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Zonk it is – Keith Moreland gets the gig

The Cubs and WGN Radio have announced former and occasional fill-in Keith Moreland as the new radio analyst, succeeding Ron Santo. In his limited fill-in duty during a few extended Santo absences, Zonk did a nice job.  I think his down home Texas y’all stuff will fade a bit and he will fit in fine [...]

February 17, 2011  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: announcement, news, the media  No Comments

Reporting live from the Cubs Convention

Beginning tomorrow and running through Sunday is the 26th annual Cubs Fan Convention at the Hilton & Towers on South Michigan Avenue in the great city of Chicago. After 25 consecutive years of waffling on whether or not to attend my first Cubs Convention, I’ve finally decided to grab my camera and go this year. [...]

January 13, 2011  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Chicago, event, feature, live report, news, observations  One Comment

John Dewan’s Stat of the Week™

The Winner of the Cliff Lee Sweepstakes The wait is over: on Monday night, Cliff Lee agreed to a five-year contract with the Yankees Rangers Phillies. There’s good reason Lee was so highly coveted this offseason, as his 2010 season was one of the most masterful seasons in baseball history. In 212 innings, Lee struck [...]

December 14, 2010  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: John Dewan, Stat of the Week, biz of baseball, news, players, stats  One Comment

Goodbye, Ronnie.

December 3, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: news, oldschool, players, the media  One Comment

Andre Dawson day at Wrigley Field

The Chicago Cubs will honor the latest inductee to the Baseball Hall of Fame, former Cub Andre Dawson before Monday’s (8/30/2010) game against the Pirates. Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley will declare Monday “Andre Dawson Day” in the city, despite his status of being a devoted Sox fan. The Cubs will present a ‘gift’ the [...]

August 26, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Chicago, Wrigley Field, announcement, awards, game day, news, oldschool, players  One Comment

Lou Piniella rides off into the sunset

Lou Piniella has called it a career. He came to Chicago saying this would be his final managerial job and yesterday morning it was announced he would retire following what would be a 16-5 drubbing by the Atlanta Braves, the exact same outcome from Cubs vs Braves on opening day this year. Ironic how that [...]

August 23, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Jim Hendry, Lou Piniella, announcement, biz of baseball, coaching, manager, news, photo of the day  No Comments

Beginning of the end for Santo Era

It is looking like the beginning of the end of the Ron Santo Era. Cubs legend and radio color “analyst” Ron Santo announced he is limiting his broadcast schedule on WGN AM720. He will forego the coming West coast series in Seattle where the Cubs will face the Mariners in inter-league competition. Then he will [...]

June 20, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: news, observations, schedule, the media  One Comment

One Goal: Mission Accomplished

Congratulations to the 2010 NHL Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks! I wrote a post a while back on the similarities between the Hawks and Cubs organizations. They have quite a storied past together and now of course we all hope the baseball team will follow the hockey team to a league championship. You can bet there [...]

June 10, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Chicago, news, observations, rivalries  One Comment

Doug Glanville new book and appearances

Former Cubs outfielder Doug Glanville is one of my favorite baseball writers. Educated at Penn, the Ivy Leaguer writes about baseball from an insider’s perspective for the New York Times, contributes on-air to ESPN television and appears on countless other radio and television shows. Not only is he a fine writer, but he brings the [...]

May 10, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: book, game of baseball, news, oldschool, players  No Comments

Live coverage of Peoria Chiefs vs Kane County Cougars

I will be reporting *live* from Elfstrom Stadium, home of the Kane County Cougars on Saturday May 8, 2010 when the Cougars play the Peoria Chiefs, class-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs!  Stay tuned on the Clark-Addison Cubs Fan Blog and follow my on Twitter @ClarkAddison for real-time updates, photos and commentary from the game…first [...]

May 7, 2010  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: CubHub.net Site Update, Minor League Baseball, announcement, feature, game day, news  No Comments