Chicago Cubs

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 568 - Type A Free Agents on the Cubs and what that Means, Joe Girardi v. Lou Piniella, and the Chances of Ronnie Woo Woo Getting a Sit-Down with the Cubs New Owners (November 6) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, Sheps & Sneetch

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 557 - CNBC Market Wrap: Sell or Buy Discuss the Cubs' Recent Hot Streak, Z's Future in Chicago, The Cubs' Second Runner Up in MVP Balloting and Much More (September 17) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, Sheps & Sneetch

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 555 - PBS Telethon: The Cubs Tie the MLB Record for Most Hits to Start a Game and Sweep the Pirates, a New Cubscast Bingo Game, Sell or Buy Discusses Team Needs for Next Year, Which Fanbase Suffers the Most, and the Soriano Surgery Question (September 9) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podca...

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 554 - The Pretender: The Cubs Let Loose in NY, The Good the Bad and the Ugly Discusses Wells, Zambrano, and the Mets, Soriano Shelved and Much More (September 7) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, Sheps & Sneetch

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 553 - 30 Rock: The Cubs and Soriano Drop the Ball vs. the Sox, Two Solid Pitching Performances, Bradley and Sorianos Handling of the Media, and Listeners Speak Out on Annoying Commercials (September 4) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, Sheps & Sn...

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 552 - Wings: The Cubs Split Two with Houston as Wells Dazzles and Harden Doesn't, Pepsi's "Biz-zay" Commercial v. Skydives, One More Game with the Sox, and Plenty More Sell or Buy (September 2) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, Sheps & Sneetch

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 550 - How I Met Your Mother: Harden and Heilman Claimed Off of Waivers, Milton Bradley Suggests Trouble in the Right Field Bleachers, the Trib and Paul Sullivan Add Fuel to the Stupid Fire, Lou and Sheps Argue Milton's Finer Points, and the Cubs Lose 2 of 3 to the Nats (August 28) - Cu...

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 546 - Gregg Out as Closer and Marmol In, The Cubs Lose Two Rough Ones to the Padres, Lou Piniella Stopped For Jaywalking Half Way Out to the Mound, and Sell or Buy (August 19) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, Sheps & Sneetch

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 544 - The Cubs Drop Two More Games and a Beer to the Phillies, the Thread of the Week, and the Debut of a New Cubscast Segment Called 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly' (August 14) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, Sheps & Sneetch

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 543 - The Cubs Are Crushed by the Rockies and Then Lose a Heartbreaker to the Phillies, Two Instant Replay Reviews, Lou Says Something Dirty, Aram Still Out, Jeff Samardzija v. Pedro Martinez, and How the Cubs Can Stay in the Race (August 12) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubsca...

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 526 - Lou Shares Some Caberlee with Derrek Lee, A Short Interview with the Cubs First Baseman, The NY Times Reports that Sammy Sosa Failed a PED Test in 2003, and the Cubs Prepare to Battle the Sox (June 17) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, Sheps & S...

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 522 - D-Lee Outwits and the Cubs Outlast the Braves on Wednesday, Sheps and Lou Answer a Critical Question About Cubscast and Cubs Fans, Sosa to Retire and Tom Glavine to Be Available (June 5) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, Sheps & Sneetch

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 518 - Cubs Swept Again, This Time By the Padres, Fan Frustration Despite Being at .500, Lou Piniella Taking Some Blame, and Finding a Way to Use a Big Lebowski Reference Without Cursing (May 25) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, Sheps & Sneetch

By thisyearcub • Cardinals' bullpen: The Achilles' heel of this team. This group makes the Cubs' pen look pretty good, and that's saying something. Hopefully the Cubs' bats can force La Russa's hand to go to the pen. If you're bored/frustrated, turn to: Seriously? This is the first game of Cards/Cubs at Wri...

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 501 - The Cubs Win Their First Series of 2009, Geovany Sotos Sore Shoulder Is Examined, Small Bites of Baseball News in Our Tapas Segment, and A Look Ahead to a Weekend in Milwaukee (April 10) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, Sheps & Sneetch

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 499 - Opening Day 2009 Is Finally Here: Preview of Cubs and Zambrano vs. Astros and Oswalt, Part I of an Interview with Cubs Play By Play Man Len Kasper, and an Announcement of a Technological Advancement: 140 Characters from Home Plate (April 6) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cu...

By thisyearcub After dropping a heartbreaker (not really) in the ninth last night, the Chicago crosstown rivals are back at it again in Vegas and its tiny ballpark. And for the second straight day, it's on WGN. Hooray for televised spring training baseball!  

