http://blogs.e-rockford.com/cubs Your chance to talk Cubs baseball all season with our newsroom fans, as the North Siders try to snap a 100-year drought. Fri, 16 May 2008 13:38:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I posted about the Pirates before. The Cubs better not take these guys lightly this weekend. The Pirates are 8-2 in their last 10 games and now are just one game under .500, the same record as the Brewers. You'd have to say the Pirates and the Astros are the biggest surprises ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/cubs/2008/05/16/the-pirates-are-hot/ I think Tony's right about Jim Edmonds. I like Felix Pie a lot and wish the Cubs had given him a chance to work on his hitting at the major league level. Sure, Pie struggled early, but so did Aramis Ramirez and Alfonso Soriano. Veterans get the benefit of the ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/cubs/2008/05/16/lets-hope-were-wrong/ Let's put it this way: Ryan Dempster didn't think Ryan Dempster would be on pace for 20 victories at this point of the season. But he is after Thursday's 4-0 shutout over the San Diego Padres. If the former Cubs closer wants to race Carlos Zambrano to become the team's first ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/cubs/2008/05/15/good-pitching-eh/ Tribune Cubs beat reporter Paul Sullivan, in his missive about the Jim Edmonds signing, actually thinks fans are against the move is because Edmonds was part of the great Cardinals-Cubs rivalry. For a city that welcomed Dennis Rodman, Bob Probert and A.J. Pierzynski into the fold, Chicago is more than capable ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/cubs/2008/05/15/rivalry-weak/ Jim Edmonds is apparently minutes away from joining the Chicago National League Ball Club. What, John Mabry, Todd Hollandsworth, Jose Macias, Troy O'Leary, Chad Hermansen, Rondell White, Curtis Goodwin and Roosevelt Brown weren't available? http://blogs.e-rockford.com/cubs/2008/05/14/why-why-why/ Some experts have downplayed the Cubs early season success because they've won all six games against the Pirates. Check the standings. The Pirates are 18-20 and playing winning baseball (18-14) against everyone but the Cubs. That makes me a bit nervous about this weekend's matchup. The Pirates are playing well and ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/cubs/2008/05/13/dont-knock-the-pirates/ The San Diego Padres, the worst team in the major leagues, released Jim Edmonds this past week. He had been hitting .178 and is chronically creaky. But, according to the Chicago Tribune's Dave van Dyck, the Cubs may be interested in bringing the former Angels and Cardinals CF in to add ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/cubs/2008/05/12/dont-mess-with-the-pie-system/ When Lou Piniella and Ryne Sandberg were hired to their respective managerial positions before the 2006 season, there was little wonder about who would have the most ejections after a season and a quarter. Well, surprise, surprise. Ryno is putting Sweet Lou's temper to shame. Since the start of the 2006 ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/cubs/2008/05/12/raging-ryno/ In order to complete a three-game sweep Sunday of the best team, recordwise, in the National League, the Cubs have to defeat a pitcher who sports a 12-0 mark in 13 starts against the North Siders. Thank goodness Randy Johnson is 57 years old. http://blogs.e-rockford.com/cubs/2008/05/10/big-unit-of-measurement/ Nothing like starting a 10-game homestand against the National League's best team (after six weeks) with a victory and the top two starters set to roll the next two games. After the D-backs exit, the Padres (a major-league worst 12-23) are in for four, and the Pirates (the Cubs are already ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/cubs/2008/05/09/they-better-be-friendly-confines/