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Fox headed to DL; Ascanio to get call-up

Submitted by cubsnet on Tue, 2008-05-20 21:52.

Fox headed to DL; Ascanio to get call-up -

HOUSTON -- The Cubs' pitching carousel continued Monday night with the news that reliever Chad Fox will go on the disabled list today with irritation in his pitching elbow. Prospect Jose Ascanio will be called up from Class AAA Iowa to take his place.

[Chicago Sun-Times]

Chad Fox's injury history continues. Ascanio is the better pitcher, anyway. Ascanio debuted with two scoreless innings in tonight's 4-2 loss to the Houston Astros.

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Bulls Get #1 Pick in 2008 NBA Draft

Submitted by cubsnet on Tue, 2008-05-20 21:49.

With just a 1.7% chance, the Chicago Bulls won the NBA Draft Lottery and will get the #1 pick in the June draft. This is good news for a franchise that needs some good news after last season's disappointment. According to the AP, "Chicago will almost certainly choose between [Michael] Beasley, the Kansas State forward who averaged 26.2 points and an NCAA-best 12.4 rebounds, or [Derrick] Rose, the point guard who carried Memphis within minutes of the national title."

Both good players for sure (though not as good as last year's #1 and #2, Greg Oden and Kevin Durant), but this is an easy decision in my mind. The Bulls should choose Beasley.

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Derrek Lee's Slump Continues

Submitted by cubsnet on Sat, 2008-05-17 14:11.

Derrek Lee has played in every game this year. It may be time to give him a day off. After his 0-for-5 performance in today's 7-6 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates, he is hitting .164/.179/.304 in the past 13 games. Prior to that, he had been hitting .352/.433/.639 over the first 30 games.

Thankfully, Alfonso Soriano has heated up significantly during Lee's slump, including 7 home runs in the past 6 games.

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Prior's shoulder continues to delay Pads debut

Submitted by cubsnet on Sat, 2008-05-17 13:53.

Prior's shoulder continues to delay Pads debut - Oft-injured pitcher Mark Prior has another shoulder problem that will delay his debut with the San Diego Padres. [ESPN.com: MLB Headlines]

It appears that the significant damage to Mark Prior's shoulder lingers on. The way things seem now, he may never pitch in the big leagues again. I hope he does.

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Illinois Senate vs House softball game

Submitted by diana on Thu, 2008-05-15 11:02.

Ronnie the collie attended the Illinois Senate vs House softball game.

Click here to see who he met at the game.

http://colliediary.blogspot.com

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Cubs Sign Jim Edmonds

Submitted by cubsnet on Wed, 2008-05-14 23:38.

From the Wire....Cubs Sign Jim Edmonds -

It's official....Jim Hendry announced moments after Wednesday night's game, during a press conference, that the Cubs have agreed to a contract with outfielder Jim Edmonds. Felix Pie was optioned down to Triple-A and will join the I-Cubs in Round Rock on Thursday.

Jim Edmonds will be in a Cubs' uniform for Thursday's game against the Padres.

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Bulls Unable to Land D'Antoni

Submitted by Brian C on Tue, 2008-05-13 11:51.

From ESPN.com, we have Jerry Reinsdorf feeling "disappointed" and "misled" about the Bulls' negotiations with Mike D'Antoni:

I said if we need to get something done this weekend we shouldn't even bother talking because it will take longer than that ... He said nothing had to be done over the weekend. I also said if this proceeds to where we want to make an offer, we don't deal with coach's agents. He said that's not a problem and that money wasn't the most important thing anyway. He said he wanted a job where he was going to be happiest. He said he didn't want to coach the Knicks."

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Cubs vs White Sox statistics this week

Submitted by diana on Mon, 2008-05-12 14:30.

MLB Team Stats: 2008

Team Aggregate Stats: 2008
RK TEAM GP AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BA OBP SLG OPS
1 Cubs 37 1310 211 368 82 5 38 574 199 .281 .371 .438 .810

Source:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/aggregate?statType=batting&group=8

RK TEAM GP AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI BA OBP SLG OPS

7 Sox 37 1235 168 295 62 3 45 498 163 .239 .325 .403 .728

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/aggregate?statType=batting&group=7

Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals photos, Ryne Sandberg Day pics

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Jeff Samardzija Profile at CBSSports.com

Submitted by cubsnet on Tue, 2008-05-06 20:33.

