Dale Sveum’s comments toward Starlin Castro’s mental blunders points to a Chicago Cubs franchise in complete disarray.“It’s the last straw,” Sveum publicly admonished his shortstop, according to USA Today's Bob Nightengale, after the Cubs' 3-2 loss against the San Francisco Giants Monday. "He better start getting his head in the game. Period.''About this, Sveum is absolutely right.It is the last straw.It is the last straw for an organization that is beyond abysmal.At 18-36, the Cubs are already 12.5 games behind the NL Central-leading St. Louis Cardinals. Only the San Diego Padres have a worse record than the Cubs.Offensively, the Cubs are near ...
I remember the Detroit Tigers vs. Chicago Cubs interleague baseball game in 1998 like it were yesterday. It was June 25. And my friends and I had recently graduated high school at Southgate Anderson High School in suburban Detroit. This was the second full season that Major League Baseball had implemented interleague play. While I was always excited to attend a Tiger game, watching my home team play the Cubs made for an even more fun night.Five summers before, my father took me to my first Cubs game at Wrigley Field. I watched in horror as Orlando Merced of the ...
This season, Major League Baseball will celebrate the 90th birthday of one of the coolest, yet least talked about feats in baseball history — the highest scoring big league game ever. Played between the Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs, the slugfest on Aug. 25, 1922, at Cubs Field was a spectacle to say the least. In this slideshow, I will reveal the best and worst performers in the 26-23 Cubs victory on that hot Chicago day.Begin Slideshow
