Ryan Dempster was absolutely dominant on Sunday against the Minnesota Twins, helping the Chicago Cubs to just their second victory in 10 games. Ironically enough, both victories were by Dempster.Dempster struck out six over eight shutout innings while allowing just four hits and one base on balls. It was his second straight win after going 18 consecutive starts without recording a victory.He has now held opponents scoreless over 15 straight innings, a mark that has spanned his last two starts.The Cubs were in desperate need of a win. The team now sits at 20-40—last in the NL Central—and is on ...
With the 2012 MLB Trade Deadline approaching on July 31, the Chicago Cubs are one of the few teams who will be major sellers in the trade market as they are one of the only teams with no logical hope to make the playoffs.General Manager Theo Epstein has made it emphatically clear that he is looking to take the Cubs in a new, winning direction in the future and that includes making everybody on his roster available for trade bait. Holding the league's second-worst record at 20-40, Cubs fans could be seeing an entirely new roster take the field come ...
It's not so much of an architectural tweak as it is a demolition.There are certain laws in Chicago, as there are in many other cities, regarding reconstruction. While permits and zoning laws are brutally difficult to navigate if you choose to tear a structure limb from limb in an effort to start with a clean slate, they are drastically different if you choose to keep a bathroom wall from the original structure.One is a tear down. The other is "an addition". If you keep any part of the original structure like a bathroom wall—ONE BATHROOM WALL—you are not forced to ...
It is time to explore the Cubs top prospects for the month of June. This is based on pre-rankings as well as their performance so far this season. Last month, the rankings went as followed:10. Rubi Silva, OF9. Trey McNutt, RHP8. Josh Vitters, 3B7. Matt Szczur, OF6. Travis Wood, LHP5. Austin Kirk, LHP4. Welington Castillo, C3. Brett Jackson, OF2. Rafael Dolis, RHP1. Anthony Rizzo, 1BA lot can happen in a month, so let's see where our top prospects shake out for the month ahead.Begin Slideshow
The Cubs are obviously going nowhere this season, and are in the midst of a rebuilding effort, so it makes sense that anyone is available for the right price. But some are more available than others. While some may argue that a good player is better to keep around in order to build around him, I am of the opinion that if you can turn one piece into two or three prospects, you are better off. For one, it would expedite the rebuild process. And second, you usually have to give something good up to get something good in return. ...
The most diminutive player on the field for the Chicago Cubs is showing them where the future of the organization needs to be headed. When Theo Epstein took the job, he already had a plan in place. The only guesswork was how do you win playing at Wrigley Field? Tony Campana has provided him with the answer. It's always tough to score at Wrigley in April and May—even when the team has a roster full of sluggers. This season highlights it more than ever with the Cubs having a shortage of power in the lineup. Speed is the answer to the ...
There are so many reasons why the Chicago Cubs have not won the World Series since 1908, but when former Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood was asked the question on Chicago Tribune Live on Comcast Sportsnet Thursday, he didn't hesitate to answer, "Day games." With just 30 night games scheduled because of neighborhood restrictions, the Cubs are at a disadvantage compared to every other team in baseball. Normally teams play 55 or more in the season. As Wood expounded on his answer, he referred to the body clock, and how different starting times affect Cubs players because the team never ...
The Chicago Cubs are in full-on rebuilding mode, but there's a chance they'll be dishing out some big checks in the very near future.That's nothing team czar Theo Epstein hasn't already done before, but the circumstances are slightly different in this case. What Epstein has to decide is not whether he should pay big bucks for current superstars (i.e. Carl Crawford), but for players who have the potential to become superstars.To this end, two players are on Chicago's radar: 18-year old draftee Albert Almora and 20-year-old Cuban defector Jorge Solar.The trouble is that it won't be easy for the Cubs ...
For those of you who can’t stand today’s advertising frenzy, here are 10 of the best sports commercials that can help ease the pain. I promise, Ben Stein won’t be narrating any of these videos (although he did make a sports commercial back in the day). And for those of you hoping for “Mean Joe Greene’s” Coke ad, I’ll go ahead and apologize in advance. Before you begin, here are my honorable mentions: Yao Ming and Yogi Berra—“Yo” Foster’s How to Speak Australian Budweiser’s Clydesdale Football***be on the lookout for next week's Top 10 "This Is SportsCenter" commercialsBegin Slideshow
The Chicago Cubs finally had their first draft under their new regime of Theo Epstein, Jed Hoyer and Jason McLeod, but only time will tell how their first go around actually turned out.Things have not looked good thus far for the Cubbies, but mostly everyone knew that Epstein and his team were not going to turn this current mess around just by entering the Windy City.Nope, they have to make moves, and the first place to start that is in the MLB Draft.The Cubs selected a total of 42 players, and while obviously not all of them are going to ...
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