State of the System: Catcher
Today we begin our journey of taking a look at names to know in the system as we head into spring training and beyond. We begin the series with a look at the catcher position.
The Missing Ingredient of Pitcher Defense
John Dewan checks in with the latest edition of “Stat of the Week” presented by Acta Sports and discusses a pitching element that often gets overlooked.
A Florida Spring Training “Go-By”?
The CubbieDude looks at Tim Dorsey’s most recent Florida “guidebook” in his latest edition of his well received book reviews.
GirlieView (02/05/2010)
Time for another View From the Bleachers week in review! Lizzies, Lizard, and a simple and tasty recipe for the big game this weekend. Who will win?
In the News: Ryan Theriot to Cubs – Oh, it’s on!
Following up on my earlier story, Ryan Theriot wants to get paid pronto. And if he and Jim Hendry can’t come to terms on a salary amount, the two sides will head to the first Cubs arbitration hearing since Mark Grace’s monetary mosh-pit in 1993.
In the News: Boycott Paul Sullivan
The Cubs blogosphere is uniting against Tribune beat reporter and Milton Bradley obsessive Paul Sullivan. Hey, he asked for it and, y’know, spring training doesn’t start for a while.
Who Am I?
I once had a season in the 90’s that saw me get 500+ plate appearances and strike out more than twice the amount of times that I had a hit. I am the only player do ever do that.
Set The “Wayback Machine” For 1945!!
Cubbiedude takes some time to go retro with his latest book review as he takes a look at “Wrigley Field’s Last World Series – The Wartime Chicago Cubs And The Pennant Of 1945” by Charles N. Billington
GirlieView (01/29/2010)
This Girlie is bored. With spring training just around the corner and nothing really happening, let’s play a round of “You Be Lou” and talk about the lineup. Heck we’ve gotta talk about something!!! And of course the Lizzies and Lizard are listed as well.
Stat of the Week: The Super Bowl Prediction System
This week’s edition of Stat of the Week, John Dewan takes a look at a system he’s been using to predict the winner of the Super Bowl.
In the News: Capgate rages on
Andre Dawson must wear an Expos cap to Cooperstown! But, wait, he doesn’t want to! He wants to wear a Cubs hat! What do you think? Can we just get this induction ceremony over with already!
Sean Marshall Agrees to Contract & Chad Tracy Signs a MLC
The Cubs have agreed to contracts with Sean Marshall and Chad Tracy
In the News: Mesa headed to victory (and Nady’s a Cub!)
All signs point to the Chicago Cubs staying in Mesa, Arizona for spring training. With the Mesa City Council blowing out any doubt of its commitment to the team, all that remains is for Ricketts et al. to sign off on the deal.
Tyler Walker
Today it was announced that Tyler Walker signed with the Nats for less than a million a year. Look at this guys stats – what am I missing? [...]
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