http://cubschic.com Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:12:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My three weeks in Europe went by quickly. As WiFi access has yet to catch on in many small French villages, I was not able to follow the day-to-day actions of my beloved Cubs. I was having too good a time to worry about the Bradley mess anyway, and was glad that ... http://cubschic.com/2009/09/28/one-final-homestand/ Greetings from Europe! I meant to post before I left that I'd be out of the country for three weeks in September, but things got busy. I'm currently in Madrid for the opening of my S.O.'s play. Previews have been wonderful and tonight is the official opening. You can tell it's ... http://cubschic.com/2009/09/04/traveling-cubschic/ Losing to the defending World Series Champion Phillies I can handle. Losing two straight to the lowly Padres is really depressing. Getting beat when you only have one out left to get, as happened on Monday night, is getting unbearable. My only solace as a Cubs fan is that this club ... http://cubschic.com/2009/08/19/west-coast-nightmare/ So Blanco goes down and Miles comes up. Soto is just about ready to come back, so maybe Theriot's bruised arm will now necessitate a trip to the DL. It seems like the Cubs just can't keep everyone healthy this year. They've put 14 different guys on the DL so ... http://cubschic.com/2009/08/06/rotating-dl/ Of course, I'm happy to see Reed Johnson and Angel Guzman return as well, but my titles can only be so long. The sad part of seeing these guys return is that, to make room for them, three current Cubs will have to return to Iowa. I really think Fox ... http://cubschic.com/2009/07/06/welcome-back-aramis/ The Cubs have to be happy that June is over. They had a losing record in June (11-14), the first month they've had a losing record since August 2007. At least they started off July with a victory, giving Wells his third win in a row. Sam Fuld got his ... http://cubschic.com/2009/07/02/home-sweet-home-hopefully/ The Cubs continue to struggle on the road, if you can consider the south side a roadtrip. I missed the game, so can only read about Zambrano's histrionics, but I'm not sure it was enough to warrant the 'dump him' comments of a certain Chicago sportswriter. Big Z has never ... http://cubschic.com/2009/06/29/on-to-pummel-the-pirates/ Who said these Cubs/Sox games were getting stale. I saw some silly headline to that effect the other day and didn't bother to read the article. You're not a true fan if you don't enjoy these games, especially when they've for the most part been very competitive. Yesterday's was no ... http://cubschic.com/2009/06/27/lets-play-one-good-one/ Well, that will teach me to walk away from the TV. After Hoffpauir's go-ahead homer in the 8th, I thought the Cubs might actually get away with squandering numerous scoring opportunities yet again. (They were 0-8 with runners in scoring position.) When they returned from the commercial break, I guess ... http://cubschic.com/2009/06/24/pitch-and-game-slip-away/ The hits were there Monday night in Atlanta, but just not at the right time. The Cubs stranded base runners in seven innings and the Cubs managed no run support for Dempster at all. Let's hope the better bats were shipped to Detroit ahead of the team and this was ... http://cubschic.com/2009/06/23/offense-missed-the-flight/