Archive for August 2004
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August 30, 2004
Awkward
Posted by Mike J. | 12:16 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0
Like being seen by your homely ex-girlfriend - always nice but not much to write home about - when you’re out on the town with your much better looking new love interest, the Cubs and Nomar Garciaparra visit the Expos and Alex Gonzalez. There will be some necktie adjusting and awkward glances between the Cubbies […]
August 29, 2004
Too many Farnsworths
Posted by Mike J. | 4:47 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0
After his magnificent meltdown on Friday where he let in 6 runs in the 9th inning, Kyle Farnsworth took out his aggression on an electric fan in the dugout and landed himself on the 15-day DL with a bruised knee. This is probably a blessing because Todd Wellemeyer is now back with the Cubs, who […]
August 25, 2004
One more piece
Posted by Mike J. | 7:13 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0
I haven’t had much to say the last week or so because I was still waiting for the Cubs to pass the Clement test. They did handily Tuesday night when they walloped a flailing Brewers team 13-4, and I thought that they were finally performing like a playoff-worthy team.
Today proved me wrong. Corey Patterson helped […]
August 14, 2004
3,000!
Posted by Mike J. | 11:17 am | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0
The mere thought of facing Eric Gagne ruined the end of a great game yesterday, and the Cubs let a close game be blown wide open in the 9th inning, allowing 6 runs to remove all doubt of an impending loss. This was incredibly disappointing, especially considering the defensive performance of Corey Patterson, who turned […]
August 13, 2004
Slumpin’ Sammy
Posted by Mike J. | 12:26 am | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0
As a Cubs fan, I am naturally prone to irrational behavior and hasty judgement, and its easy to get carried away sometimes. As someone who tries to write about the Cubs, I use this hasty judgement as a compass and when it points north, I go south, and then I have a reasonable argument. Most […]
August 12, 2004
Not even so-so
Posted by Mike J. | 7:05 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0
We all know Sammy can’t win or lose games by himself, but sometimes it sure seems like it. Here’s a breakdown of his performance today-
1st AB- Strikeout on 3 pitches
2nd AB- Strikeout on 4 pitches
3rd AB- Strikeout on 4 pitches
4th AB- Groundout to shortstop, 2 pitches
5th AB- Strikeout on 4 pitches
Out of those 17 pitches, […]
October Skies
Posted by Mike J. | 12:06 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0
Today’s the day for Matt Clement and the Cubs, who need this win to solidify their lead in the Wild Card race and to possibly turn Matt’s luck around. Clement is coming off his worst start of the year - which actually wasn’t that bad - giving up 6 ER over 5 innings to the […]
August 9, 2004
Weekend Wrap-up
Posted by Mike J. | 3:36 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0
It was a big weekend for the Cubs in a number of ways, and not all of them worked out so well. Let’s start with the good first-
Greg Maddux recorded his 300th win. There’s really not much else to be said about this milestone; the media woke up and realized what was happening in time […]
August 5, 2004
Signs that all cylinders are beginning to fire
Posted by Mike J. | 5:07 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0
I’m going to allow myself some unrestrained optimism today and point out all the things the Cubs are doing right lately. I’ll get to why things are the way they are after the list, so here we go-
Signs that all cylinders are beginning to fire
1) You come back to win 3 straight games, and then […]
August 4, 2004
Rocky Mountain High
Posted by Mike R. | 11:36 am | Old Style Posts | Comments: 1
What started out looking like an old-fashioned Coors Field shootout last night ended up becoming quite the pitching duel as the Cubs prevailed over the Rockies 5-3. Despite scoring 8 runs combined in the first 2 innings the two teams held each other scoreless the rest of the game thanks to some gutsy pitching by […]