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The beauty about living in America is the ability to chase your dreams. No one can hold you back from pursuing that which you love, except for yourself.
Baseball has always been at the heart of America. It's the game parents teach their children to love, and every small town in this great country of ours has a Little League.
The best thing about baseball is the tradition. The pomp and circumstance of Opening Day throughout the league is simply amazing.
Close your eyes and picture your first visit to a baseball game when you were a child.
The organ music, the beer and ...
Geovany Soto is currently the starting catcher for a team with the league's third highest payroll.He currently bears the sixth lowest salary on the Cubs. So, why does the success of the Chicago Cubs in 2011 hinge so much on the success of Soto? Let's look at a few stats. In 2009, Soto's sophomore season, his numbers at the plate went as such: 331 AB, 27 R, 72 H, 19 2B, 11 HR, 53 RBI and a brutal .218 AVG. The Cubs subsequently finished five games over .500 and missed the playoffs. These numbers, however, look nothing similar to Soto's ...
As a former boss of mine once said when I told him that I wanted a raise, "How does it feel to want?" Well, Aramis Ramirez apparently wants something, and that something is to swipe a few bags. While I probably have a better chance of dating Keeley Hazell than Ramirez does of becoming a base stealer, it just goes to show you what passes for news in the spring. These spring training games are so riveting, so intense, that we find ourselves reading about a very injury-prone and slow third baseman wanting to become the next Rickey Henderson. Hey, ...
The Cubs' 2010 season was so depressing that manager Lou Piniella retired six weeks early. No one pooped in the dugout this time around, but in all other ways the final chapter of Piniella's tenure mirrored that of Dusty Baker before him: Both men oversaw great teams their first season, equally great ones the second year, a mediocre squad for which much went wrong in their third year and a budget-saving fire sale in July of their final year after the team fell far from contention.Hoping to break that cycle, GM Jim Hendry hired a non-celebrity manager for 2011, Mike ...
Heading into the start of last season, the Cubbies had the third largest payroll in baseball, but had just 75 wins by the end of the year to show for it.
During the offseason, Chicago went out and got a power pitcher and hitter in Matt Garza and Carlos Pena. They also added Kerry Wood to provide punch in the back of the bullpen.
This is a squad that won 97 games just three years ago. They're capable of making a run, but inconsistency has hampered their chances the past two years. Plus, the NL Central has improved dramatically since 2008.
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The Chicago Cubs are already six games into their Cactus League season and are leaving many fans already skeptical with the club's new management who currently stand at 1-5.The one victory for the Cubs came over an impressive game with the reigning World Champion San Francisco Giants. Only seven games into the spring season, there has already been a dugout scuffle between Cubs' pitcher Carlos Silva and Aramis Ramirez.Begin Slideshow
"It's only spring training."
Say it over and over to yourself, Cubs fans.
"It's only spring training."
Yes, it's only been four games—four games that don't count for anything, to be exact—but it's hard for a team to look any worse than the Chicago Cubs have so far.
In just four spring training games, the Cubs have committed 14 errors, including three in the first inning of a 12-5 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday.
Those three errors helped give the Brewers a 6-1 first-inning lead, as starter Carlos Silva gave up two home runs in the frame.
It also led to the much-publicized altercation ...
9 Innings Blog will be bringing you previews of every Major League Baseball team for the next 30 days. This is in accordance with our 30 teams in 30 days series. Today we are taking a look at the 2011 Chicago Cubs squad that is ready and raring to make it back to the playoffs and the may have the team to do it this year.The Cubs had a disappointing 2010 campaign, finishing in fourth in the National League Central division with a 75-87 record. Even worse for the Cubs was the announcement of Lou Pinella’s retirement coming during the ...
The Chicago Cubs have not been World Champions since the glory days of 1908. They have not won a pennant since 1945. Some individuals are optimistic that 2011 will be the year that the Cubs finally win the pennant. No one dares to predict that they will win the World Series.The Cubs may challenge for the Central Division crown, but they will have to do it without a fifth starter.
What, you say? Isn't Carlos Silva the Cubs' fifth starter? That is exactly why the Cubs pitching may be a ...
Only a dysfunctional organization like the Chicago Cubs could have two teammates get into it during a spring training game.
According to Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune, a dugout scuffle between Carlos Silva and Aramis Ramirez occurred Wednesday after the Cubs gave up six first-inning runs in an exhibition game versus the Milwaukee Brewers.
The fight was quickly broken up by players and coaches and order was restored. It began when Silva gave up six runs and watched his teammates commit three errors behind him, including one by Ramirez.
But the Cubs are such a hot mess that things like this ...
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