http://www.sportsnipe.com Chicago Cubs, Team News, Updates, and Stats from all sports sources, updated continually. http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2933220/overflow-thread-1-cubs-vs-astros-wednesday-98-705-ct-bleed-cubbie-blue-blog.html Overflow Thread 1: Cubs vs. Astros, Wednesday 9/8, 7:05 CTBleed Cubbie Blue (blog)More photos » Charles Rex Arbogast - AP about 23 hours ago: Houston Astros' Michael Bourn, right, is safe at home after Chicago Cubs catcher Koyie Hill was ...Silva Returns, Loses to Astros 7-3Associated Contentall 12 news articles » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2933219/top-five-2010-soxcubs-september-callups-sb-nation-chicago-blog.html Washington PostTop Five: 2010 Sox/Cubs September Call-upsSB Nation Chicago (blog)And, for the Chicago Cubs, September started back in May with the arrival of shortstop phenom and batting-title contender Starlin Castro. ...Konerko out againChicago Daily Herald (blog)Fantasy baseball players in the newsKFFL (blog)Roundup: Bonderman solid as Tigers drop sloppy White SoxCBSSports.comall 1,097 news articles » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2933218/myers-dominates-cubs-as-astros-continue-surge-houston-chronicle.html CBC.caMyers dominates Cubs as Astros continue surgeHouston Chronicle... the first 14 batters he faced and pitched seven shutout innings in a dominating performance as the Astros beat the Chicago Cubs 4-0 at Wrigley Field. ...Myers helps Astros beat Cubs 4-0The Associated PressHouston Astros (65-73) at Chicago Cubs (60-79), 8:05 pmMiamiHerald.comMLB: Houston 4, Chicago Cubs 0UPI.comThe Cypress Times -Associated Contentall 686 news articles » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2933217/myers-mystifies-cubs-again-0-astros-4.html Game One Hundred Forty - Cubs 0 Astros 4 WP - Brett Myers (11-7) LP - Randy Wells (6-13) Save - None The Chicago Cubs finished the nine-game homestand (5-4) with a shutout at the hands of Brett Myers ... and four other Astros' pitchers. The Cubs were kept off the board for the 10th time this season and showed little life against the Astros. Mike Quade's offense managed just five hits and seven total base runners while Houston put up single runs in four of the six innings Randy Wells was on the mound. Randy Wells continues to struggle and lost for the 13th time this season. Wells gave up four runs on nine hits with two walks and three strikeouts in six innings of work. Wells should be pitching for a spot in the rotation next season but he appears to lose focus more frequently than he records outs. The seventh and eighth hitters in Brad Mills' lineup (Tommy Manzella and Humberto Quintero) combined on a 4-for-8 night with two doubles, a RBI and two runs scored. Marcos Mateo, Sean Marshall and Justin Berg retired the last nine Astros in order to close out what Wells started. The Cubs "offense" was horrible again as they refuse to change their approach against Brett Myers. Myers had a perfect game going through 5 2/3 but a walk by Geovany Soto and a single by Alfonso Soriano broke up Myers' bid for perfection. Myers beat the Cubs for the third time this season after allowing just three hits in seven shutout innings ... the Astros are 4-0 in Myers' four starts versus the Cubs this year The Cubs had a couple of chances late and finished the game 1-for-6 with RISP and left seven on base. With the latest shutout, the Astros clinched the season series versus the Cubs (10-5) and the Cubs fell to 9-6 under Mike Quade. Back to 20 under .500 for the season as the overpaid, poorly constructed Chicago Cubs lost their 80th game of the year (60-80) ... Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2933216/myers-helps-astros-beat-cubs-40-ap.html Brett Myers makes his job sound so easy: Throw the ball, let the other team hit it at his fielders. Myers did more than that Wednesday night, striking out eight in seven crisp innings as the Houston Astros beat the Chicago Cubs 4-0. Myers has lasted at least six innings in all 29 of his starts -- the longest streak in team history and longest in the majors since Curt Schilling's run of 35... Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2933215/cubs-lose-40-to-astros.html Brett Myers struck out eight in seven crisp innings, Hunter Pence homered and the Houston Astros beat the Chicago Cubs 4-0 on Wednesday night. Myers (11-7) allowed three hits and walked one, improving to 10-3 with a 2.21 ERA in 17 career games against the Cubs. The right-hander is 3-0 with a 1.76 ERA in his last six starts overall. Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2933214/astros-4-cubs-0.html ^Houston @ ^ Chicago @ ^ Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932227/gorzelanny-to-throw-bullpen-session-soon-cubscom.html Gorzelanny to throw bullpen session soonCubs.comCHICAGO -- Cubs pitcher Tom Gorzelanny, sidelined with a hairline fracture under the nail of his left pinkie finger, ...and more » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932226/castro-benching-highlights-double-standard-espn-blog.html Castro benching highlights double standardESPN (blog)Chicago Cubs interim manger Mike Quade's benching of Rookie of the Year candidate and starting shortstop Starlin Castro was cheered on in ...and more » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932225/cubs-to-dedicate-billy-williams-statue-tuesday-september-7-at-wrigley-field-cubscom.html Kansas City StarCubs to dedicate Billy Williams statue Tuesday, September 7 at Wrigley FieldCubs.comCHICAGO - The Chicago Cubs will unveil a statue of Hall of Famer Billy Williams Tuesday, September 7 in a ceremony to take place at the corner of Sheffield ...Williams statue dedicated outside Wrigley FieldThe Associated PressWilliams humbled with statue's unveilingMLB.comCubs' Williams Statue to Be Unveiled Tonight, and Other Assorted Cubs NewsAssociated ContentBleed Cubbie Blue (blog) -The Upshotall 427 news articles » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932224/source-chicago-cubs-to-interview-ryne-sandberg-within-10-days-espn.html Chicago Breaking Sports - TribuneSource: Chicago Cubs to interview Ryne Sandberg within 10 daysESPNCHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs minor league manager Ryne Sandberg will be one of several candidates the team will meet with over the next 10 days, ...Manager Search Beginning To IntensifyCubbies Crib (blog)Cubs | To interview Ryne Sandberg soonKFFL (blog)all 20 news articles » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932223/houston-astros-6573-at-chicago-cubs-6079-wrigley-field-705pm-ct-cypress-times.html Kansas City StarHOUSTON ASTROS (65-73) AT CHICAGO CUBS (60-79); WRIGLEY FIELD AT 7:05PM CTThe Cypress TimesRHP Brett Myers (10-7) looks to clinch series for Houston against RHP Randy Wells (6-12) and the Cubs. CINCO: WIth a win tonight, Houston would have won all ...Houston Astros (65-73) at Chicago Cubs (60-79), 8:05 pmMiamiHerald.comCubs, Astros to Meet for Series Bragging Rights; Wells Will Try to Start, Well ...Associated ContentAstros-Cubs PreviewCBSSports.comBleed Cubbie Blue (blog) -Houston Chronicle -Sports Chat Placeall 545 news articles » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932222/cubs-vs-astros-preview-wednesday-98-705-ct-summers-end.html More photos » Charles Rex Arbogast - AP Write your own caption. Browse more photos » This is the last game of the second-longest homestand of the year; the Cubs will play 16 of their final 22 games on the road (and that would be a tough schedule for a good team; perhaps we should be grateful that these games don't mean anything), and when they return, we will be only 24 hours away from the autumnal equinox, which occurs this year on September 22 at 10:09 CDT. That's just about the time when the second game of the series with the Giants will be over. So let's bid farewell to another summer at Wrigley with a win tonight. Last night's loss clinched a losing home season for the Cubs (33-41 with seven games left). Since 1996 -- the first 162-game season after the labor-interrupted years of '94 and '95 -- the Cubs have had losing seasons at home which matched their under-.500 seasons in general: 1999 (34-47), 2000 (38-43), 2002 (36-45), 2005 (38-43) and 2006 (36-45). There's still time to better some of those records. Oddly, the awful 1997 Cubs (Ryne Sandberg's last year as