The Chicago Cubs won today. They beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1 on Opening Day for one of the most exciting Game Ones in recent memory. Jeff Samardzija was dominant (#SHARKATTACK). His line for the day: 8 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 9 K, and just one BB. Starlin Castro had quite a few awesome defensive… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Pittsburgh Pirates
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 »
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 »
Brewers get creative with “Chance 2 Advance” ticket game
I’ve always given props to the Milwaukee Brewers for their creative marketing, giveaway, and promotion ideas. One of my favorites was from last year. My friends and I took advantage of the promotion where for every win the Brewers got in one month, you would get that many dollars off tickets for one game the… Read more »
Matt Garza will start on the shelf
Some bad news is circulating around the Chicago Cubs world today. I first heard from Paul Sullivan that Matt Garza experienced a setback and will start the season on the disabled list. He will barely get any Cactus League action, if any, and could be out until May. A few ripples this news creates: Travis… Read more »
What has become of the 2008 rotations?
I sat down to my computer earlier this week and saw this tweet: With today’s trade #Rays effectively have turned over their ’08 pennant-winning rotation of Shields, Garza, Kazmir & Edwin Jackson. — Matt Eddy (@eddymk) December 10, 2012 Followed by this response: @eddymk into Myers, Odorizzi, Montgomery, Leonard, Lee, Archer, Chirinos, Fuld, Guyer, Rodriguez,… Read more »
Bobblehead Days: St. Louis Cardinals
Below is a guest post I wrote for Cardinal70.com, which you can see here. While the St. Louis Cardinals have some nifty promotions, their nodding figurines are usually of former players and Hall of Famers. Stan Musial, Willie McGee, Vince Coleman, and Whitey Herzog have graced the giveaway page in the past few years, and… Read more »
Flag Check Friday: Oops, it’s Saturday
With Kerry Wood‘s retirement and a farewell gathering for the dorm room of my sophomore year, I missed Baseblog’s weekly look at the standings on its actual day… Friday. So here we go, what’s the NL Central look like on this early Saturday morning? 1st Place St. Louis Cardinals (22-17) Carlos Beltran and the Cards are… 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 »
Flag Check Friday: Take a picture, the Cubs and Brewers are tied!
This is another category I’ve wanted to start but each Friday has been busy for me. I suppose I could take a look at the NL Central standings every Thursday, but then we wouldn’t have this sweet alliteration thing going on. The sixth Emma Award will be given out when I return from my weekend… Read more »
