General manager Jim Hendry has traded Angel Pagan to the New York Mets for outfielder Corey Coles and RHP Ryan Meyers.  Reports are saying that Coles and Meyers will be career minor leaguers but it is so hard to tell the way players move up and down these days.

I do think sending Pagan to the Mets is clearly just a way to clear up a spot on the 40 man roster.  It will also make Sam Fuld making the team as a 5th outfielder a lot better.

Felix Pie was called up to the Chicago Cubs for the third time this season after the Cubs placed outfielder Angel Pagan on the disable list.  I have to wonder if this is just a move to get Pie on the roster to spark up some excitment.  Is Pagan really hurt?  Either way Pie is better then Pagan.

Look for Pie to get most of the starts in centerfield, Matt Murton and Eric Patterson playing left field, and Jacque Jones / Cliff Floyd in right field until Alfonso Soriano comes back.

The Cubs 6-0 win combined with Milwaukee’s 9-5 loss Sunday puts the Cubs only a half game behind the Brewers and ahead of the Crew in the loss column. Carlos Zambrano, who went 7 and 1/3 innings of shutout baseball became the first pitcher in the majors to 14 wins. Aramis Ramirez and Mark DeRosa had first inning RBIs while Derrek Lee added a 2 run homer in the 7th to make it 4-0. Angel Pagan’s 2 run single in the 9th sealed the deal. Will Ohman and Bob Howry completed the shutout. The Cubs welcome the Phillies into Wrigley for a 4 game set, starting Monday night.

The wind was blowing in today but that didn’t matter as the Cubs and Giants combined for 17 runs in todays game.  The Cubs went on to win 9-8 but Barry Bonds sure made it close!  Bonds hit two homeruns in the game to inch closer to Hank Aaron on the alltime list.

Aramis Ramirez led the Cubs at the plate going 3-5 with 3 RBI’s and two runs scored.  Ramirez came up very big for the Cubbies today.  No way they would have won if he wasn’t in the lineup.

Jacque Jones had another good day at the plate as he went 3-4 with an RBI.  Jones has really played well the last few games.  Lou needs to keep running him out there in centerfield as he has really been playing well.

Others chipping in with RBI’s on the game were Alfonso Soriano, Cliff Floyd, Angel Pagan, and Mike Fontenot.  Gotta love that many players getting RBI’s in the game.

Ted Lilly started the game for the Cubs and lasted five innings giving up six hits and three earned runs.  He did give up Barry Bond’s first homerun of the game as well in the second inning.  Lilly did work out of some jams that helped him out but he wasn’t that sharp today.

The Cubs really used their bullpen once again as five relievers got into the game.  Billy Petrick pitched one inning allowing one hit, two walks, and two earned runs.  Michael Wuertz then came into the game and didn’t have much luck as he also allowed two earned runs.  Will Ohman served up Barry Bond’s second homerun of the game in the seventh inning that brough the score to 9-8.  Carlos Marmol did have a good outing over 1.1 innings allowing 0 runs on 0 hits.  Bob Howry picked up his eigth save of the year as he closed out the game in the ninth inning.

The Cubs took 3-4 from the Giants so that is always good when you win a series.  It wasn’t all good for the Cubs as Cliff Floyd and Daryle Ward both left the game with injuries.  As of right now we aren’t sure how server they are, but from early reports it sounds like they both could be day-to-day. 

The Cubs will start a three game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks tomorrow afternoon.   Lets hope this winning keeps on happening!

A great offensive showing for the Chicago Cubs today even without Aramis Ramirez and Derrek Lee in the lineup!  Aramis is taking a day off to just get a day off, and Lee has began his 5 game suspension for the Chris Young incident.

Koyie Hill had a career day for the Cubs as he went 2-3 with 5 RBI’s!  That is more offensive numbers today then the catching position has produced in the last few months it seems!  Cliff Floyd also had a good game going 2-3 with a RBI as well.  We can hate on Jacque Jones all we want but he did produce today as well going 1-2 with two RBI and two walks.  Angel Pagan, Mark DeRosa, and Mike Fontenot each had one RBI in the game also.

