Chicago Cubs Midseason Review

By brianjstultz, Section MLB
Posted on Tue Aug 05 2008 at 10:23 AM EST
More on: chicago, cubs, chicago cubs, piniella (all tags)

We have reached the midway point of the 2008 Cubs season and the season has gone about as well as any of us could have hoped. Great pitching, solid clutch hitting and contributions from every player has led the Cubs to the top of the National League Central and tied for the best record in baseball with the Los Angeles Angels of Anahiem of California of the United States of North America of the Planet Earth.

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2007 NLDS preview

By alexferguson60, Section MLB
Posted on Wed Oct 03 2007 at 9:26 PM EST
More on: Cubs, Diamondbacks, Phillies, Rockies, MLB (all tags)

Will the Cubbies win for the first time in 99 years? Can the Phillies get a World Series crown AND lose for the 10,000 time in one season? How did the Rockies get in and the Padres manage to screw it up? All we know is is that there are no atheists in October amongst baseball fans...Alex Ferguson previews the NLDS

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Curse No More?

By mlbman92, Section MLB
Posted on Thu Jan 25 2007 at 4:43 PM EST
More on: Cubs, Baseball (all tags)

The Chicago Cubs will enter the 2007 MLB season with an anticipated hype. They are now fighting to be Chicago's best team, and it feels like there is no more curse on this ball club.  Will the Cubs live up to the high standards set out for them?

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Oprah Hendry & The Cubs

By Aaron Miller, Section MLB
Posted on Thu Dec 14 2006 at 5:38 AM EST
More on: MLB, Cubs (all tags)

Since they last won the World Series in 2000, the New York Yankees have spent $1 billion on players who, in the grand scheme of things, delivered nothing but headline material for the New York Post and proved that while you can sometimes buy competitiveness, you can never buy a championship.

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Dance to the Music - Teams Edition

By YanksWS96, Section MLB
Posted on Sun Jul 02 2006 at 6:15 PM EST
More on: Blue Jays, MLB, Yankees, Tigers, White Sox, Braves, Marlins, Mets, Pirates, Cubs, SF Giants, Rockies (all tags)

by Matt Wells

Recently, I wrote an article giving songs to some of the starting pitchers of today's game.  Josh Towers, the now-demoted Oliver Perez, and the now-promoted Jered Weaver were just some of the names who were in sync with the songs I chose from my playlist.

So, we got relievers who enter the game to their choice of music.  We got some starters who had some songs hand-picked for them by me.  What about the teams?  (This time, I'll go outside my playlist for a few of the songs.)

The Yankees have a song ("Here Come the Yan-kees").  The Mets have a song ("Meet the Mets").  What about some of the other teams?  What songs can I give them?  Read on....

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