a player), who went 68-94, were 42-39 at Wrigley Field. A win tonight would also make a 6-3 homestand, three consecutive series wins, and a 10-5 record under Mike Quade. Oh, and if you're keeping track, going into tonight's action the Cubs' elimination number, for both the division and wild card, is 5. Tonight's lineup via tweet from CubsInsider: #Cubs lineup vs. #Astros (9/8): DeWitt 2B, Castro SS, Byrd CF, Nady 1B, Colvin RF, Soto C, Soriano LF, Barney 3B, Wells P Today's Starting Pitchers Randy WellsCubs vs. Brett MyersAstros 6-12 W-L 10-7 4.56 ERA 3.02 128 SO 149 56 BB 55 18 HR 15 vs. Hou -- vs. Cubs W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2010 - Randy Wells 6-12 28 28 0 0 0 0 165.2 183 89 84 18 56 128 4.56 1.44 W-L G GS CG SHO SV BS IP H R ER HR BB K ERA WHIP 2010 - Brett Myers 10-7 28 28 2 0 0 0 191.0 181 73 64 15 55 149 3.02 1.24 Brett Myers was one of the better free-agent signings of the past offseason, even though the Astros went nowhere. He is 2-0 vs. the Cubs this season with a 1.59 ERA in three starts. Marlon Byrd is the Cub who hits him best (7-for-16, .353, one HR). Current Cubs have hit eight HR off Myers, but the only one who has one this year is Tyler Colvin, whose home run accounted for the only run in this 6-1 loss on July 27 in Houston. Randy Wells has two starts, both losses, vs. Houston this year with a 7.36 ERA. That's not good. Carlos Lee has two career HR against Randy, but after being a Cub-killer his entire career, Lee is hitting only .259/.295/.483 in 61 PA against them this year (lifetime vs. the Cubs: .298/.349/.573). After having 20 HR in his career at Wrigley Field, Lee has none this year. Today's game is on CSN Chicago and FSN Houston. Here is the complete MLB.com Mediacenter for today. MLB.com Gameday Baseball-reference.com game preview SB Nation game preview Please visit our SB Nation Astros site Crawfish Boxes. Today's first pitch thread will be up at 7 pm CDT, and the overflows will post at 8 pm, 9 pm and 9:45 pm CDT. Discuss amongst yourselves. Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2932221/first-pitch-thread-cubs-vs-astros-wednesday-98-705-ct.html Let's win this series, Randy. Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2931039/chicago-cubs-need-to-litter-streets-statues-kent-sterling-blog.html Chicago Cubs Need to Litter the Streets with StatuesKent Sterling (blog)Charlie Grimm gave nearly his entire baseball life to the Cubs. How about Stan Hack and Phil Cavaretta? Hack Wilson played five great seasons with the Cubs, ...and more » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2931038/randy-wells-could-help-shore-up-chicago-cubs-bullpen-in-2011-bleacher-report.html Bleacher ReportRandy Wells Could Help Shore Up Chicago Cubs' Bullpen in 2011Bleacher ReportWith speculation rampant that the Chicago Cubs will pursue a starting pitcher in free agency this offseason, an implicit question presents itself: who will ... 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Sean Marshall makes me glad I'm ...Marshall nominated for Clemente AwardCubs.comall 60 news articles » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2931036/source-ryne-sandberg-interview-coming-espn.html Source: Ryne Sandberg interview comingESPNCHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs minor league manager Ryne Sandberg will be one of several candidates the team will meet with over the next 10 days, ...and more » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2931035/five-burning-questions.html I am not sure why they burn, but they do......Come on in and feel the burn of this weeks Five Burning Questions. To read the rest of the post, be sure to visit us at www.viewfromthebleachers.com Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2931034/talkin-cubs-live-vs-astros-090810.html Game One Hundred Forty: Cubs (60-79) vs. Astros (65-73) Game Time - 7:05pm CDT Coverage - Comcast SportsNet - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 185 Location - Wrigley Field, Chicago Randy Wells (6-12, 4.56/1.44) vs. Brett Myers (10-7, 3.02/1.24) The Cubs wrap up their nine-game homestand tonight with the final game of the season against Houston at Wrigley. Q's