Comedy Central

It's a stumble to the finish. Nobody wants the NL Central crown. The Cubs lost for the 4th time in-a-row and the 5th time in 6 days. The Cubs are 0-4 since Alfonso Soriano got hurt on Sunday Night versus the Mets. The Brewers got crushed today by a score of 19-4. Rookie sensation Gallardo gave up 11 runs in 3 innings today. The Cubs lost by a score of 8-2 as the Astros completed the sweep. Lance Berkman, Craig Biggio, and Jason Lane all hit homers today for the Astros. The only Cub player to homer in this series was Matt Murton.
Good news today was Felix Pie was called up as Angel Pagan mysteriously went to the DL. The Cubs now have Ryan Theriot, Mike Fontenot, Felix Pie, and Matt Murton all called up and Giovanni Soto should be called up soon.
The Cubs are in Colorado tomorrow night trying to end the drought. Ted Lilly will take the hill and hopefully he will pick up another victory.

Cubs Stand Pat/Cubs Hang With Brewers

Jim Hendry decided to stand pat yesterday on the Trade Deadline day. Some thought he would go after Ken Griffey Jr or Adam Dunn but Jimbo didn't budge.

Meanwhile, the Cubs won last night by a score of 7-3 hanging with the Brewers yet again. Jacque Jones hit a key double that gave the Cubs a 5-3 lead and Jason Kendall put the game out of reach in the 7th. The Brewers won in 13 inning last night thanks to a Geoff Jenkins homer. The Cubs are still 1 game back of the Brewers.

MLB Trade Rumors

I will keep updated this blog with rumors and trades.

---The Cubs reportedly still have a shot at acquiring Eric Gagne, who could be used as a closer over Ryan Dempster.

The Journal News' Peter Abraham believes the Red Sox and the Cubs are the favorites, with the Red Sox offering David Murphy and Kason Gabbard. If Boston moves Gabbard, it means Jon Lester would get to stick around as the team's fifth starter.

7/30 Phillies (Hamels) @ Cubs (Lilly)

Time: 6:05 CST
Network: ESPN (HD), Comcast SportsNet (HD)

Pitchers:
Hamels 11-5, 3.63 ERA
VS
Lilly11-4, 3.46 ERA

Super Collapse!

The Brewers were up 5-0 when I left work. I will stop right there and finish that story later. The Cubs won again today by a score of 6-0. Carlos Zambrano once again was magnificent as he went 7.1 innings allowing just 2 hits and 0 runs. Zambrano struck out 6 in this game. I was listening to this game at work and I will say it was glad to here Pat Hughes again. Pat was out a few games with a stomach virus. The Cubs got out to a quick 2-0 lead thanks to a clutch double by Aramis Ramierz. In the 2nd inning Alfonso Soriano appeared to hit a home run but it was ruled fan interference by ground's crew chief Cowboy Joe West. The replay clearly showed the ball hit off a fan's chest over the railing. This may be another reason why MLB needs instant replay. That play wasn't costly as the Cubs scored another 2 runs in the 7th thanks to a 2 run homer by Derrek Lee who may be getting his power back. The Cubs finished off the Reds by scoring 2 more runs in the 9th and Bobby Howry shut down the Reds in the 9th giving the Cubs the series win.
Now it is time for the Brewers recap.
As I said before, the Brewers were leading 5-0 when I left work in the 5th inning. Gallardo was throwing a no-hitter at this time. I turned on AM 620 in my car and listened as the Cardinals scored 4 runs in the 5th. Then in the 8th the Cardinals score 5 more runs to ensure a victory. The Cubs are now just 1/2 game behind the Brewers for the division lead and they are just 1 game behind the Diamondbacks for the Wild Card thanks to some help from the Braves.
The Cubs are heading back home tonight for a big 4 game series versus the Philadelphia Phillies followed by a big 3 game series against the New York Mets. Let's go at least 4-3 on this homestand and hope these 2 teams give the Brewers damage as well.
GO CUBS!

Cubs Bring Sexy Back

Just when you think the Cubs forgot what a home run was they hit 3 homers today including 2 by Alfonso Soriano in the Cubs 8-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday. Derrek Lee started off the game hitting a 2 run homer off of Red's starter Aaron Harang. Aaron Harang pitched 10 innings last Monday against the Brewers but Harang only lasted 1 inning today after leaving the game with an injury. Mike Gosling came in the ballgame in the 2nd inning and gave up a 3 run homer to Alfonso Soriano his 17th of the year. Alfonso Soriano hit a 2 run homer in the 9th inning as well which was his 18th of the year. Ryan Dempster struggled in the bottom of the 9th but ended up getting out of a bases loaded jam even with the score 8-1.
In good news, the Milwaukee Brewers had a 5-0 lead in game 1 of a doubleheader but the Cardinals whittled back into it and won the game with a 2 run rally in the bottom of the 9th to help their arch rivals out.
In game 2 of the doubleheader, the Cardinals beat the Brewers 5-2 meaning the Cubs gained 1 1/2 games on the Brewers in 1 day and now trail the Brewers by 1.5 games in the division. The Cubs are also now tied with the Brewers in the loss column as well.

Long Night/Adam Dunn Rumor

Sorry for the recent drop off in blog entries, I had a wedding over the weekend and didn't have much time to blog but now I am back. The Cubs won today by a score of 4-3 thanks to some clutch hitting by Aramis and Ronny Cedeno. With the win today, Carlos Zambrano is the first National League pitcher to get 13 wins. Zambrano went 6.1 innings and struck out 5 while giving up only 2 runs. Ryan Dempster pitched for the first time in a month and got the save his 17th of the year but gave up a run in the act of it. Albert Pujols grounded out to end the game in the 9th.
The Brewers won today so the Cubs stay 3 back in the divison and 1.5 out of the Wild Card.

An Adam Dunn to the Cubs rumor was posted at Bleed Cubbie Blue earlier today. Here is the link

Hi all,

I'm a long time reader of this blog and have always enjoyed reading the work of Al in each of his entries, in my mind this is the best place to visit for Cubs news and opinions and is always one of the top sites I visit on the internet. I'm starting my first diary today to inform you guys of some action on the trade front between the Cubs and Reds that I have found out, and would like to share with all of you.

I have a very good friend who has known Adam Dunn's family for a long time, pretty much since Dunn was a senior in high school in Texas (he always speaks very highly of Dunn's family, BTW, apparently they are very nice, down-to-earth people). I was talking to my friend over the phone today and he gave me some VERY interesting/exciting news. He was at some sort of Charity Dinner with Dunn's family last night, was talking to one of Dunn's family members (didn't say exactly who), and learned the following from him:

Adam Dunn being traded to the Cubs within the next 2 or 3 days is a VERY good possibility. Apparently, Adam told his family that he is "prepared for a move to Chicago." The Reds have been shopping him and the Cubs have apparently made the best offer yet, and Cincinnati is almost ready to pull the trigger. He will stay in the lineup for the next couple of Reds games, because there's no done deal yet, but he very well could be in a Cubs uniform by Thursday or Friday.

I know some will be skeptical of this, but I am just passing along what I have heard. I would be very excited about Dunn going to the Cubs, he is very underrated and would be a great fit in our outfield. I am just praying this deal does indeed get finished!

Thank you!

I don't know what to think about this rumor. Is this guy legit? On ESPN 1000 tonight they shot down the rumor when a caller mentioned this.