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HOG World Tour Continues – En Route To Puerto Rico
12:14am: I’m waiting for my 12:50am red eye flight from Salt Lake to Atlanta. Just getting to this point was difficult. The agency which booked my ticket had my first name wrong, and misspelled my last name. Over 1.5 hours on the phone with Delta Airlines and they were no help. It was looking like [...]
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A Little Dis-N-Dat Before a Long Weekend of Cubs Games
The Cubs play five games over the next three days, two in Las Vegas against the White Sox and three in Arizona versus the Brewers, Reds and Angels. Half of the roster made the trip with Alan Trammell and the other half will stay behind with Lou Piniella.The Cubs will be on TV twice this weekend ... Friday night on Comcast SportsNet and Sunday afternoon on WGN.Here are a few tidbits on the first Friday following a full week of games ... look for the Cubs to start making cuts from their 60-man Spring Training roster next week.
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The Kids Star-lin Another Win - Cubs 8 Padres 7
Game Seven - Cubs 8 Padres 7
WP - Carlos Silva (1-1) LP - Jon Garland (0-1) Save - NoneThe Cubs ended their two-game losing streak behind more stellar play from the young Cubs ... namely Starlin Castro, Robinson Chirinos, Tyler Colvin, Bryan LaHair and Sam Fuld.
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Talkin' Cubs Live - Cubs vs. Padres - 03/11/10
Spring Training Game Seven: Cubs (3-3) vs. Padres (1-5)
Game Time - 2:05pm CST
Coverage - TV: None - Radio: XM Radio Channel 185 (Padres feed)
Location - Peoria Sports Complex, PeoriaCarlos Silva (0-1, 27.00/3.50) vs. Jon Garland (0-0, 4.50/1.00)
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Acushnet to sell Cobra brand to Puma – WOW
Wow this is big. Acushnet (parent company to Titleist, FootJoy, Cobra and Pinnacle) has agreed to sell the Cobra brand and all intellectual property to Puma. This is a big wow.
Press release below:
Acushnet Company Announces Agreement To Sell Cobra Golf To Puma
Fairhaven, MA (March 10, 2010) – Acushnet Company, the golf business of Fortune Brands, [...]
Nady Might Not Be at Full Strength Until June
Xavier Nady made his spring debut on Wednesday as the Cubs' DH. Nady finished the game 1-for-2 with a walk. The Cubs' projected fourth outfielder can hit but might not be able to throw at full strength until June. Nady is recovering from his second Tommy John surgery.
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Zambrano Zlammed in Second Spring Start - Cubs 1 Giants 5
Game Six - Cubs 1 Giants 5
WP - Jonathan Sanchez (1-0) LP - Carlos Zambrano (0-1) Save - NoneLou Piniella's crew lost their second game in a row after a bad third inning from Carlos Zambrano on Wednesday afternoon. Zambrano breezed through his first two innings of work. He retired all six of the seven batters he faced on just 14 pitches, 11 for strikes ... then the third inning happened.
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Talkin' Cubs Live - Cubs vs. Giants - 03/10/10
Spring Training Game Six: Cubs (3-2) vs. Giants (6-1)
Game Time - 2:05pm CST
Coverage - TV: None - Radio: MLB.com (Giants feed)
Location - HoHoKam Park, MesaCarlos Zambrano (0-0, 0.00/0.00) vs. Jonathan Sanchez (0-0, 0.00/3.00)The Cubs will square off against the Giants for the first of two times on the spring this afternoon. The Cubs travel to Scottsdale during the final week of Cactus League play to face the Giants on March 30.
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How the 2010 Chicago Cubs Roster was Constructed
The Cubs began Spring Training with 39 players on their 40-man roster ... and the roster figures to have a couple of additions and subtractions before Opening Day in Atlanta. 14 players came to the Cubs via the trade route, six signed as free agents, ten were drafted by the Cubs, five signed as non-drafted free agents, three signed as minor league free agents and one was acquired in last year's Rule 5 Draft.Here is how the Cubs 2010 Roster was constructed ...
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Wells and Russell Shine in Cubs Loss - Cubs 3 Brewers 5
Game Five - Cubs 3 Brewers 5
WP - Macro Estrada (1-0) LP - Blake Parker (0-1) Save - A.J. Murray (1)After rain delayed the start of the game 48 minutes, the Cubs faced the Brewers for the first time in 2010 on a cool afternoon in Mesa. Without a scoreboard until the eighth inning, the Cubs jumped out to an early 3-0 lead.
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Talkin' Cubs Live - Cubs vs. Brewers - 03/09/10
Spring Training Game Five: Cubs (3-1) vs. Brewers (2-3)
Game Time - 2:05pm C.T.
Coverage - TV: None - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 186
Location - HoHoKam Park, MesaRandy Wells (1-0, 0.00/0.00) vs. Jeff Suppan (0-0, 0.00/0.00)The Cubs return to HoHoKam Park this afternoon for the first match-up of the year against the Milwaukee Brewers. The Cubs will face the Brewers two more times this spring, both in Maryvale ... and both times as split-squad games. The Cubs open their home schedule on April 12 against the Brewers.
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Cubs Reliever Rumors Heating Up Again
According to a report from Jerry Crasnick on ESPN.com, the Cubs continue monitoring Jason Frasor of the Toronto Blue Jays. The Cubs have inquired, once again, about Frasor's availability after losing Angel Guzman over the weekend.
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Sand Hollow Golf Course Review
I’d better bust out my thesaurus now because I can tell I’m going to run out of words to describe how amazing Sand Hollow Golf Course is…Above: Sand Hollow’s 13th hole
My review queue is fairly long. I’ve got course reviews on my list from a year or more ago, and products can be months. [...]
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Cubs Beat A's for Second Time this Spring - Cubs 10 A's 3
Game Four - Cubs 10 A's 3
WP - Ryan Dempster (1-0) LP - Gio Gonzalez (0-1) Save - NoneAfter losing two games on Sunday due to rain, the Cubs got back to action on a cool day in Phoenix ... and beat the A's 10-3 behind a seven-run seventh inning.Ryan Dempster pitched two perfect innings in his first outing of the spring. Dempster threw strikes and got his work in.
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Observations and Notes from the First Weekend of Cubs Games
The Spring Training games finally began over the weekend with both positive and not so positive results ... plus a few injuries. It was good to see the Cubs back on the field and to be in a ballpark again.There was a different vibe around the team over the weekend. The players appeared to be working hard, but with upbeat attitudes and smiles on their faces ... last spring they seemed to just be going through the motions.
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