crew is 5-3 over the first eight and have a chance to win their third series in a row ... but in order to finish the homestand with a win, they will have to beat Brett Myers. Myers has become the Astros' number one pitcher and has completed at least six innings in each of his 28 starts this season ... plus he's owned the Cubs throughout his career. Mike Quade said he would decide Wednesday on whether Starlin Castro would be back in the lineup tonight or not. Reports Monday indicated Castro would return to the lineup Wednesday but Quade sounded unsure in his post game remarks Tuesday. Q talked up the job Darwin Barney has done in Castro's place. With Aramis Ramirez on the shelf, the best bet would be Darwin Barney and Blake DeWitt at second and third with Jeff Baker on the bench against the right hander. The Cubs must figure out how to beat the Central next season if they do not want a repeat of this dreadful summer. Jim Hendry's team enters play tonight 5-9 versus Houston and just 3-5 at Wrigley Field. Tonight is a rematch of the game back on June 6 that the Cubs lost 6-3 ... and it all begins with Randy Wells. Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930270/chicago-cubs-seeking-pitching-this-winter-five-guys-who-fit-bill-bleacher-report.html Bleacher ReportChicago Cubs Seeking Pitching This Winter: Five Guys Who Fit The BillBleacher ReportBeginning at about the end of the Lou Piniella era on August 22, rumors began to swirl about the Chicago Cubs' intention to sign at least one free-agent ... Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930268/houston-astros-6573-at-chicago-cubs-6079-805-pm-miamiheraldcom.html CBC.caHouston Astros (65-73) at Chicago Cubs (60-79), 8:05 pmMiamiHerald.comBut first they have to take care of business in the Windy City, as the Astros shoot for a series win over the Chicago Cubs tonight in the finale of a ...Astros-Cubs PreviewCBSSports.comWallace homers, Bourn has 3 hits as Astros top CubsHouston ChronicleChicago Cubs vs Houston Astros 9/8/10: Mark's Free Pick MLB BaseballSports Chat PlaceThe Canadian Press -MLB.com -Bleacher Reportall 521 news articles » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930033/rockies-top-reds-st-louis-postdispatch.html Rockies top RedsSt. Louis Post-DispatchCubs dedicate Williams statue ? The Chicago Cubs dedicated a statue of Hall of Famer Billy Williams outside Wrigley Field before their game against the ...and more » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930032/game-139-batman-returns-sort.html I joked at the beginning of the season that Carlos Silva was Batman. Read on to find out why he has that nickname and who I think should get a shot at the rotation in 2011. One name may surprise you. To read the rest of the post, be sure to visit us at www.viewfromthebleachers.com Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2930030/cubs-silva-have-disinterested-loss-in-front-crowd.html More photos » Charles Rex Arbogast - AP Billy Williams and his statue. Browse more photos » Last March, the Cubs signed an 18-year-old Korean named Jim-Young Kim, a righthanded pitcher. According to this cubs.com article, he had a bullpen session at Wrigley Field last night in front of Larry Rothschild and will be heading off to instructional league this fall. The article also notes that Kim's uncle is the assistant pastor at Hebron Korean Church. About 1,400 congregants from the church in this small town near the Illinois-Wisconsin line made the trip to Wrigley Field last night to watch Kim's bullpen session and stayed for the game. I say "stayed for the game" because a large number of these people wound up in our part of the bleachers during the game last night. They didn't actually watch the game -- not one of them. Standing, yakking, laughing, but not paying the least bit of attention to the Cubs' 7-3 loss to the Astros, despite repeated entreaties from crowd control to, at the very least, sit down so others could watch. Not that there was much worth watching. The Cubs and Carlos Silva, just back off the DL, gave up a run in the first inning and then took the lead back 2-1 in the bottom of the inning. That was the extent of any Cub participation