Sam Fuld makes it easy on Lou

Yet another Cubs farm hand has been promoted to the big club, and making an impact. When Lou Piniella finally sat star outfielder Alfonso Soriano yesterday, it was rookie Sam Fuld that call the call to play left field. He made things easy on Lou by going 2 for 4 with a double and a [...]

July 2, 2009 Tags: Alfonso Soriano, Jack Wilson, Jimmy Rollins, Lou Piniella, Magglio Ordonez, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, Sam Fuld, Seth McClung Posted in: game day, game recap, lineup, Lou Piniella, players, stats No Comments

Lou has had enough with the tantrums

In the second installment of this season’s Cubs vs White Sox Crosstown Classic, tempers boiled within the Cubs family once again. Lou Piniella has apparently had enough of that, and frankly I think it is about time he took more control of this club. After two strikeouts and a routine fly out, Milton Bradley threw [...]

June 27, 2009 Tags: Alfonso Soriano, Chicago White Sox, Crosstown Classic, Cubs, Lou Piniella, Milton Bradley Posted in: game recap, Jim Hendry, Lou Piniella, observations, oldschool, players No Comments

John Dewan’s Stat of the Week™

Soriano bats leadoff—once and for all I hope it’s finally put to bed. This past weekend Lou Piniella experimented with his lineup and put Alfonso Soriano in the number–three slot in the batting order. He did it Friday and Saturday. The Cubs lost both games while Soriano went 1–for–8 with three whiffs. He was back [...]

April 28, 2009 Tags: Alfonso Soriano, Lou Piniella Posted in: John Dewan, Stat of the Week, stats No Comments

Cubs start season off right

From the second pitch of the game in yesterday’s season opener at Minute Maid Park in Houston, the 2009 Chicago Cubs got off to the start they need to in order to fulfill their lofty exptectations for this year. Alfonso Soriano batting leadoff belted the second pitch from Roy Oswalt out of the park to [...]

April 7, 2009 Tags: Alfonso Soriano, Carlos Marmol, Carlos Zambrano, Eric Gregg, Facebook, Houston, Minute Maid Park, opening day, Roy Oswalt Posted in: game day, game strategy, observations No Comments

Cubs Fantasy Baseball Preview

I’ve been a Yahoo Fantasy Baseball player for several years. Too often I draft with my heart instead of my head and collect too many Cubs. Sticking too long with Mark Prior and Derrek Lee has done me more harm than good. My Yahoo trophy case is actually pretty full (13) in spite of this [...]

March 28, 2009 Tags: Alfonso Soriano, Aramis Ramirez, Carlos Marmol, Carlos Zambrano, Derrek Lee, Fantasy Baseball, Geovany Soto, Milton Bradley, Rich Harden, Ryan Dempster, Ryan Theriot, Sean Marshall, Ted Lilly, Yahoo Posted in: Fantasy Baseball, feature, players 2 Comments