Guess How Geovany Celebrated His Rookie of the Year Award?
Geovany Soto Tests Positive for Pot
So you just won the 2008 Rookie of the Year Award, which was AWESOME, but then your team then get swept in the first round of the playoffs, which is a total bummer. How do you celebrate your achievement and forget [...]
Jake Fox Celebrates with Soriano and Theriot
Jake Fox Hits His First Major League Home Run
Jake Fox had a three hit day and hit his first major league home run against the Tigers Armando Galaraga on June 25, 2009. There wasn’t any doubt on his first home run which gave the Cubs a three run lead [...]
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 [...]
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”. [...]
So many home runs, so many memories….
Sammy Sosa Announces Retirement
On June 3, 2009 slugging former Chicago Cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa announced his retirement from baseball. Though he did not finish his career as a Cub, during the years of 1992-2004 Sammy Sosa became a modern day “Mr Cub” and won a special place in the [...]
Cubs vs White Sox 2009
Do you have a local Chicago baseball team looking to break out of a slump and build some momentum? Great, let’s sweep the White Sox in the 2009 Crosstown Classic. The 2009 series will begin in beatiful Wrigley Field before moving to Hell in the Cell on the Southside. Both teams [...]
I usually describe the Delusional Cubs Fan blog as a place for Die Hard Cubs Fans only. This isn’t a place for complaining and ripping on the manager, GM or players. Not that they don’t deserve it sometimes but there’s plenty of Cubs blogs for complaining on. This blog is for those that [...]
Current Chicago Cubs 2009 Roster
PITCHERS
46 Ryan Dempster
44 Chad Fox *Disabled List
63 Kevin Gregg
37 Angel Guzman
40 Rich Harden
47 Aaron Heilman
30 Ted Lilly
49 Carlos Marmol
45 Sean Marshall
54 David Patton *Disabled List
29 Jeff Samardzija
36 Randy Wells
38 Carlos Zambrano
CATCHERS
55 Koyie Hill
18 Geovany Soto
INFIELDERS
28 Jeff Baker
13 Andres Blanco
17 Mike Fontenot
5 Jake Fox
6 Micah Hoffpauir
25 Derrek Lee
7 Aaron Miles *Disabled List
16 [...]
photo by Seth William Page
That’s right my friends, Chicago Cubs spring training! The long boring winter is over and we can start to actually look forward to warm summer days spent watching our beloved Cubbies. The snow is melting, the temperatures are not AS cold and we can think happy thoughts like, a THIRD division [...]
After over a year of speculation, rumors, and delays, the Tribune Company, owners of the Chicago Cubs since 1981, have chosen a buyer to sell the franchise to.
The winning bidder is Thomas Ricketts.
Who is Tom Ricketts you may ask? He’s certainly kept a low profile during the bidding process unlike outgoing San Antionio Spurs owner [...]