in actually looking like they could come back and win the game. In the second inning, Houston's Brett Wallace hit his first major league home run into the shrubbery in center field and that started a hit parade that made it 4-2 Astros. The Cubs cut it to 4-3 in the third, but that was as close as it got. As Houston extended their lead to 6-3 off Silva -- who didn't pitch all that badly, considering a month of rust -- and then to 7-3 off Scott Maine, the main entertainment on a windy night was wondering whether Michael Bourn would hit for the cycle. Bourn had led off the game with a triple, then doubled and singled and had two more chances. Those resulted in a sacrifice fly for the final Houston run and a strikeout. We almost got to see something extremely rare over the last four years -- a three-inning Cubs relief appearance. Thomas Diamond threw two perfect innings and was probably going to be allowed to finish the game, except Brian Bogusevic, leading off the ninth, reached on catcher's interference. That brought Mike Quade out, and James Russell finished up. Quade strides quickly out of the dugout in a purposeful walk to the mound; you know he's made up his mind before he even gets there. Brad Snyder made his major league debut as a pinch-hitter for Maine after 845 minor league games and 3500 minor league plate appearances; he hit 124 home runs in eight minor league seasons. Astros reliever Tim Byrdak struck him out. Speaking of Byrdak, as a lefthander he had not been permitted, in five previous appearances vs. the Cubs this year, to face Marlon Byrd. Last night, with both teams far out of contention, Astros manager Brad Mills allowed the first Byrd vs. Byrdak confrontation, which resulted in a fly ball to center field. About 300 or so gathered at the corner of Addison & Sheffield before the game to watch the unveiling of the statue honoring Cubs Hall of Famer Billy Williams. Here's a view I took from inside the ballpark; that's Ron Santo at the podium speaking. Here's more on the statue including some video. Finally, although last night's crowd was announced as 31,596 paid, there couldn't have been half that many inside the park, including the 1,400 Koreans. That makes the season total 2,807,294, which means the Cubs must average 27,529 over the seven remaining dates to draw three million. That seems likely with the Cardinals coming to town to end the home season, but there won't be even 15,000 in the ballpark tonight, on a cool night with no ceremony and no young phenom Asian pitcher to watch. Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2927179/around-horn-cubs-carlos-silva-to-start-tuesday-versus-astros-detroit-free-press.html Sportsnet.caAround the horn Cubs' Carlos Silva to start Tuesday versus AstrosDetroit Free PressCHICAGO -- Carlos Silva is scheduled to start Tuesday for the Chicago Cubs against Houston after missing more than a month because of a heart problem. ...Cubs' Silva to return TuesdayMiamiHerald.comCubs | Tweak rotationKFFL (blog)all 73 news articles » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2927178/castro-dempster-quade-go-for-sweep-associated-content.html Washington PostCastro, Dempster, Quade Go for SweepAssociated ContentAre the Chicago Cubs going to sweep the New York Mets? I think they are. With the exception of winning the World Series there's not a lot I think the Cubs ...Mejia confident, not victorious, as he becomes majors' youngest starter in 2010ESPNMets-Cubs PreviewCBSSports.comJenrry Mejia struggles as Mets fall to Cubs, 5-3NorthJersey.comThe Canadian Press -Offshore Insiders -St. Louis Post-Dispatchall 733 news articles » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2927177/chicago-cubs-vs-houston-astros-9810-marks-free-pick-mlb-baseball-sports-chat-place.html Kansas City StarChicago Cubs vs Houston Astros 9/8/10: Mark's Free Pick MLB BaseballSports Chat PlaceChicago can be a thorn in the side of any team when they play as they have also. The bottom line for me is that I have seen the Cubs listed as favorites ...Astros-Cubs PreviewCBSSports.comBourn nearly hits for cycle in Astros' 7-3 win over CubsHouston ChronicleCubs' Silva activated from DL to make Tuesday startMiamiHerald.comThe Canadian Press -Bleacher Report -MLB.comall 495 news articles » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2926854/polancos-big-hit-lifts-phillies-into-first-place-canadian-press.html The Philadelphia Phillies are back in first place in the National League East by the slimmest of margins. Now they'll try to stay there. Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2926853/mixed-bag-for-cubs-silva.html Carlos Silva already has been more successful than he or the Cubs could have imagined. But the veteran finds himself like many of the young pitchers on the staff, trying to use the final three weeks as a springboard to 2011. Silva missed more than a month after experiencing an irregular heartbeat in his Aug. 1 start at Colorado. His first start since then was a mixed bag. Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2919535/chicago-cubs-general-manager-jim-hendry-said-there-no-frontrunner-for-espn.html Chicago TribuneChicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry said there is no front-runner for the ...ESPNCHICAGO -- Chicago Cubs general manager Jim Hendry, who returned from watching the Triple-A Iowa Cubs play in Albuquerque, said his talks ...Harry Caray's widow supports Ryne Sandberg to lead Chicago CubsESPNCubs GM Jim Hendry dines with Ryne Sandberg, says no formal interview for jobThe Canadian PressNo Ryno for the Cubs?Digital Sports DailyCubbies Crib (blog)all 79 news articles » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2919534/marshall-nominated-for-clemente-award-cubscom.html Marshall nominated for Clemente AwardCubs.comSince his debut in 2006, Marshall has been involved with Cubs Care, a fund of the McCormick Foundation and Chicago Cubs Charities. ...and more » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2919533/konerko-out-again-chicago-daily-herald-blog.html Kansas City StarKonerko out againChicago Daily Herald (blog)Bruce Miles has been covering the Chicago Cubs for the Daily Herald since 1998, and major-league baseball since 1989. He grew up in Chicago and is one of ...WHITE SOX MAINTAIN WINNING WAYSSportinglife.comall 806 news articles » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2919532/iowa-cubs-notes-sandbergs-future-in-unclear-as-he-eyes-chicago-post-desmoinesregistercom.html Iowa Cubs notes: Sandberg's future in Iowa unclear as he eyes Chicago Cubs postDesMoinesRegister.comRyne Sandberg, named PCL manager of the year last week in his first season at Iowa, will interview for the vacancy with the Chicago Cubs in the near future. ...and more » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2919531/aramis-continues-to-nurse-right-quad-mlbcom.html Aramis continues to nurse right quadMLB.comCHICAGO -- Cubs third baseman Aramis Ramirez did not start for the second straight day as he continued to receive treatment for a ...and more » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2919530/chicago-cubs-aramis-ramirez-sits-out-mondays-game-vs-houston-astros-espn.html TSNChicago Cubs Aramis Ramirez sits out Monday's game vs. Houston AstrosESPNCHICAGO -- Aramis Ramirez was scheduled to meet with team doctors on Monday to check out the severity of the soreness in his right quad. ...Cubs slugger Ramirez misses game with strained quad; team unsure about returnThe Canadian PressAramis sits, receives treatment on quadMLB.comCubs' Ramirez day to day after straining right quadricepsThe Canadian PressTSNall 37 news articles » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2919529/brandon-inge-worth-look-for-chicago-cubs-at-third-base-bleacher-report.html Bleacher ReportBrandon Inge Worth a Look for Chicago Cubs at Third BaseBleacher ReportShould the Cubs try to sign Inge this winter? In Chicago, meanwhile, the Cubs head into the season's final four weeks with even less hope than the Tigers. ...and more » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2919528/mejia-confident-victorious-as-he-becomes-majors-youngest-starter-in-2010-espn.html Washington PostMejia confident, not victorious, as he becomes majors' youngest starter in 2010ESPNThat doesn't make it pretty, as a 5-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field