin Barney's tiebreaking double in the ninth inning capped a wild comeback as Chicago rallied from an eight-run deficit to beat Washington 10-9 on Thursday night.
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| | Nats blow 8-0 lead, fall to Cubs 10-9 (AP) |
Manager Davey Johnson took this loss personally. His team up by eight runs after four innings, Johnson watched his starting pitcher let the Chicago Cubs back in the game. Then, he had to watch a undermanned bullpen blow the game in the ninth inning. After more than 3 1/2 hours, Johnson's Washington Nationals blew an eight-run lead in a loss for the first time in the 42-year history of the...
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| | Barney's double gives Cubs wild 10-9 win over Nats (AP) |
In a rough season for the Chicago Cubs, there was finally something to celebrate. Down 8-0 after four innings, the Cubs engineered their largest comeback in more than three years and salvaged the final game of a four-game series with the Washington Nationals. Darwin Barney's tiebreaking ninth-inning double, capped off a wild comeback and Chicago rebounded for a 10-9 win on Thursday night.
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| | Watching rookie league Brewers better than watching bad Cubs: Fan's take (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
It's something I never thought I'd hear myself say. For the first time in my life, I'm guilty, guilty as hell, of being -- a bad Chicago Cubs fan. I've always hung in there, every season and all season long, until the bitter end, which is pretty much every season...
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| | Two minor leaguers suspended 50 games each (AP) |
Two minor league baseball players have been suspended for 50 games each after testing positive for steroids. The commissioner's office says Cubs right-hander Enyelberth Pena, who is with Chicago's Dominican summer league team, tested positive for nandrolone, an anabolic steroid. Padres right-hander Miguel Severino, also in the Dominican summer league, had a positive test for stanozolol.
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| | New Cardinals-Reds rivalry is a heated one: A fan's view (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
Fans in St. Louis got a July 4 treat for three days when the team they love to hate came to Busch Stadium. The Cincinnati Reds swept the Cardinals in Ohio during a three-game series. The Cardinals took two out of three games at Busch Stadium, bolstered by the early return of Albert...
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| | Fan's take: All-Star history of the Cubs (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
As the All-Star game approaches July 12, Chicago Cubs fans look forward to seeing young superstar Starlin Castro take the field in Arizona. Castro is the only Cubs' All-Star this season and the only deserving All-Star on a team that is struggling toward a lost season.
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| | Most MLB All-Star appearances in Chicago Cubs history (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
21-year-old Starlin Castro will be playing in his first MLB All-Star Game on July 12, 2011. The Chicago Cubs have five players who have been voted into seven or more Midsummer Classics while playing in Chicago Two have been voted in more than 10 times.
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| | The youngest All-Stars in Chicago Cubs history (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
21-year-old Starlin Castro became the youngest player in Chicago Cubs history to become an All-Star. Castro was hitting .312 with a .341 OBP entering the final week before the All-Star break. Castro is also hitting around .370 and a .400 OBP when he's a no.
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| | Worst ERA's from MLB pitchers with over 1,300 IP (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
The Chicago Cubs completed their series finale with the Chicago White Sox standing at 35-50 on July 2, 2011. They released their emergency spot starter once spring training concluded (Carlos Silva). They've tried using Casey Coleman, James Russell, Rodrigo Lopez, and Doug Davis...
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| | A-Rod might not play in All-Star game but will be there (Yahoo! Sports) |
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has had a sore right knee since June 19 when he was injured on the...
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| | Gutsy call: Nats shake off scare, succeed on second squeeze attempt (Yahoo! Sports) |
There's a reason it's called a suicide squeeze. Just ask Michael Morse of the Washington Nationals, a Final Vote candidate, who saw his life flash before his eyes in the seventh inning of a 5-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs ? Continue reading ?
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| | Nats get another 1-run win, beat Cubs again, 5-4 (AP) |
Chicago Cubs starter Randy Wells has had a very rough first half of the season. At least now he can look forward to the All-Star break and pressing the reset button. "Is there one of those?" Wells asked. "If there is, let me know about it." Wells gave up a pair of two-run home runs over four innings in a 5-4 loss to the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night, although another...
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| | Squeeze works on 2nd try; Nationals beat Cubs, 5-4 (AP) |
Davey Johnson sported a bloody mark on the left side of his forehead, the result of hitting his head on a shelf when he was about to get in his car in the morning to escape a houseful of company. The impact must have rattled him quite a bit. By the end of the day, the Washington Nationals manager who usually disdains small-ball called for a suicide squeeze.
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| | Ramon Martinez, 38, makes Chicago Cubs debut: A fan's reaction (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
Ramon Martinez completed his major-league comeback and made his Chicago Cubs debut on July 5, 2011, against the Washington Nationals. Martinez survived a shaky first by allowing two earned runs through six innings. Martinez continued a string of steady pitching performances from...
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| | Chicago Cubs are 3-9 against two biggest rivals heading into All-Star break: A fan's take (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
The Chicago Cubs lost the Crosstown Rivalry for the second time this season after losing two of three to the Chicago White Sox from July 1 to July 3, 2011. The Cubs are now 3-9 against their two biggest rivals, which also includes the St.
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| | Starlin Castro joins Mike Quade as NL All-Stars from Chicago Cubs: A fan's take (Yahoo! Contributor Network) |
Many Chicago Cubs enthusiasts are surprised that Mike Quade was selected to be on Bruce Bochy's coaching staff for the 2011 MLB All-Star Game for the National League. They shouldn't be surprised that Starlin Castro will be joining him on July 12, 2011.
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| | Not interested: Burglar elects to leave Cubs tickets behind (Yahoo! Sports) |
When we first started Big League Stew, the Chicago Cubs won 97 games and fans were suing each other over the rights to playoff tickets at Wrigley Field. Four years later, the Cubs are 17 games under .500 and can't ? Continue reading ?
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| | Baker's wild error helps Nationals top Cubs 3-2 (AP) |
It's almost supernatural the way things have been happening when the Washington Nationals are on the field. How else to explain the all-time wild throw made by Chicago Cubs second baseman Jeff Baker with the bases loaded in the first inning? Or the ball that mysteriously popped out of first baseman Alex Cora's glove on the play that could have ended the game in the ninth?
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| | First lady honors military families at Cubs-Nats (PA SportsTicker) |
Michelle Obama has taken part in a ceremony honoring children of military families at the Washington Nationals' game against the Chicago Cubs.
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| | Pitchers carousel: Cubs shuffle around 4 pitchers (AP) |
The Chicago Cubs' pitching carousel continued Tuesday when they made roster moves involving four hurlers and used their 10th different starter this season. The Cubs purchased the contract of Ramon Ortiz from Triple-A Iowa to start Tuesday night's game against the Washington Nationals. Ortiz last pitched in the majors on May 19, 2010, for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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| | Nationals recall Detwiler to start Tuesday vs Cubs (PA SportsTicker) |
The Washington Nationals have recalled left-hander Ross Detwiler from Triple-A Syracuse to start Tuesday night's game against the Chicago Cubs.
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| | Monday's National League Capsules (PA SportsTicker) |
Rookie Alex Presley had three of Pittsburgh's 14 hits and the Pirates moved three games over .500 this late in the season for the first time in 12 years with a 5-3 win over the Houston Astros on Monday.
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