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 482 - We Turn Things Over to the Cubscast Mail Sack as Listeners Speak Out About the Cubs New Pre-Sale Ticket Practices, Plus Some Hilarious Jim Hendry E-mail Addresses and Thoughts on the ARoid News (February 9) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, She...

By Tim At the "Meet the Management" gathering at the Cubs Convention (listen to it here), somebody brought up the Peavy puzzle and Jim Hendry explained that unfortunately Peavy isn't a free agent and it's a violation of MLB rules to talk about him.Luckily, it must be okay to talk about him behind c...

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 471 - Special Holiday Episode: Adam Dunn Asks Santa to Make Him a Cub, Weighing the Positives and Negatives, Cubs Convention Coverage Announcement, and a Winner of Our First Video Caption Contest. Oh, and a Lame Parody Song (December 22) - Cubscast 2009 Season Podcasts - Cubscas...

By Roman Modrowski Just heard Lou Piniella on the Waddle & Silvy show, and while he didn't come out and say the media played a role in the Cubs' playoff collapse, he left that window slightly open. And I'm sure it is difficult to be in Lou's situation. Just ask Ozzie, who always says the focus is much sharper on...

By DAULERIO It wasn't long after Brad Lidge struck out Eric Hinske with a dirtball slider on Wednesday night that the posts started popping up about the eerie connection between being Deadspin's lead editor and the World Series champion. Fans of the Texas Rangers, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, l...

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 459 - The Chicago Cubs 2008 Season in Review: Analysis of What Was and What Will Be, Z's No Hitter and Trades that Were Made and Not Made, the Cubs Youth Movement Taking Hold, Plus Sneetch's Final Answer (October 13) - Cubscast 2008 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou, Sh...

By brosage@mvn.com (Joe Aiello and Brandon Rosage) But his Cubs may have paved the way for October’s most dangerous team: The Los Angeles Dodgers. The NL West champions have youth, health and starting pitching going into Game One of the NLCS. But what did the Phillies show in their division series win over the Brewers? The guys breakdown the N...

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 457 - It Wasn't Supposed to Happen This Way: Discussion of the Game 2 Loss at Wrigley and a Cubs Team We Hadn't Expected to See, Listener E-mails, Cubs Ultimatums, Taking the TBS Frustration to a New Level, and Excitement to See Harden and Lilly Claw Out a Couple Wins (October 3) - Cu...

By brosage@mvn.com (Joe Aiello and Brandon Rosage) The Brewers stumbled out of the gate, losing Game One in Philadelphia thanks to a mystifying mistake by Milwaukee CF Mike Cameron. And Phillies starter Cole Hamels avenged his 2007 NLDS Game One performance with dominating work against the Crew.

By brosage@mvn.com (Joe Aiello and Brandon Rosage) With the NL Central Division Championship in hand Thursday, the Chicago Cubs decided to give Mark DeRosa, one of their most valuable bats and versatile defenders, a few days of rest. DeRosa suffered a strained calf in Wednesday’s 9-6, 10-inning win over the New York Mets.

By Joe Aiello With the NL Central Division Championship in hand Thursday, the Chicago Cubs decided to give Mark DeRosa, one of their most valuable bats and versatile defenders, a few days of rest. DeRosa suffered a strained calf in Wednesday’s 9-6, 10-inning win over the New York Mets.

By Brandon Rosage With the NL Central Division Championship in hand Thursday, the Chicago Cubs decided to give Mark DeRosa, one of their most valuable bats and versatile defenders, a few days of rest. DeRosa suffered a strained calf in Wednesday’s 9-6, 10-inning win over the New York Mets.

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 452 - Sell or Buy Debates Meaningless Mets Games, Big Z's Playoff Start, the Wild Card Race, and More. Also, the Thread of the Week, Listener Voicemail, and a Winner in the Cubs Slogan Challenge Contest: Loveable Yes, Losers No by Joe V. (September 24) - Cubscast 2008 Season Podcast...

By Roman Modrowski I know, I know, the Cubs can't afford to lose another pitcher, so maybe Ted Lilly bulldozing Yadier Molina on Wednesday wasn't the smartest play in the world. But it was sure was nice to see for Cubs fans. The same Ted Lilly who plunked an Atlanta Brave the day after Alfonso Soriano got drilled.

By brosage@mvn.com (Joe Aiello and Brandon Rosage) The NL Central got measurably more interesting this week, as a result of the Cubs-Brewers tussle that included an untimely injury to Milwaukee starter Ben Sheets and an extra-inning upset at Wrigley Field Thursday. The guys also completed the show’s MLB All-Underrated Team, marking do...

