Cubs catcher Geovany Soto’s home run in the bottom of the eighth inning was the game winning run. The Chicago Cubs took game one of the three-game set by beating their NL Central archrivals Houston Astros 5-4 in front of an attendance of 31,647.
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With the Detroit Tigers far removed from playoff contention this September, speculation has already begun about the futures of some of the team’s free agents-to-be. Among these players, the most desirable by far is third baseman Brandon Inge.
The 2010 Cubs season certainly will go down as one of the most disappointing and, in fact, utterly disgusting seasons in recent memory. That’s saying a lot, too, since this is a franchise that has had more than its fair share of bad seasons.
It’s time for another ride on the waiver wire roller coaster. I know some of you are searching high and low for any bit of help with all the trade activity and waiver claims that went down. These moves can wreak havoc on a fantasy roster.
Inconsistent.
To sum up the Chicago Cubs of 2010 in one word, that word is the clear choice. Until a seven-game skid from late July into early August, the team had not won or lost more than four games in a row all season. They have played 31 games decided by six or more runs, going 11-20. In their 47 one-run games, they are 17-30.
A good number of predictions have the Cubs going out into free agency and trying to buy their way into a title, as they did after the abysmal 2006. There are a lot of similarities: managerial vacancy, terrible record, and obvious holes to be filled.
With just one month remaining of the misery that has been the 2010 season in Lakeview, the Chicago Cubs are 20 games below .500. On Monday night, despite holding a special ceremony to honor newly-inducted Hall of Fame outfielder Andre Dawson, the team played to the emptiest Wrigley Field in nearly three years: A crowd of less than 30,000 fans.
Lou Piniella is home.
Sweet Lou, the manager of the Chicago Cubs and four other teams since 1986, has called it a career. And what a career it has been.
There has been a lot of traffic over the question of what exactly the Cubs are going to do at the first base position since Derrek Lee left the team. There has been a lot of fanfare regarding Tyler Colvin’s move to first, but Mike Quade seems to have squelched that idea. So what are the Cubs to do? Well there are many options, some more possible than others.
Mike Quade, the new manager who just managed his first three victories in the majors over Washington, is now the popular choice for manager of the Cubs. However, knowing that the Cubs are going for a youth movement over the next few years, they should have a manager who is going to grow with them.