demonstrated. AP Photo/Charles Cherney Jenrry Mejia became the sixth ...Alfonso Soriano, Blake DeWitt hit three-run homers as Cubs beat Mets 7-6The Canadian PressMets vs Cubs Baseball OddsOffshore InsidersSoriano, DeWitt lead Cubs past MetsSt. Louis Post-DispatchTSN -Sports Chat Place -Associated Contentall 733 news articles » Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2919527/chicago-statue-hall-famer-billy-williams-was-dedicated-by-espn-blog.html FOXNewsCHICAGO -- A statue of Hall of Famer Billy Williams was dedicated by the ...ESPN (blog)Bruce Levine has covered sports in Chicago for over 28 years and hosts "Talkin' Baseball," heard Saturday mornings on ESPN 1000. 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Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2919523/i-hate-them-now-more-than-ever.html So Lou Piniella called it a career yesterday.  After 48 years as a player, general manager and manager, he took off his uniform for the last time and headed home to Tampa to take care of his mother.  I’m sure a lot of people don’t believe that’s why he’s leaving.  They probably think it’s because his team has packed it in, and has lost 15 of their last 20 games.  The Cubs sent Lou off in typical fashion.  Randy Wells gave up a homer to Omar Infante to lead off the game, and it all went downhill from there.  And we all got to read a load of crap today from the talentless Chicago sports columnist set about how Lou deserved better. Fact is, you know Lou doesn’t believe that.  Lou knows you get what you deserve.  He had a lousy baseball team to manage this year, and they ended up lousy.  That’s how it works.  Lou also knows his legacy as a manager won’t be defined by what happened on one random August day when he had to write “Darwin Barney” on top of his lineup card.  Lou won more than 1,800 baseball games in his managerial career.  He won a World Series.  He managed a team that won 116 games in a season.  These Cubs could play non-stop until next December and not get to that number. Lou wasn’t crying at home plate with Bobby Cox, and then after the game because his bullpen sucked.  He was crying because something he’s done for almost a half century is over.  He’ll still draw a paycheck in baseball after this.  He’ll be a Yankee consultant, and get paid to watch games and give his opinion on players.  Over the next ten years they’ll probably mail him two or three more World Series rings to add to his collection (he has three altogether.) But Lou was sad yesterday for a lot of reasons.  He clearly loved being a manager, and he was good at it.  Really good at it, even in Chicago, where the lousy excuse for what constitutes the fanbase doesn’t seem to think so.  He was sad because that part of his life was over, and on top of it, he’s likely going home to watch his mother die.  And, it was probably the last chance he’ll have to hang out with George Castle.  You’d cry too, if your life was about to be 100 percent Castle-free.  I mean the guy is just a force of personality and good times.  Wait, what was that last part?  I’ve clearly had some sort of stroke.  Someone call 9-1-1. In four years with the Cubs, Lou had three winning seasons.  Can you name the last Cubs manager to have three winning seasons in four years? Leo Durocher, who actually had five winning seasons in a row from 1967-1971, and he was over .500 in 1972 when he got whacked. Before Leo? Charlie Grimm, in the 1930s.  So, every forty years the Cubs pull this off.  I can’t wait for the late 2040s! I was, and am, and will always be, an unabashed Lou Piniella fan.  The job he did with that gob of mediocrity he inherited in 2007 was nothing short of amazing.  In 2008, the Cubs were the best team in the National League, until Ryan Dempster shit his pants in game one of the playoffs (seven walks), and the infield followed suit in game two (four guys, four errors.) Last year’s team wasn’t good, but there they were, on August 1 in first place.  Clearly, this man has no idea how to manage.  Good riddance.  Why, just dig through the couch cushions and I’m sure you’ll find an adequate replacement. Lou didn’t deserve a better ending, but it would have been nice if he’d gotten one.  