The bidding partners that are interested in the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field got some good news today after the Tribune Company rejected an offer by the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority to acquire Wrigley Field.

Once again it looks like the Cubs and Wrigley Field will be sold together.  If you were one of the groups interested in the team, of course you would want to have Wrigley Field included in the sale and it looks like that will more then likely happen.

Will we know if it will still be called Wrigley Field at the point?  Who knows.

Well crap, the one player I never want to see in a Chicago Cubs uniform just might be a Chicago Cubs on Wedneday after he clears waivers.  Jim Edmonds who was cut by the San Diego Padres after hitting .178 will come off waivers on Wednesday and reports are saying that Cubs general manager Jim Hendry will sign him right away if he is available.

Hendry, will Edmonds do anything that Felix Pie can’t do?  Who cares if Pie is struggling at the plate, atelast he isn’t trying to play centerfield with bum legs like Edmonds is doing.

I don’t like the move one bit, and a lot of other Cubs fans that I have talked to think the same way.  What do you think?  Would a Cubs jersey burn right off of Edmonds when he put it on?

The Chicago Cubs took advantage of a huge San Diego Padres error as they scored six runs in the fifth inning to break open the game on Monday night.  The Cubs weren’t done with done however as they scored another five runs in the sixth inning as they went on their way to beat the Padres 12-3.

Alfonso Soriano hit a two run home run while Geovany Soto and Mark DeRosa also finished the game with two rbi.  Derrek Lee, Reed Johnson, Kosuke Fukudome, and Aramis Ramirez all finished the game with one rbi as well.  We can’t forget about big Carlos Zambrano either as he went 2-4 including a double off the right-center wall.

Zambrano threw seven innings to improve his record to 6-1 on the season.  Zambrano could have probably went longer in the game but with the Cubs up that much, the Cubs decided to let Scott Eyre and Bob Howry finish out the game,  Eyre had to be relieved after only getting two outs though so hopefully he will pitch better next time he is called upon.  Howry recorded the final four outs in the game.

With the win the Cubs are now up a game in the division as the St. Louis Cardinals lost up in Milwaukee.  The Cubs will try to make it a 5-0 current homestand as they face off against the Padres again tomorrow night with Jason Marquis getting the start.

How will Marquis do?  Will this be his last start if he struggles once again?

The Chicago Cubs got a little bit of revenge this weekend as they finished off a three game sweep of the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks.  The last time the two teams played, it was the Diamondbacks sweeping the Cubs in the playoffs.

The Cubs were out of it on Sunday until the seventh inning when Reed Johnson hit a two run home run to tie the game at 4-4.  In the eighth inning, Daryle Ward came to the plate with the bases loaded and doubled to right-center field scoring two runs.  Earlier in the game Derrek Lee hit his tenth home run of the season as well.

Starting pitcher Carlos Zambrano was scratched from his start due to the wet conditions and the fact that the game started about an hour late.  Instead it was Sean Gallagher making the start.  Gallagher tossed 4 1/3 innings while he gave up five hits and four runs.

Chad Fox, Michael Wuertz, Carlos Marmol, and Kerry Wood all pitched in relief and no one gave up a hit!  The bullpen pitched awesome as Marmol picked up the win and Wood picked up the save.  Just like it should be every game, Marmol and Wood closing the game in the eighth and ninth innings!

The Cubs will now welcome in the San Diego Padres for a four game series starting Monday night.  The first three games of the series will be a night so Wrigleyville is going to be buzzing into the late hours.

Despite being dominated for most of the game by Arizona rookie starter Max Scherzer, the Cubs rallied off the Diamondback’s bullpen for 6 in the 7th en route to a 7-2 victory and their first series win in weeks. Alfonso Soriano went 4 for 5 with 2 runs and the game winning RBI. The Cubs got the lead in the 3rd when Soriano scored on an error by rightfielder Justin Upton. After the Cubs failed to score with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the 5th, the D’Backs got 2 runs in the top of the 6th on a bases loaded walk and an RBI groundout against Ryan Dempster.

Daryle Ward tied the game with a pinch hit RBI single in the bottom of the 7th, followed by an Alfonso Soriano RBI double to put the Cubs ahead. The Cubs would get four more in the inning on RBI singles from Ryan Theriot and Aramis Ramirez, capped off with a 2 run homer by Kosuke Fukudome. Scott Eyre, who made his first appearance since coming off the DL, got the win in relief. Carlos Zambrano tries to lead the Cubs to a sweep on Mother’s Day against Randy Johnson at 1:20 CT.

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Ted Lilly and the Chicago Cubs beat the Arizona Diamondbacks as the teams played each other for the first time since the Diamondbacks swept the Cubs last postseason.  Lilly pitched great as he tossed seven innings and only allowed three hits and one run while striking out ten batters.

Most Cubs fans probably thought oh crap here we go again as Chris Young took Lilly deep for a home run in the first inning but after that Lilly setteled down and controlled the Diamondbacks hitters.

Kerry Wood picked up his sixth save as he closed the door on the Dbacks in the ninth inning.

