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In the News (Fri 27 Nov 09)

  
  Chicago Cubs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In 1998, the Cubs made it into the playoffs as a wild card team on the strength of a 60+ HR season from Sammy Sosa and Kerry Wood's Rookie of the Year pitching performance.
The Cubs won their first division title in 14 years in 2003, and their NLDS victory over the Atlanta Braves was the team's first postseason series win since 1908.
Game 6 saw the Cubs take a 3-0 lead to the 8th inning, when the now-infamous incident in which a fan attempted to catch a ball in foul territory rattled the team and opened the door to 8 Florida runs and a Marlin victory.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chicago_Cubs   (5084 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Bonds hits 729th homer in win over Cubs at Wrigley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Cubs had cut the lead to 6-4 when he entered in the eighth, but Stanton only faced three batters because Ronny Cedeno was caught stealing second with two on and two outs.
The Cubs scored two in the third on Jacque Jones' single, and he scored from third on Schmidt's balk.
Cubs catcher Michael Barrett was placed on the 15-day DL Sunday after undergoing surgery Saturday night for bleeding in his scrotum.
usatoday.com /sports/baseball/games/2006-09-03-giants-cubs_x.htm?csp=34   (950 words)

  
 Chicago Cubs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Cubs' jersey worn by Hall of Famer Rogers Hornsby in 1932.
In 1952 the Cleveland Indians defeated the Cubs, 4-2.
In 1995 the Cubs defeated the Detroit Tigers, 8-6.
www.baseballhalloffame.org /teams/NL/cubs.htm   (401 words)

  
 Cubs
Officially adopting the Cubs moniker in 1907, the team, led by a great pitching staff including Mordecai “Three-Finger” Brown, won three straight pennants (1906–1908), two world championships over the Detroit Tigers, and another pennant in 1910.
In 1984 the Cubs went 96–65 and, led by manager Jim Frey, MVP Ryne Sandberg, and Cy Young pitcher Rick Sutcliffe, won the NL Eastern Division championship but lost the playoffs to the San Diego Padres.
In 1998 Sammy Sosa hit 66 home runs, and, in 1999, a record-setting year for Cubs attendance, he led the club to the playoffs, where they were swept by the Braves.
www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org /pages/247.html   (797 words)

  
 Chicago Cubs vs Cardinals   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Cubs first year as a franchise was in 1874, and have won 2 World Series titles during their time in Chicago.
Both the Cubs and the Cardinals have had their share of legendary announcers in the booth: Harry Caray for the Cubs, and Jack Buck for the Cardinals.
The Cubs and the Cardinals were to play a game on June 22, 2002, but the game was called due to a death in the Cardinals organization.
www.chicago-cubs-baseball.com /Rivalry.php   (737 words)

  
 Chicago Cubs : Cubs news, history and pictures
Chicago Cubs are a Major League Baseball team, who presently belong to the Central Division of the National League.
Cubs were highly successful before 2005 season; they were victorious in back-to-back seasons in 2003 and 2004.
Cubs should drift around the.500 mark most of the season as the curse of the Billy Goat prolongs.
www.mlb-teams.com /cubs.php   (856 words)

  
 Burlington Cubs
As Spring training begins for the Majors, the Cubs are hopeful they can begin this season right where they left off last year, with a strong close to the schedule and competative showing in the Playoffs.
The Cubs are pleased to announce the resigning of ex-Cubbie Shawn Marshall to the 2006 roster.
Craig Pye has been a Cubs mainstay for many seasons and will be strongly missed on and off the field and we all hope to keep in touch with both players socially.
www.geocities.com /bvbcubs   (407 words)

  
 Bleed Cubbie Blue :: A Chicago Cubs Blog
Same old song: the Cubs left RISP in the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th, and the worst of it is, Henry Blanco actually led off the seventh inning with his triple (a ball that scooted by Jeff Francoeur), but the Cubs couldn't figure out a way to get him home.
As you may know, that was the second no-hitter thrown against the Cubs in a three-week period; Jim Maloney of the Reds had no-hit the Cubs at Wrigley Field on August 19, 1965; that was the last CG, extra-inning no-hitter (10 innings) thrown in the history of baseball.
Tempus fugit department: The last time the Cubs and Braves played when BOTH teams entered the game with a losing record was sixteen years ago, on August 26, 1990; the Braves were 49-78, on their way to a 97-loss season, and the Cubs were 60-66; they would finish that year 77-85.
www.bleedcubbieblue.com   (6947 words)

