Remembering Kerry Wood
As we say goodbye to one of the favorite sons of the Cubs organization, we take a look at others who remember what Kerry brought to the table and look at three three best games of his career.
Weekly Prospect Review: The Disappointment Edition
Every week, we look through a few prospects in the Cubs’ farm system. In this post, we look at the prospects at each level of the Cubs system who I think have been the most disappointing to this point in 2012.
Full Story »Game 42: Meet the New Low
A trip to Houston to face the inconsistent Astros sounds like a perfect recipe for the Cubs to end their six-game losing streak. It wasn’t.
Full Story »Astros Series Preview
The Cubs head down to Houston tonight to try to put he brakes on a 6-game losing streak. It doesn’t seem that long ago we all felt like this was a .500 team–maybe a few games down on the gulf coast will get us back on track? Find out in our series preview.
Full Story »Melting Pot: Farm Edition
Very little this week in terms of Minor League nuggets concerning the Cubs, but we did get a couple for this week’s edition of the The Melting Pot.
Full Story »Game 41: Have We Hit Bottom Yet?
A shutout and a sweep at the hands of the South Siders in our own ballpark, can it get worse? Chet take a look at the game that clinched the White Sox sweep.
Full Story »Game 40: There’s Still (Barely) A Heartbeat
Dempster suffers from low run support yet again, but this time he hurt himself as much as the quiet bats did.
Full Story »Game 39: Cubs Lose, Wood Retires, Cubs Lose
The Cubs lost this one – but the greater loss is the end of Kerry Wood’s career. Joe will have a retrospective early next week, but for now we’ll try to soak in some of the final moments of Kerry’s career. Today was the end of an era.
Full Story »Cubs / White Sox Preview
Ready for a siries with the cross town rivals? We’ve got you covered with the probable pitching matchups and a look at the series from the White Sox perspective.
Full Story »Game 38: Too Little, Too Late
The pitching matchup was Roy Halladay vs. Chris Volstad. We didn’t have to be psychic to know how that would turn out. A late rally made things interesting, but the Cubs fell short yet again.
Full Story »GirlieView (05/17/2012)
GirlieView is a VFTB recap column on alternate Thursdays. We give our readers props for having timely and funny quotes from the past two weeks of VFTB commentary. Join us for a few good laughs!
Full Story »Positional Depth: Shortstop
It’s Thursday, which means another look at the state of the farm system. Were you encouraged by the top 20 list that Norm posted yesterday? I don’t blame you, because I wasn’t either. Today we look at what the positional breakdown at the shortstop position looks like for the Cubs.
Full Story »Game 37: The Definition of Insanity = Cubs Bullpen
What is the definition of insanity? Some would say it’s doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results each time. I say it’s watching the Cubs bullpen.
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