A few weeks ago, I asked a #TriviaTues question about the 300/300 club and former Chicago Cubs who are members. The club refers to players whom have accumulated 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases during their careers. Currently, there are only 8 members, two of whom have Cubs ties: Andre Dawson and Bobby Bonds… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Alfonso Soriano
OOTP 14 takes a stellar product and makes it better
Please Note: The following is a look at a preview copy of OOTP 14. What I write here may not fully reflect the final version, but the game is solid as it is right now. Thanks to the Baseball Blogger’s Alliance and a handy partnership with OOTP Baseball, I have once again secured a preview… Read more »
A closer look at Cubs Opening Day starters
Earlier in Spring Training, we learned about Dale Sveum‘s desired Opening Day lineup. This setup of was obviously barring any trades or further injuries. With less than four days until Opening Day, it looks like the aforementioned lineup is the one that will take on the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday. Before we get to that game,… Read more »
Yahoo! suggests Cubs fantasy team names, bats .200
Here’s some fluffy fluff for your afternoon. The Chicago Cubs take on the David DeJesus‘ former team, the Kansas City Royals, late tonight. You can catch the game on MLB.tv, if you have it. The PS3 MLB.tv app was just updated; this will be my first game watching on the big screen. Onto the fluff!… Read more »
Are Carlos Marmol’s wins the product of blown saves?
Following the Chicago Cubs’ 7-6 victory over the Los Angeles Angels last Saturday, Cubs fan Jason posted the following on Twitter. Whenever Marmol gets the win you know he blew a save — Jason (@BadNewzCubs) March 23, 2013 It seems to be a likely assumption. The wild Carlos Marmol seems to always get himself into… Read more »
Sizing up the Cubs’ 25 man roster
The Chicago Cubs have 9 Spring Training games left to evaluate the talent they still have in camp as Dale Sveum & company put together the Opening Day roster. This post is a quick and dirty attempt at figuring out which 25 guys will be sitting in the dugout for the Cubs’ first game against… Read more »
The Cubs’ Opening Day lineup is set
Courtesy of Carrie Muskat, and first presented to me by the Born On Third blog, Dale Sveum has unveiled his Opening Day lineup for the Chicago Cubs. (As George notes, this is of course barring any trades or further injury.) It’s the same lineup the Cubs will use against the Texas Rangers tomorrow. CF David… Read more »
I-94 series kicks off (sort of)
The Milwaukee Brewers and the Chicago Cubs kick off their 2013 season series today. Sort of. The first meaningful meeting of the Cubs and Brewers occurs on the Wrigley Field home opener, 1:20pm on April 8th. But this is the first time these two teams have squared off in Spring Training. The Cubs send a… Read more »
Playing Pepper over at Cardinal70.com
Every so often, I get an opportunity to write guest content on other wonderful baseball blogs, whether it be an entire post to myself, or just some commentary to be added to another post. Most recently, I was given an opportunity to perform the latter. Over at Cardinal70.com, a Cards blog run by Baseball Blogger’s… Read more »
Series Preview: Phillies @ Cubs
The Chicago Cubs are taking on the Philadelphia Phillies in Baseblog’s first ever series preview. I’m currently working on recruiting five other writers to cover previews for the Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, Pittsburgh Pirates, and St. Louis Cardinals. Our new Milwaukee Brewers writer has already been recruited, and I’ll be previewing the Cubs. Series Essentials… Read more »