Archive for the 'cubs win' Category

Cubs Walk Their Way to Walk Off Win Against Brewers in Extra Innings

Fontenot celebrates the winning walk after Theriot ran home (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)
Cubs Beat Brewers with Walk Off Walk
It was another low scoring game by the Cubs offense but nobody cares as long as you win the game and the Cubs did just that, beating the Milwaukee Brewers in 10 innings. The winning run scored on [...]

Nice to See You Again Sam Fuld

Sam Fuld has contributed big to the Cubs with little playing time
Sam Fuld Returns to Chicago
Hey Sam Fuld, it’s NICE to see you again!  For those of you that don’t remember, Sam Fuld was a Class-AA minor leaguer called up to Chicago in September 2007 during the heat of the pennant race.  That year Sam [...]

Derrek Lee’s 2 Home Run, 7 RBI Night - July 2, 2009

Derrek Lee hit 2 Home Runs and had 7 RBI’s to cook the Brewers sausage
Derrek Lee’s Big Night at Wrigley
It was an unusually cool July evening with a game time temperature of only 63 degrees for the first game of an important series between the 4th place Chicago Cubs and the 1st place Milwaukee Brewers.  [...]

Cubs Win Game Even Without The Benefit of Any Drama

Rich Harden provided just a tiny bit of drama by giving up nine hits (photo by Global Voyager)
Cubs Win Despite Lack of Incident
The Chicago Cubs beat the lowly Pittsburgh Pirates!  Not a big surprise there as they’ve dominated the Pirates the last couple of years (as they should).  The surprising part is that the Cubs [...]

Wells, Fox and Geovany Soto Smoke the White Sox 5-4

Soto is congratulated by Fox and Fontenot after smoking a three run homer
Cubs Beat White Sox 5-4 at the Cell
Hey, that’s more like it guys!  The Cubs ended their four game losing streak at the perfect time with a Friday afternoon victory against the crosstown rival White Sox.
Game Highlights:
Randy Wells pitched seven strong innings and [...]

Randy Wells Gets First Major League Win!

Even the bullpen couldn’t spoil this one
Randy Wells Gets First Major League Win
It’s finally happening!  The Cubs offense is getting their act together and the curse against Randy Wells has lifted.  On June 21, 2009 Randy Wells recorded his first major league win, the Cubs swept the Cleveland Indians and the Cubs won their fourth [...]

Cubs Win Third Straight Walk Off

photo by somewhat frank
Cubs Win Third Straight in Extras!
So normally I take Saturdays off from blogging but I’m just so excited because the Cubs just won their third straight dramitic, come from behind, walk off victory!  It’s so good after a tough start to the month, you just love to see them start to pick [...]

Cubs Win in Extras After Coming Back from Seven Runs Down

The Cubs celebrate two games in a row
Keep It Up Guys!
Another exciting win today for the Chicago Cubs!  I don’t have time for a full post but let’s just say today’s game vs the Cleveland Indians ended happily.  The Cubs were seven runs down by the fifth inning but still came back to tie up [...]

Cubs Beat White Sox in Dramatic Come From Behind Walk Off Victory

The Cubs celebrate their walk of victory (photo by David Banks - AP)
Cubs Beat White Sox in Walk Off Win!
Finally, something to celebrate!  As I said to the guy next to me at the bar after Derrek Lee hit his 3-run homer “That’s the first thing we’ve had to get excited about in two weeks”.  [...]

The Cubs Win W Flag Tradition

photo by Sheehan Family

The Cubs W Flag
The Chiago Cubs “W” Flag is an iconic symbol on the north side of Chicago.  The W Flag flies over Wrigley Field after every Cubs home win.  It’s also become a symbol of the Cubs and you can see the W on t-shirts, hats, and other items besides just [...]