At the plate for the Cubs, they got a run in the fifth inning on a Lilly single that scored Mark DeRosa and then Alfonso Soriano doubled to score Reed Johnson.  In the seventh inning, Derrek Lee connected for his ninth home run of the season to put the Cubs up 3-1.

Now that was a big win that the Cubs were really needing to get as they start a ten game homestand.  On Saturday, the Cubs will send Ryan Dempster to the mound against the Diamondbacks rookie stud Max Scherzer.  Hopefully we will see the Cubs pick up another win over the Diamondbacks!

Wow, the Cubs were never even in the game hardly today against the Cincinnti Reds as the Reds came out of the gates with some big whoopin sticks.  The Reds hit four home runs off Jon Lieber in the second inning, and then two more home runs off of Sean Marshall in the fifth inning, and one more off of Sean Gallager in the sixth inning.

The pitchers didn’t even give the hitters a chance today as they put them into such a big hole to start off.  Yeah, the offense sucked as well in the game as they only recorded six total hits and didn’t even score one run.  Leaving twenty runners on base and striking out eleven time sure didn’t help the offense.

The Cubs will now off Thursday off which is a much needed off day if you ask me.  Let the bullepen get some more rest as they are probably going to have to be used quite a bit this weekend when the Arizona Dimaondbacks come into town for a weekend series.  The Cubs have a long homestand coming up, they really need to win 75% of these games to stay within striking distance of the St. Louis Cardinals who just keep on winning and winning.  Right now the Cubs are thre games behind the Cardinals in the standings.

So how will the Cubs do against the Diamondbacks?  I’m predicting that they will win one game out of the three game series.  Leave us a comment and let us know what you think.

Carlos Zambrano pitched great on Tuesday night as the Chicago Cubs defeated the Cincinnati Reds 3-0.  Zamrbano improved to 5-1 on the season as he tossed eight innings and only allowed three hits in the game.  Zambrano was in trouble a couple of times but was calm and quickly worked his way out of the jams.  It was nice to see that the Reds were up there first pitch hitting quite a bit, it allowed Big Z to last longer in the game as his pitch count was getting up there.

On the 10th anniversary of Kerry Wood striking out 20 batters, he earned his fifth save of the season.  Talk about a career turn around from starter to closer for Wood.

Ronny Cedeno had a two run single in the fourth inning for the Cubs and Aramis Ramirez had a RBI single in the first inning.  It was great to see Ramirez back in the lineup after sitting out with a swollen wrist the last few games.

Kosuke Fukudome continues to struggle on the road however.  Fukudome went 0-3 on Tuesday night.  I wonder if this slump will continue for Fukudome as he is still trying to learn pitchers in the league. What do you think Cubs fans?

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That was about one of the most frustrating games I have watched in a long time.   The Cubs lost to the Reds 5-3 as the Reds broke their five game losing streak and the Cubs continue to play bad baseball.  Two errors really hurt the Cubs as the Reds scored four unearned runs in the game.  Mark DeRosa and Mike Fontenot both extended innings where the Reds scored after they commited big errors.

The Cubs had their chance to atleast tie the game in the bottom of the ninth inning, but with the bases loaded for some reason Fontenot tried scoring from third base on a ball that got away from Paul Bako and was called out at home.  Yeah, replays showed that Fontenot was safe, but he shouldn’t have even tried scoring on that play because his run really didn’t matter.  Ryan Theriot walked right after that to load the bases for Derrek Lee but he failed to get a base hit as he grounded out to first to end the game.

Geovany Soto, Derosa, and Theriot all had a RBI each.  Soto connected on a solo home run in the second inning as he continues to swing a good bat.  Soto finished the game 3-3 with a walk.

Ryan Dempster took the loss for the Cubs.  Dempster is now 4-1 on the season after losing the game tonight.  Dempster allowed five runs to score but only one of those runs were earned.  The two errors extended innings and Dempster wasn’t able to pick up his teammates.

Carlos Zambrano will take the mound tomorrow night for the Cubs as they will try to get back on track against the Reds.  The Reds will send Aaron Harang to the mount so the Cubs will have their work cut out for them once again.

The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals played in front of a national tv audience on ESPN on Sunday night and the Cubs played pretty bad in a 5-3 loss to the Cardinals.  Albert Pujols broke a 2-2 tie in the fourth inning with a two run double and the Cubs didn’t have an anwser after that.

Jason Marquis struggled as he only lasted 5.1 innings as he gave up all five runs.  Marquis isn’t throwing the ball that well and his record shows that as it is now 1-2 on the season.  On Sunday night he walked five batters so he is having some control problems.

Alfonso Soriano, Kosuke Fukudome, and Reed Johnson all had an RBI in the game for the Cubs.  The Cubs really struggled as they only had five hits off the Cardinals pitching staff.

It really sucks losing two out of three against the Cardinals.  The Cubs are now 1.5 games behind the Cardinals in the division standings.  The Cubs will begin a three game series with the Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.  Hopefully they can pick up that 1.5 games this next series and be right back on top of the Cardinals.