Carlos Zambrano threw only five innings as the Cubs were already up  9-0 after five innings so Lou took him out of the game early to rest his arm a little bit.  Zambrano did stikeout three and walked two while giving up only two hits.  Zambrano is the first National League pitcher to win 12 games this season.

Sean Gallagher threw four innings in relief as he closed out the ballgame.  Gallagher did allow a run in the ninth inning other then that it was a great showing for himself.  A great showing by Zambrano and the bullpen today.  Sure was a lot better showing by the bullpen today compared to last night!

The Cubs and Giants will play another day game tomorrow as the Cubs try to go for the 3-1 series win.  Lets get the win Cubbies!

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After snapping a 10 game homer-less drought on Saturday, the Cubs hit 3 long balls on Sunday afternoon to complete the sweep of the Astros at Wrigley Field. After trailing 5-0, the Cubs scored 6 in a big 2nd as Angel Pagan hit a 2 run homer and Derrek Lee hit a three run shot, his first since early June. Ryan Theriot added a solo homer in the 3rd to put the Cubs back up 7-6.

The rest was up to the bullpens for each team. Scott Eyre, Carlos Marmol, Will Ohman, Michael Wuertz, and Bob Howry combined for 5 scoreless innings of relief to secure the win. Wuertz got the win and Howry, his 5th save.

The Cubs will continue their 10 game homestand as Barry Bonds and the Giants come in for 4 games starting Monday night at 6:05 CT.

It wasn’t the way the Cubs wanted to end the first half of the season as they lost two of three games against the Pittsburgh Pirates.  Todays game was a close one until the bottom of the eigth inning when the Pirates scored three runs off of Bob Howry.  It’s really too bad because Carlos Zambrano through seven good innings and only gave up four hits.  One of those hits however was a two-run homerun by Jason Bay that gave the Pirates the lead.

The Cubs had their chances to score more runs early in the ballgame.  In the second inning, they had the bases loaded and 0 out but were only able to push across one run.  You have got to score 2-3 runs when you have the bases loaded and no outs.  Mark DeRosa and Angel Pagan were the Cub players that had RBI’s in the game.  Not enough production up and down the lineup to get the win.

Right now the Cubs are 4.5 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers and I will take that heading into the All Star Break.  The Cubs must get off to a good start during the second half and then I really think we will eventually overtake the Brew Crew.  Winning 12 of the last 16 games as gave this coaching staff and players alot of confidence I think it is going to continue into the second half of the season.

The Cubs continue their good play today as they swept the Colorado Rockies with a 6-4 win today.  That is now the Cubs sixth win in a row and their highest winning streak of the season.  Now if we can just get those pesky Brewers to lose!  Oh yeah, they are coming to Wrigley for a three game series starting Friday.  HUGE series and the Cubs need to go atleast 2 out of 3 against the Brew Crew.

Mark DeRosa and Mike Fontenot both had homeruns for the Cubbies as they got out to a big lead early in the ballgame.  DeRosa finished the game with three RBI’s and Fontonet had one.  Angel Pagan and Ryan Theriot also chipped in with one RBI each.

Carlos Zambrano picked up his ninth win on the season.  Carlos has really came on in the last 6 ballgames and is pitching like the pitcher he really is.  Zambrano threw six innings allowing five hits and two earned runs.  He did have eight strikeouts and three walks also.

Billy Petrick made his Major League Debut today throwing 1.2 innings. He had a 1-2-3 inning in the seventh with two strikeouts in the inning.  He was clocked at 97 in the inning as well.  He did run into some trouble in the top of the eight inning as Garrett Atkins hit a two run homer off of him.  Will Ohman then came in and got the final out of the inning.  Carlos Marmol pitched a great inning in the ninth to finish off the Rockies.

GO CUBS GO!

Ok what a wild one at Wrigley Field tonight as the Cubs came back to win 10-9 even after blowing a 8-3 lead in the 9th inning.  I’m doing to do a weird update here as I had two articles wrote up and I’m going to post them both for the hell of it!

The Chicago Cubs picked up their fourth win a row with a 8-3 victory over the visting Colorado Rockies Monday night.  Mike Fontenot led the way going 5 for 5 with two doubles and three singles.  Fontonet also had two RBI’s to go along with the five hits.  Fontonet wasn’t the only former LSU player to have a great game as Ryan Theriot also went 2 for 2 as he came into the game as a pitch hitter late in the ballgame.