The current Cubs team is a mess.  All of their brilliance was on display yesterday.  Alfonso Soriano chasing after flyballs like he thought just maybe it was a grenade.  E-ramis Ramirez bailing and flailing at a routine ground ball so that his pal Derrek Lee could finally get his first Braves “hit.”  The bullpen setting itself on fire.  And amid all of the chaos, there was Starlin Castro.  Still, the youngest player in the National League, looking around and wondering why nobody else on the team is remotely as good as he is.  He had four more hits.  He also is the only Cub who looks upset when they screw something up.  Don’t lose that, kid.  Someday you’ll be on a winner and it’ll serve you well.  That winner will probably be in Boston or Anaheim, but still. Of the first twelve outs the Cubs made, 10 of them were by strikeout.  The Braves had brought Randy Johnson out of retirement and…no, wait, it was Mike Minor.  Ugh.  I hate them now more than ever. Today, Lou flies back to Tampa.  The Cubs have flown to Washington, DC where they can gauge just how much better Jim Riggleman’s Nationals are, than they are.  Excuse me while I find something sharp enough to stick through both eyes at the same time. Mike Quade is the new manager.  He’s the first Cubs manager without eyebrows since Joey Amalfitano had his infamous fondue accident. Yes, it’s true.  Mike Quade is hairless.  I don’t mean he’s just bald, I mean he’s like one of those Sphynx cats.  It’s just creepy.  He seems like a hell of a guy.  And, if he asked the Cubs and Ron Santo if he could wear #10 and put on a blonde Mo Howard wig, you couldn’t tell the difference between him and Bruce Kimm, could you? But in a way, it’s fine that the Cubs set up a patsy to finish up this long, horrendous season.  It takes the attention off of them.  If they’d brought Bob Brenly down from the TV booth, or had Ryne Sandberg drive a tractor in from Des Moines, they’d be front page news for the rest of the season.  Instead, they gave the job to the least interesting man in the world, and hopefully he can do the impossible and squeeze the 12 more wins out of this team needed to avoid 100 losses. Guh. I’m not going to miss Lou Piniella. I miss him already. Share on Facebook Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2919522/mike-quade-fan-club-gets-good-news.html Exclusive footage of the reaction of the Official Mike Quade Fan Club hearing the news that he would be named interim manager of the Cubs. The tension builds as Jim Hendry announces the ten candidates for the interim job, and the guy who looks like Geovany Soto gets a little too excited when Pat Listach is announced.  But Hendry saves the big reveal for last, and it’s nice to see that Stan Thomas had the sense to save his laptop. Share on Facebook Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2919521/tv-listings-for-cubs-fans-september-2010.html TV listings for Cubs Fans... September 2010 Keep checking this thread for updates. Remember to bookmark this page. Cubs schedule September 2010 (including tv and ticket info) in calendar format: http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/schedule/ind... Cubs WGN-TV and WCIU telecast schedule 2010 http://www.wgntv.com/sports/baseball/cub... 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[link] Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2919517/cub-town-wow.html So: Last month I wrote a piece of fairly obvious satire. The third item in this post, it was meant to elicit a few chuckles and head shakes. The Tribune isn't too far from selling newspaper subscriptions for the opportunity to buy Cubs tickets, I suppose. Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates http://www.sportsnipe.com/main_sportsnews/2919516/cub-town-dvd-cannot-come-quickly-enough.html "The Wrestler": One of the best films I've seen in a long, long time. There's a real truth to it that speaks to anyone who's ever grappled with a fall, however abrupt, from grace and greatness in any part of life. Some people move on, but others can do nothing but reach for the top, even until the very end. Chicago Cubs - Sport Snipe - Team News - Stats - Updates