By hip2bsquare Pat and Ron call the Cubs' miracle comeback The WGN Radio calls of Geo's homer in the 9th, and Lee's game-winning hit in the 12th... enjoy. :)

Yeah, don't let them say that it's just a game. Well, I've seen other teams and it is never the same. When you go to Chicago, you're blessed and you're healed, The first time you walk into Wrigley Field. Heroes with pinstripes and heroes in blue, Give us the chance to feel like heroes do.

By Joe Aiello News & Notes Lou Piniella says he has “all the confidence in the world” in Sean Marshall. Yeah Lou, that’s why he’s been in the rotation all year. Oh wait, he hasn’t. Don’t crap me on this, Lou. If Zambrano wasn’t hurt, your confidence in Marshall as a starter wouldn’t even be close to enterin...

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 442 - Halloween at Wrigley: Big Z is Injured and the Cubs Lose Their 4th in a Row, September Callups and the Headlines That Accompany Them, Bobby Howry Can't Get An Out, a Sporting Glory Cubs Moment, and the Cubscast Mail Sack (September 3) - Cubscast 2008 Season Podcasts - Cubscas...

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 440 - Aramis Ramirez Hits a Hundley-fied Grand Slam on Thursday to Help the Cubs Win Their 6th in a Row, the Cubscast Mail Sack Discusses Good Sportsmanship and the New Mario Baseball Game, and an Interview with Keith Neumann of Jim Beam and the SaveOurName Campaign (August 29) - C...

By JohnM Pat Hughes Calls Daryle Ward's Home Run By popular demand - an astonished Pat Hughes calls the game winning home run by Daryle Ward in the ninth inning of the Cubs game against the Marlins on August 15th, on WGN 720.

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 431 - Breakdown of a Win vs. the Astros on Wednesday as the Cubs Prepare for an Epic Weekend vs. the Cardinals, Mark Cuban Promises to Lay Low, Our Thread of the Week Asks Where You Listen to Cubscast From, and More (August 8) - Cubscast 2008 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lo...

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 429 - Lou and Sheps Discuss the Best Cubs Team Since '89 (or Before) Taking 2 of 3 from the Pirates, Jeff Samardzija's Steady Rise, the Bullpen, Wrigley North, as well as the Cubscast Mailsack and a Look Ahead (August 4) - Cubscast 2008 Season Podcasts - Cubscast.com - Hosted By: Lou...

At the start of the year, hosts Joe Aiello and Brandon Rosage felt pretty comfortable giving the Mets and Tigers passes to the postseason after their big off-season acquisitions. But while Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera went walk-off Thursday for a Tigers sweep, Mets closer Billy Wagner blew...

By hosts@cubscast.com Episode: 403 - Friday's Sell or Buy Haggles Over the Value of Soriano Late in Games, The Cubs' Vaunted Offense and Lackluster Road Record, and the 1989 film 'Back to the Future II', Plus the Thread of the Week and more great Chicago Commercials (May 30) - Cubscast 2008 Season Podcasts - Cubs...

Though MLB’s Week 9 didn’t pack any bombshell developments, The Pitch’s Joe Aiello and Brandon Rosage uncover the latest big league gems, including sour fans at Wrigley Field who are fed up with Alfonso Soriano, sketchy marketers outside Wrigley Field battling for the right to be racis...

With Cubs homer Joe Aiello out of the picture on the Thursday show, host Brandon Rosage takes his shot at both questions following a pitiful Tigers loss in Kansas City and a fourth shutout loss by San Diego — this time at the hands of Cubs starter Ryan Dempster.

Even on a night Alfonso Soriano and Cliff Floyd finally produced as expected, the Chicago Cubs couldnt find a way to complete a win. For a change, it wasnt their fault.

CHICAGO Alfonso Soriano left in the fifth inning after injuring a hamstring while attempting a diving catch in the Cubs 124 rout of the San Diego Padres on Monday night.

The Chicago Cubs led the Cactus League in attendance again this year, recording the fourth highest spring training attendance in Major League Baseball history.

With two weeks left in spring training, the battle to be the Cubs fifth starter appears to be tilting heavily in favor of Wade Miller, although manager Lou Piniella is not quite ready to say that.

Alls right with the world. The Cubs are unbeaten. Ron Santo is sitting in a golf cart telling tales. Billy Williams is sauntering across a field of Kelly green. And spring training is under way beneath a sky the color of a World Series winner.

Carlos Zambrano backed off recent comments that he would leave the Chicago Cubs as a free agent after this season if he doesnt get a multiyear contract during spring training.