Archive for May 2004
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May 29, 2004
Game Notes - Cubs vs. Pirates, Games 1 and 2
Posted by Mike J. | 12:02 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0
Top of the seventh, 2 outs, a 1-2 count to Cubs catcher Michael Barrett. Barrett fouls one off, keeping himself alive. The Cubs are down 4-1, and a single here would score two. Here comes the pitch…Michael Barrett connects, sends it deeeeep to center, and its over the wall! Grand slam!The Cubs are up 5-4 […]
May 27, 2004
Series Star/Prediction
Posted by Mike J. | 8:56 am | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0
I couldn’t have said it better myself: the Cubbies looked pretty terrible in this 2-game series, and no one is that deserving of the Series Star award. However, it seems to go against my nature not to award it (unless I’m out of town for the weekend, that is), so after some careful consideration, I’ve […]
May 26, 2004
Series Wrapup - Chicago Cubs at Houston Astros
Posted by Mike R. | 11:48 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0
Unfortunately my partner and I have not had much time to post lately which would explain the lack of steady posts. However, we’re now back on track and ready to update more frequently. Moving on to the Cubs, this two game series was not particularly good as the Cubs ran into the buzz […]
May 20, 2004
Series Wrapup/Star/Prediction
Posted by Mike J. | 7:17 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0
Unfortunately, the series against the Giants made for some good baseball games instead of the whompings I was hoping for, and the Cubs ended up dropping the last game of the series today in extra innings. It was a tight game and Joe Borowski lost another, but still, he keeps his streak of saves intact. […]
May 19, 2004
Games Notes - San Francisco Giants at Chicago Cubs, Game 1
Posted by Mike R. | 11:06 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0
On a night when the best pitching performance was a perfect game by Randy Johnson the Cubs had the good fortune of running into the second best pitching performance of the evening, dropping game one 1-0 last night. Giants’ starter Jason Schmidt dominated the Cubs, allowing only one hit and three men on base […]
May 18, 2004
Small Ball: The Missing Piece
Posted by Mike J. | 1:35 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0
Here we are, with a little less than a quarter of the season already done, and the Cubs are in a good position at 7 games above .500 and tied for 1st with the Astros, a much improved team from last year with the addition of Andy Pettite and Roger Clemens, who would be 8-0 […]
May 17, 2004
Series Wrapup/Star/Prediction
Posted by Mike J. | 1:03 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0
The only way to describe how I feel about the Padres series is pleasantly surprised. I knew the Cubs had that kind of offense capability, but I had no idea that they would be able to produce like that on the road considering their recent track record. The sluggers on the team produced big numbers […]
May 16, 2004
Games Notes - Chicago Cubs at San Diego Padres, Game 2
Posted by Mike R. | 2:59 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0
I am starting to really like Petco Park. What has been hailed a traditional pitcher’s park has been exactly what the Cubs’ bats have needed as they have christened the stadium with 13 runs and 5 home runs in 2 games. After a poor offensive output for the most part in the LA […]
May 15, 2004
New Feature! - Cubs’ Ace
Posted by Mike J. | 4:18 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0
Before we get to the new feature, I should mention something about yesterday’s game. I don’t really have much on it that you couldn’t find on ESPN or elsewhere, but I will say that Maddux looked spectacular, throwing only 88 pitches to get through 8 innings. He looked especially good in the field as well, […]
May 14, 2004
Series Star
Posted by Mike J. | 10:40 am | Old Style Posts | Comments: 2
This one’s pretty obvious: he’s the guy that has been on fire lately, and can practically win the game by himself when he wants to, and he’s been wanting to his past three games. The Series Star is none other than Tom Goodwin. Wait. I mean Carlos Zambrano.
It says something when the guys on your […]