Tag: Ryan Dempster
Balls and Strikes: The Fantasy Baseball Beat
Fantasy baseball season is winding down. Here’s some advice.
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Chicago Cubs weekly update 6/21/09 – The week it all changed?
In another revamping of our Cubs coverage, we now will be doing weekly updates on the Cubs that take a look at the action from the past week and look forward to the upcoming one. Along the way we’ll be posting on major occurences and rumors, but check in every Monday to see what’s going [...]
Series Recap: Chicago Cubs @ Houston Astros
The Cubbies wrapped up an 8 game road trip in Houston today. They split the trip, 4-4, playing 6 one run games. They lost 4 of those 6 games, all in walkoff fashion. They played 5 extra inning ball games, losing 3 of those. The starting pitching was tremendous all trip long, particularly in the [...]
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs @ Houston Astros
Starting on Tuesday June 9, the Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros will play their 18th series in 2009 against one another. OK, that’s a slight exaggeration, it’s just their fourth matchup. It just seems like they play each other every other series. The Cubs are 5-2 thus far versus the Astros, with one game postponed [...]
Chicago Cubs @ Cincinnati Reds – Series Preview
Welp, the Cubs managed a split out of their impromptu two game series in Hotlanta. With Thursday’s rainout, the Cubs add their third make up game to the schedule. The Cubs now roll into the ‘Nati to face the RedLegs in an important divisional three game series. The Cubs (26-25) will get ace Carlos Zambrano back [...]
Game 48 Recap: Cubs 7, Dodgers 0
The Cubs put together perhaps their best all around game of the season on Saturday as they completely manhandled the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-0. Ryan Dempster produced his best outing of the year to improve to 4-3, while Eric Stults took the loss for the Dodgers to fall to 4-2. Dempster went 7 strong innings, [...]
Los Angeles Dodgers @ Chicago Cubs – Series Preview
The Manny-less Los Angeles Dodgers roll into Chi-town on Thursday for a four game series against the Chicago Cubs. Led by Joe Torre, the Dodgers have jumped out to a 33-15 record and built a 9 game lead in the National League Western division. The Cubs sit at 23-22 and are currently 4 games back [...]
Game 43 Recap: Pirates 10, Cubs 8
Welp, at least we know the Cubs can still score some runs. For the first time in a week, the Cubs offense did enough to put up a white flag…this time it was Cubs pitching that led to a defeat, the 8th in row for Chicago, knocking them back under .500. The Pirates generally unimpressive [...]
Series Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates @ Chicago Cubs
Well. if I had to pick one team to play on the heels of a 7 game losing streak in which the Cubs played shown some of the worst offense I have seen in my years as a Cubs fan, it would be the Pittsburgh Pirates. Unfortunately, that’s about the only good thing I can [...]
Chicago Cubs @ St. Louis Cardinals – Series Preview
The Cubs have been rolling in May and look for it to continue as they stop in St. Louis for a three game set against the rival Cardinals. These two teams last met in late April in St. Louis and the Cubs lost two of three. However, since their last meeting, the Cubs have gone 12-7 despite [...]
Game 34 Recap: Cubs 11, Padres 3
The Cubbies are on fire folks. After battling through a difficult first month full of slow starts and injuries to key players, the Cubs have caught fire here in May. The boys from the North Side of Chi-town are 10-3 so far this month are show no signs of slowing down. The Cubs swept the [...]
Chicago Cubs @ Milwaukee Brewers – Series Preview
The Cubs make their second trip of the season to Milwaukee and look to improve on their much improved play. The Cubs have followed up a 10-11 month of April with a 6-1 start to May. They roll into Milwaukee on the heels of a two game sweep of the Houston Astros. Derrek Lee is due [...]
Game 25 Recap: Cubs 4, Giants 2
The Chicago Cubs extended their winning streak to four after dispatching the San Francisco Giants 4-2. Ryan Dempster turned in his best start of the season giving up 2 runs over 7 strong innings. He gave up only 5 hits, struck out 7, and improved his record to 2-1 on the year. Carlos Marmol came [...]
Game 20 Recap: D’backs 10, Cubs 0
That was embarrassing. The Cubs were knocked back to .500 on the year as Doug Davis and the Arizona Diamondbacks made quick work of the Cubbies, as the Cubs fell to 2-4 on this short road trip. After an encouraging 10 run explosion last night, the Cubs got Derrek Lee back in the lineup and [...]
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs @ Arizona Diamondbacks
The Chicago Cubs, on the heels of their first win in 5 tries, make their first trip west to face the Arizona Diamondbacks, who have struggled out of the gate to a 7-11 record. Recently, the D’Backs have been defined by starting pitching, particularly their two aces, Brandon Webb, Randy Johnson, and Dan Haren. Fortunately [...]
Game 11 Recap: Cubs 7, Cardinals 5
For the second consecutive game, the Chicago Cubs used a late home run to take down the rival St. Louis Cardinals. In both games, the Cubs really didn’t play all that well, having control issues all night from pretty much every pitcher, but they found a way to get it done, this time moving percentage [...]
Chicago Cubs @ Milwaukee Brewers – Series Preview
In 2008, the Chicago Cubs mindset was about winning series. It seemed every interview with a Cubs player included the phrase, “We’re just trying to win the series and go from there”. Well, the 2009 Cubs appear to have the same mindset and followed through with that plan after taking two of three from the [...]
Game 2 Recap: Astros 3, Cubs 2 (10)
The Chicago Cubs dream of a perfect season ended last night as they dropped their first contest, losing 3-2 to Houston in 10 innings. The Cubs jumped out to an early lead thanks to a two out RBI single by Derrek Lee in the 3rd inning. The Astros would tie it up in the 5th on a [...]
Chicago Cubs @ Houston Astros-Series Preview
I hope you have enjoyed our series of season outlooks for the Chicago Cubs. We started those things back in February; back then, the Opening Day could not have seemed farther away. A UK coaching change, a disappointing UofL Elite Eight loss, and a little over a month later, it’s finally time for baseball, it’s [...]
