Archive for May 2005

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May 31, 2005

Matching Months

Posted by Mike J. | 9:29 am | Old Style Posts | Comments: 1

Something shocking occurred to me as I looked at the Cubs schedule and game results: despite every single thing that happened to the Cubs in May, their record will end up as an April repeat.
April
12-11
Longest win streak- 2
Longest loss streak- 3
Injuries: Nomar Garciaparra, Todd Walker, Chad Fox
Highlights: Nomar and the offense struggle to get moving […]

May 30, 2005

News, News, News

Posted by Mike J. | 9:28 am | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0

The Cub news dam broke this weekend, but I don’t have a lot of time to address fully the developments. I’ll weigh in on the top 5 happenings as best I can, though.

The injury. That’s right, you know what I’m talking about. If you tuned into ESPN at all this weekend, there’s a good chance […]

May 27, 2005

Quick and Dirty

Posted by Mike J. | 10:45 am | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0

Quick and dirty today:

The last two games–back to back losses to the worst road teams in baseball–have provided us a snapshot of what this Cub team is like when Derrek Lee is mortal.
Joe Borowski should not be considered for the closer’s role anytime soon. He’s looked shaky in his first two outings this year, giving […]

May 26, 2005

Disabled List Lies

Posted by Mike J. | 10:21 am | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0

Carpal tunnel/tennis elbow from typing was already a stretch. Going on the DL for a “non-displaced fracture” from getting pinched by a recliner is flat out B.S., but apparently that’s what happened to Mike Remlinger:
The Chicago Cubs reliever suffered a non-displaced fracture of his left little finger when his hand got pinched between two […]

May 25, 2005

Bullying The Opposition

Posted by Mike J. | 9:08 am | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0

When it comes to the NL Central, there’s one big bully and five trembling snot-nosed kids. There’s not much you can do when the bully is around, but as soon as he goes elsewhere, the snot-nosed kids will battle for superiority among themselves, trying to make themselves feel better about their complete lack of power.
Since […]

May 24, 2005

Interview With Len Kasper, Part Two

Posted by Mike J. | 12:59 am | Old Style Posts | Comments: 2

Yesterday we talked about broadcasting and touched on stats a bit. Today is more stats and on the Cubs and their competition.
OSC: During any baseball broadcast, batter vs. pitcher splits come up very often. As a broadcaster, how many at-bats are necessary for these splits to become useful to you?
LK: I think probably 12-15 ABs […]

May 23, 2005

Sneaking Into The Lineup

Posted by Mike J. | 4:25 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 1

Anyone else notice this tidbit at cubs.com? Apparently Jose Macias has found another way to get more playing time:
Michael Barrett was available only to pinch-hit on Saturday, sidelined again by a sore right shoulder. However, Jose Macias is ready if needed.
Henry Blanco started at catcher for the Cubs but Macias is the emergency backup. […]

Interview With Len Kasper, Part One

Posted by Mike J. | 9:26 am | Old Style Posts | Comments: 5

I enjoy getting email from readers. The ratio of hits to comments is very high, and sometimes I’m not really sure what everyone is thinking when they visit the site. Every time something about what I’ve written pops up in my inbox, I’m excited to read what someone has to say.
Especially, for instance, if it’s […]

May 22, 2005

Sneakyball

Posted by Mike J. | 1:55 pm | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0

It took 126 pitches, but Mark Prior went the distance and the Cubs avoided the sweep at home against the White Sox. Obviously 1 out of 3 is never something you shoot for, but considering that the Sox have the best record in baseball hoping for more than that might be unrealistic.
I’m glad the Cubs […]

May 20, 2005

Quick Notes

Posted by Mike J. | 10:46 am | Old Style Posts | Comments: 0

I only have an abbreviated post for you today, but be sure to come back on Monday. I got a chance to chat with the team’s play-by-play announcer Len Kasper, who gave some great insight into broadcasting, stats, and the Cubs in general. Anyway, a few quick points about the Sox series:

As the cubs.com preview […]