  
 Braves unravel Miller's debut
Cubs manager Dusty Baker said he was generally pleased with Miller's performance, considering his long layoff and throwing speed that occasionally surpassed 90 mph.
The Cubs staked Miller to a 2-0 lead on Matt Murton's homer into the right-field stands in the second inning and Juan Pierre's 72nd run of the season off Ryan Theriot's single to right in the third.
The Cubs got one more run in the fifth from Pierre, who singled, stole second, reached third on a throwing error and scored on Aramis Ramirez's sacrifice fly.
www.suntimes.com /output/cubs/cst-spt-cub10.html   (534 words)

  
 Chicago Sun-Times - Sports - Cubs
Cubs reliever Glendon Rusch was diagnosed with a blood clot in his lung and will miss the rest of the season.
The Cubs had hopes pitcher Jerome Williams would develop into a dependable starter when he was acquired on May 28, 2005, in the deal that sent LaTroy Hawkins to the San Francisco Giants.
Cubs left- hander Rich Hill thinks he reached a turning point in his major-league career Saturday, building the kind of confidence that might fuel him for years.
www.suntimes.com /index/cubs.html   (1920 words)

  
 ChicagoSports.com - Chicago Cubs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Cubs proceeded to commit six errors for the first time in 24 years, rebounded from a seven-run deficit and self-destructed in the ninth before posting a 9-8, 11-inning victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on a bizarre night at Wrigley Field.
Ask Paul readers react to his suggestions on radical surgery for the Cubs in 2007, and the verdict is in: Paul Sullivan is deluded.
Cubs and Sox tales, the Negro leagues and the lure of the national pastime.
chicagosports.chicagotribune.com /sports/baseball/cubs   (747 words)

  
 Crawly's Cub Kingdom
The Cubs tried to get back in it, with Ryan Theriot continuing to impress Cubs fans with a three run double, but both bullpens gave up zero runs and the Cubs are now in danger of falling into last place in a five team division.
The Cubs were destroyed by the Cardinals this weekend, swept in three games in new Busch Stadium to end the season series with the Cardinals.
Cubs fans have spent the last two years baffeled as Dusty constantly started him over better players and when he was in the lineup, he was batting second.
crawlyscubs.mlblogs.com   (11128 words)

  
 Breaking the Cubs' Curse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Bolstered by the strongest young pitching arms in baseball, the Chicago Cubs-- longtime symbols of diamond futility-- have mystifed the baseball establishment by staying in the tight race for the Central Division lead in the National League.
The somber tale is familiar to longtime Cubs fans who had grown accustomed to pennant winners during the first half-century of Big League baseball.
He arranged for the second generation Sianis and Cubs great, Ernie Banks, to join a robed group of chanting monastic monks in what was intended to be a curse-cleansing procession around the vine-covered interior walls of Wrigley Field.
hnn.us /articles/1674.html   (582 words)

  
 CubsNet.com | Collaborative, Fan-Based Chicago Cubs News, Blogs, and Commentary
The Chicago Cubs are likely to seek to sign Carlos Zambrano to a contract extension during the offseason, to avoid him becoming a free agent after the 2007 season.
The Chicago Cubs traded infielder Phil Nevin and cash considerations to the Minnesota Twins on Thursday in exchange for a player to be named later.
Nevin had a.271 EqA for the Cubs in 179 at-bats and 17 walks.
www.cubsnet.com   (1203 words)

