Category: Chicago Cubs

      The Chicago Cubs are in trouble. They have no leadoff man, no closer, and now may start the season with out its number one and one-A pitchers.

With Sammy Sosa gone, Todd Walker is ready to be a leader in the Cubs clubhouse

The name of Sammy Sosa has been a hot topic this off-season. He has been rumored to be on the way to the Mets and even the Nationals. Here are some reasons why Sammy should remain in Cubbie Blue.

On paper, this club looked untouchable. They had the best starting five in all of baseball, and had great power hitters to put runs on the scoreboard. Defensively, this team looked solid, and their manager, Dusty Baker, was one of the best in the game. The Cubs made all the right off-season moves acquiring a great defensive first baseman and solid hitter, Derek Lee (also a World Champion), and Todd Walker from the Red Sox. Too bad games aren’t played on paper–the Cubs would’ve won a long time ago.

Greg Maddux is about to do something no other pitcher has done…again! Maddux earned his 300th victory against the Giants on August 7th, but his next win will be his biggest milestone of the season.

Now that Latroy Hawkins has proved his point–that he can’t be a closer–the Chicago Cubs have little else to prove that they are truly choke artists in a season slated for destiny. What it’s really time for is to see if Dusty Baker is really a miracle worker.

 Homeruns are great. Whack, crack, boom, pow. They’re big. The Cubs are good at doing so with 117 of them, second most in the National League. Great.

With a few exceptions, nobody tries to hit more homeruns than Sammy Sosa. He is the master of putting balls on Waveland Avenue, which would explain why fans love him. He’s so powerful that not only can he hit homers to the opposite field, but he once missed 30 games because a sneeze caused severe muscle strains in his back.