CBSSports.com's Pete Prisco profiles Cubs' minor league pitcher Jeff Samardzija:

Quote:
Baseball is how Samardzija makes his living now, pitching for the Double-A Tennessee Smokies in the Chicago Cubs organization. Football is what keeps him in the spotlight and keeps his tough-to-spell name in the news.

Were it not for his successful career as a receiver for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, where he caught 179 passes, Samardzija would just be another big-ticket, minor-league prospect trying to get to the show.

As it is, he's much more. It's too much to say he has a cult following, but let's just say a lot of fans show up in his old Notre Dame jerseys to cheer him on when he pitches.

Read the rest...

Samardzija has a 3.44 ERA in 36.2 innings, though his 1.05 K/BB ratio isn't so hot.

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Video: Felix Pie Robs Ken Griffey, Jr. of Career Home Run #598

Submitted by Squib Hits on Tue, 2008-05-06 11:29.

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Here is the video of Felix Pie doing to Ken Griffey, Jr. what Griffey himself has done to others a few times over his career -- robbing him of a home run -- in the Cubs' 5-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds last night.

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Hill Demoted in Favor of Gallagher; Lieber to Rotation

Submitted by cubsnet on Sat, 2008-05-03 17:38.

As expected, the Cubs demoted Rich Hill to triple-A Iowa today, reports the Daily Herald. They called up Sean Gallagher to take his spot on the roster. Gallagher will go to the bullpen and Jon Lieber will go to the rotation. Sean Marshall remains in the bullpen, despite the fact that after last night's game Lou Piniella said, "I would think that if we did something, we'd put Marshall in the rotation, for now." Marshall has not thrown more than an inning in a game this year since being recalled, though, and in his last four appearances he has faced just five batters. It would take some time before he was fully stretched out. One of the strange things that occurred this spring was the Cubs not giving Marshall a chance to make the rotation.

The last time Hill was at Iowa, in 2006, he was utterly dominant in 100 innings.

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Soriano Errs and Redeems; Fox Returns; & Hill Walks

Submitted by cubsnet on Fri, 2008-05-02 22:04.

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TV listings for Chicago Cubs fans - May 2008

Submitted by diana on Thu, 2008-05-01 12:43.


TV listings for Chicago Cubs fans - May 2008

Go ahead and add this page to your bookmarks. I'll add to this page as I find new listings.

For daily games, visit this page, since it includes the schedule for WGN, Comcast Sports, WCIU, Fox, ESPN, etc.

http://wgntv.trb.com/sports/wgntv-cubsbroadcastschedule08,0,6548227.htmlstory

1984 NLCS, Game 4: Chicago Cubs at San Diego Padres
ESPN CLASSIC [Closed Captioned]
Airs Mon, May 12, 3:00p - 5:00p
Original date: From Oct. 6, 1984.
2008 | 120 mins
Click here for the boxscore
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN198410060.shtml
More about 1984
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Chicago_Cubs_season
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_National_League_Championship_Series

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Cubs 19 Brewers 5

Submitted by diana on Thu, 2008-05-01 11:14.

I tried to record the 2am showing of the Chi Cubs 19, Milwaukee 5 game, but it was carried by ESPN and they for some odd reason blacked it out. ESPN did air it live (we're way outside of WCIU's broadcast area) but for some reason they didn't air it again at 2am, even though it was in the tv listings as such.

Perhaps they just couldn't squeeze 24 runs into 2 hours. I don't know.

We just started getting in ESPN in HD. Wow!
I can see the player's faces now. They have emotions! Imagine that.
The players look a lot thinner in HD too.

Here's a link to a review of the game and boxscore.

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Autographed Kerry Wood and Carlos Zambrano Cubs jerseys for auction at charity event

Submitted by churchillmom on Thu, 2008-05-01 08:39.

You’re invited! Please join the Churchill Elementary Home & School Association at the Annual Churchill Elementary Gala and Silent Auction Benefit - An Evening at the Races - Saturday, May 17th at Whitetail Ridge Golf Club in Yorkville, IL - 7pm to midnight.

This year, we have been fortunate to receive autographed Kerry Wood and Carlos Zambrano Cubs jerseys to silent auction at our event. We are spreading the word to Cubs fans who might like to bid on a jersey and support a great cause at the same time.

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