Mark DeRosa and Angel Pagan also played well on the offensive side of the game.  DeRosa went 2 for 4 with three RBI’S.  Pagan had a three-run homer in the 1st inning that gave the Cubs a 4-1 lead.

Jason Marquis pitched well enough to pick up the win as he threw 5.2 innings allowing seven hits and three earned runs.  It wasn’t a great performance but he got the job done and got out jams when he needed too.  When your offense scores eight runs, you don’t have to be on the top of your game for your team to get the win so his line doesn’t look as bad tonight.

Michael Wuertz, Scott Eyre, and Bob Howry closed out the ballgame.  It wasn’t the best showing by Eyre and Howry as they let the Rockies get back in the game in the bottom of the ninths really good to see the bullpen closing out games and not allowing the opposing team to score runs at the end of the ball game lately.  That is how the Cubs are going to make a run a the Milwaukee Brewers and the Central Division.

The same two teams will battle it out again tomorrow night at 7:05 central time.  Rodrigo Lopez (4-0) will take the mound against Ted Lilly (5-4)

or wait lol!

What a terrible showing by Bob Howry and Scott Eyre tonight as they gave up six runs in the top of the 9th inning as the Rockies came back to beat the Chicago Cubs 8-9.  How the hell can you give up six runs without getting an out in the 9th?  I don’t even know what to say right now lol. I do have to say what the hell was Piniella thinking the way he managed the bullpen tonight?  It didn’t look like he had a clue out there.  He went out to the mound and thought he had a pitcher warming up and there was no one, so Eyre was left to face another batter.  Howry had to come into the game without warming up as he usually does and well we know what happened.

Mike Fontenot led the way for the Cubs going 5 for 5 with two doubles and three singles.  Fontonet also had two RBI’s to go along with the five hits.  Fontonet wasn’t the only former LSU player to have a great game as Ryan Theriot also went 2 for 2 as he came into the game as a pitch hitter late in the ballgame.

Mark DeRosa and Angel Pagan also played well on the offensive side of the game.  DeRosa went 2 for 4 with three RBI’S.  Pagan had a three-run homer in the 1st inning that gave the Cubs a 4-1 lead.

Talk about up and down tonight.  I don’t know what else to say other then Eyre and Howry sucked it up in the ninth and the Cubs lost.  Umm go get em tomorrow guys?  Hell I can’t even say that tonight.

Well lets wait again LOL!  We all know what happened now as Alfonso Soriano hit a game winning single to give the Cubs the come from behind win. 

Umm what do you all think about the game?  Is there really a Cubs god?

The Cubs lost another 1 run ballgame today as they fell 6-5 to the Texas Rangers as the Rangers took the Interleague Series against the Cubs.

Ted Lilly and the Cubs got behind by five runs early in the ball game and the battled back with a huge 5th inning that seen the Cubs score 4 runs.  Mike Fontenot, Derrek Lee, Mark DeRosa, Rob Bowen, and Angel Pagan all had key hits in the inning.  In the 6th inning, Derrek Lee had another hit that plated Alfonso Soriano to tie the game for the Cubs.

It wasn’t meant to be as the Rangers were able to push across a run in the bottom of the ninth after Kenny Lofton started off the inning with a single to left field that just came out of Soriano’s glove as he made a diving attempt to catch the ball.  The Rangers then bunted Lofton over to second and in scoring position.  Bob Howry then got the ball on a groundball back to the pitchers mound and caught Lofton off the base and attempted to run him back to the bag and get him out in a rundown, but that didn’t work out at all as Lofton was able to make it back to the bag before Cesar Izturis was able to put down the tag.  You can tell then the Cubs were going to lose this ballgame. They always make some stupid mistake that costs them the ballgame and today it happened again…  The next batter, Frank Catalanotto then singled to deep left field that scored Lofton and gave the Rangers the win.

What a dissapointing series with the Rangers.  The Cubs could have swept this team if they would have just had a few clutch hits and not made stupid mistakes in the field.  Now they travel to the Southside to start a series with the hated White Sox tomorrow.  Huge series with the Brewers on fire, the Cubs have got to keep this thing around 5 games atleats at the all-star break.