Some things can stand the test of time. Fortunately, for fans we’ve been treated to two of the best fielding plays for not only this year, but possibly Chicago Cubs baseball history .Last Wednesday, Chicago Cubs center fielder Marlon Byrd (below) made every highlight reel with his no-look circus catch. It may not be the top catch by a Cub outfielder in recent memories, but it’s a close second to Reed Johnson’s amazing stab in 2008. Coincidentally, both catches came against the Washington Nationals.

If the first month of Chicago Cubs baseball is any indication of the remaining five, it could be another very long year of mediocrity for North Side fans.

If the Chicago Cubs are to move forward in 2010 they’re first going to have to get by their past.

In the scheme of a 162-game major league schedule, the opening week of the season is but a drop in the ball bucket.

Ssshhhhhh.  Did you hear that sound coming out of the Chicago Cubs training camp?If you answered no, you’d be correct.  For what you don’t hear is the beautiful sound of silence.  And what a pleasant melody it’s playing.

Forget about Ted Lilly’s throwing arm for a second.  Put aside any thoughts about a suspect bullpen.  And don’t even think about another year without a World Series championship.There’s plenty of time for those and a hundred and two other questions regarding another Chicago Cubs baseball season.  Besides, those and any other thoughts you might concoct form a second-fiddle ensemble compared to the real news that came out of the Cubs’ camp last week.

Some people just can’t let go.  Or turn the page.  Or find enough intestinal strength to pick up the needle and move it to another groove.Ex-Chicago Cuboutfielder Milton Bradley is one of those such persons.

Thank goodness for Milton Bradley.

I come neither to praise nor to bury former Chicago Cubs closer Kevin Gregg.  I simply am here to say, “so long.”

With six weeks remaining in the 2009 season there’s plenty for Chicago Cubs baseball fans to be thankful for.

With less than two months remaining in the 2009 season, Chicago Cubs baseball sits one game back in the Central Division standings and two games back in the hunt for the wild card slot.

Lou Piniella, the manager major league baseball players would least like to play for?

Now that the weekend series with the Washington Nationals is over, Chicago Cubs baseball can resume major league play.

The first half has ended, the second half has barely begun and Chicago Cubs baseball finds itself in pretty much the same position as when the season began.

So this is where the first half of Chicago Cubs baseball has taken us.  After 82 games, the loyal fans of Cubdom have been treated to a seemingly endless display of hitting ineptitude, a mountain of general malaise and the equivalent in sports parlance, of kissing one’s sister.