  
 The Chicago National League Ball Club Blog
A couple of months ago I wrote about the Cubs chances of reaching the 2007 playoffs based on the number of losses a team had the previous season since the advent of the Wild Card.
Now that the Cubs are officially the worst team in the National League after their loss to the Pirates tonight, I thought it might be fun to take a look at the Cubs chances of reaching the 2007 playoffs using different criteria.
The Cubs completed the Phil Nevin trade today and acquired RHP Adam Harben from the Twins as the PTBNL for Phil Nevin and cash considerations.
www.thechicagonationalleagueballclub.com   (2443 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Bonds leads Giants' longball surge vs. Cubs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Bonds, booed as he came to bat each time, drove Sean Marshall's 3-2 pitch into the right-field seats with two outs in the fourth to give the Giants a 1-0 lead.
Lee's single to right on an 0-2 pitch was the Cubs' first hit and baserunner after Cain retired the first 12 batters he faced.
Former Giants and Cubs reliever Rod Beck threw out the first pitch and sang during the seventh-inning stretch.
usatoday.com /sports/baseball/games/2006-09-02-giants-cubs_x.htm?csp=34   (660 words)

  
 The Northside Lounge-A Chicago Cubs Blog
Good news is that the Cubs decided to sign him for not one but two seasons at $2.5 M per.
Then to top it all off the player has to rationally think that bunting is a good move throwing up the white flag and admitting to the world he knows he cannot hit (which any person with a basic understanding or the number line can tell when comparing his stats to other people).
Maybe the Cubs will get out of this funk, maybe this will be a blip when recounting a glorious season, but in the end I think it is what it is. Basically the end result of a glorious amount of bad decisions.
northside.blogspot.com   (2966 words)

  
 Daytona Cubs Baseball - www.daytonacubs.com -
The Cubs (35-29) got one of the better starts they’d seen by a pitcher this season, but could not transfer the momentum onto the bases as Daytona fell to Brevard County (27-33) 2-0 on Thursday night.
The Cubs welcomed almost 150,000 fans to "The Jack" this season, shattering the previous record of 127,360.
The Cubs are ready to host four home games during the FSL Playoffs including the first game on September 5 for the Eastern Division Championship and the FSL Championship home games on September 10, 11 and 12.
www.daytonacubs.com   (539 words)

  
 CUBS - Cooperative Users of Banking Systems   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
If you need help, the CUBS office (and other CUBS Members) might be able to help you.
The Cooperative Users of Banking Systems (CUBS) is please to announce it has achieved its two -year initiative to broaden its national membership base by accepting community banks regardless of core software system.
CUBS provides a vehicle for the free exchange of ideas and experience among financial users of software and hardware.
www.cubsusers.org   (761 words)

  
 Chicago Tribune news : Cubs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Cubs' clubhouse is a much different place than it was only a few months ago, with the kids overtaking the veterans and becoming the new silent majority.
The Cubs' dismal season is about to end the same way it began, with a three-way competition for the second-base job.
One of the major miscalculations the Cubs made last winter was depending on Jerome Williams to make the rotation.
www.chicagotribune.com /sports/baseball/cubs   (703 words)

  
 Chicago Cubs Tickets, Chicago Cubs Baseball Tickets at StubHub!
The Loveable Cubs continue to fill Wrigley Field as they try to shake what is now the oldest close-but-no-cigar tradition in the MLB.
Chicago Cubs tickets are notoriously difficult to procure, and nearly every game in Wrigley Field is sold out well before the actual game.
The Cubs now set the standard for championship droughts, as the dry spell now inches towards 100 years and counting.
www.stubhub.com /chicago-cubs-tickets   (469 words)

  
 The Cub Reporter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
As for the Cubs, they got eliminated from the NL central crown some time over the last couple of days and a Padre win, coupled with a Cubs loss should eliminate them from the wild card.
In an interview with Len Kasper on WGN-TV last week, Cubs GM Jim Hendry was talking about 2007 and mentioned the need to upgrade pitching as (obviously) something he (obviously) would be trying to do.
Since the Cubs are playing for nothing and Guzman probably has the most talent in the Cubs farm system, you stick with him through the rest of the year and hope he can turn a corner sooner rather than later.
www.all-baseball.com /cubreporter   (2502 words)

  
 Chicago Cubs Tickets, Chicago Cubs Baseball Tickets at Tickco
The Cubs are looking to make another run at the NL Central pennant in '06.
Built in 1914 and home to the Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field is the second oldest stadium in the Major Leagues.
As Chicago ticket brokers, we specialize in premium Chicago Cubs tickets as well as tickets to some of the the biggest events in the world.
www.tickco.com /sports/mlb/chicago_cubs_tickets.htm   (680 words)

  
 Mark Prior Biography | Chicago Cubs | 2003 National League Playoffs | Major League Baseball | Picture   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Mark Prior has returned to the Chicago Cubs pitching rotation and is trying to get the Cubbies back in the National League playoff picture.
The same year Prior was drafted by the Chicago Cubs who believed he could be the guy who could finally lead the team to another World Series.
Cubs' fans are hoping Prior and the Cubs can finally break the infamous curse in 2004.
www.kidzworld.com /site/p3848.htm   (440 words)

  
 Cubs: Cubs
With the Cub motto of "Do Your Best" front and centre, Cubs are encouraged to try new and more challenging activities.
Cubs also experience an exciting variety of other activities: games and sports, model-building, music, story-telling and play-acting.
Scouts Canada is pleased to introduce two new Cub badges: the Individual Specialty Badge, and the Pack Specialty Badge.
www.scouts.ca /cubs.asp?cmPageID=89   (221 words)

  
 ChicagoSports.com - Marlins end Cubs' World Series dream
The Cubs became the fourth team in history to lose an LCS after taking a 3-1 lead, blowing a prime-time opportunity to capture their first National League pennant in 58 years, and their first world championship since 1908.
The Cubs' wild journey ended in a seven-game NLCS, where the Cubs took a 3-1 lead into Game 5 and had everyone in Chicago ready to party.
Mark Prior and the Cubs blew a 3-0, eighth-inning lead in Game 6 at Wrigley, watching the Marlins put up an "8" after an oblivious fan down the left-field line accidentally kept Alou from a chance at catching a pop foul.
chicagosports.chicagotribune.com /sports/baseball/cubs/cs-031015cubsgamer,1,2039939.story?coll=cs-home-headlines   (894 words)

  
 Cubscast.com · The World's First (and Best) Chicago Cubs Podcast
Carrie Muskat said he’d be pitching for the Cubs by the end of June.
In fact, aside from 1966 (the only other time the Cubs have lost 100 games), this season could statistically be the bleakest in the history of the Chicago Cubs.
Upon reading Eric Benderoff’s article in the Tribune earlier this week, Cubs fans across the country are reacting to the thought of changing the old school scoreboard at Wrigley Field.
www.cubscast.com   (3256 words)

  
 Cubs Central   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The Chicago Cubs got another glimpse of the future Wednesday, then fell back into some of their old bad habits.
The Florida Marlins scored three runs on a hit and three walks in the 8th inning at Wrigley Field, breaking a 3-all tie on their way to a 7-5 victory.
Florida scored all three of its runs against Guzman in the fourth inning, although the rookie did have to pich out of a couple of early jams...
www.cubscentral.com   (388 words)

  
 Chicago Cubs : ballpark : Wrigley Field Neighbors
Whether you are a Cubs fan or not, we would like to keep you informed about what we are doing.
I live in the Wrigleyville neighborhood and am generally supportive of the Cubs and their plans for Wrigley Field.
I live in Lakeview, and am not really a fan of the Cubs, but would like to be informed of Cubs activities.
chicago.cubs.mlb.com /NASApp/mlb/chc/ballpark/wrigleyville_neighbors.jsp   (175 words)

  
 ESPN.com - MLB - - Chicago Cubs - Player Card   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
He was examined by Dr. Frank Eismont of the University of Miami.
Zambrano said he echoed what Cubs orthopedic surgeon Stephen Gryzlo told him earlier, that there is no major problem:'' He said there was a little damage (in the lower back).
Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Angel Guzman walks off the mound after being taken out of the baseball game against...
sports.espn.go.com /mlb/clubhouse?team=chc   (417 words)

  
 SportingNews.com - Your expert source for MLB Baseball, NFL Football, NBA Basketball, NHL Hockey, NCAA Football, NCAA ...
Cubs overcome 6 errors, win in 11th
OF Felix Pie was one of four players on the 40-man roster who was not called up in September, but that doesn't mean he had a bad season.
The Cubs want the highly touted Pie to work more with former Cub Bobby Dernier in instructional league later this month on his base running, then play winter ball in the Dominican Republic.
www.sportingnews.com /baseball/teams/cubs   (303 words)

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