http://www.mysportsscoop.com A demo of SimplePie’s feed-merging capabilities. en-us http://chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2010/07/cubsrox104.php Game One Hundred Four - Cubs 5 Rockies 6 WP - Huston Street (2-2) LP - Sean Marshall (6-3) Save - None For the second time in two years, a Rockie hit for the cycle at Coors Field against Cubs pitching. Last season it was Troy Tulowitzki ... Saturday night it was Carlos Gonzalez . This time in dramatic fashion. Carlos Gonzalez launched Sean Marshall's first pitch of the bottom of the ninth into the... http://chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2010/07/2010cubslive104.php Talkin' Cubs Live - Cubs vs. Rockies - 07/31/10 - (2010cubslive104) Game One Hundred Four: Cubs (46-57) vs. Rockies (53-50) Game Time - 7:10pm CDT Coverage - TV: WGN TV - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 183 Location - Coors Field, Denver Tom Gorzelanny (6-5, 3.22/1.43) vs. Jason Hammel (7-6, 4.34/1.35) Updated - 5:47pm CDT - Thomas Diamond to be recalled from Triple-A Iowa and added to Cubs 40-man roster on Tuesday. Diamond will... http://chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2010/07/cubsnews073110.php According to multiple reports, Ted Lilly and Ryan Theriot have been traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Blake DeWitt and two minor league pitchers ... Brett Wallach and Kyle Smit. The Cubs sent $2.5 million along with Lilly and Theriot. Blake DeWitt will be added to the Cubs 40-man roster. With the subtractions of Ted Lilly, Ryan Theriot and Bobby Howry in the past two days, the Cubs 40-man roster stands at 38 players.... http://chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2010/07/2010cubstrade.php Updated - 12:57pm CDT - According to Jim Bowden (XM Radio), Ted Lilly and Ryan Theriot have been traded to the Dodgers. No word on the return. Who will stay? Who will go? The MLB non-waiver trade deadline is 3:00pm CDT this afternoon. Will Jim Hendry be a player? Or just stand-pat and finish the season with his poorly constructed roster? Ted Lilly is in play, so is Ryan Theriot ... and he told friends... http://chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2010/07/cubsastros103.php Game One Hundred Three - Cubs 2 Rockies 17 WP - Jeff Francis (4-3) LP - Ryan Dempster (8-8) Save - None The 2010 version of the Chicago Cubs keep finding embarrassing ways to lose a ballgame. Just when you thought you've seen it all, Lou Piniella's pathetic excuse for a baseball team takes the field. The Rockies turned a 5-2 advantage in the eighth into a 17-2 drubbing ... and all 12 runs were... http://chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2010/07/2010cubslive103.php Game One Hundred Three: Cubs (46-56) vs. Rockies (52-50) Game Time - 8:10pm CDT Coverage - TV: WGN TV - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 188 Location - Coors Field, Denver Ryan Dempster (8-7, 3.71/1.28) vs. Jeff Francis (3-3, 4.56/1.33) Updated - 5:44pm CDT - Carlos Zambrano Reinstated from restricted list - Bobby Howry granted Unconditional Release Lou's crew returns to the field tonight after spending Thursday making their way to Denver. Carlos Zambrano... http://chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2010/07/cubsrumors73010.php According to a report from Ken Rosenthal, the Dodgers are "talking to the Cubs about a trade for both Ted Lilly and Ryan Theriot."... http://chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2010/07/cubsprospect730.php The Cubs organization liked what the saw in Michael Brenly so much they drafted him twice. The Cubs picked Brenly the first time in the 43rd round back in 2005 then took him again in the 36th round three years later. Brenly is the son of Len Kasper's broadcast partner and one of the candidates to succeed Lou Piniella in the Cubs dugout. Michael's father Bob, a former Major League catcher and part-time third baseman,... http://chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2010/07/cubsminors72910.php The Cubs squads in Iowa, Tennessee, and Daytona are all playing well. Third overall pick in the 2007 MLB Draft Josh Vitters is out with a broken hand. The injury to Vitters led to a number of roster moves throughout the organization. One Cubs minor league manager will be at the helm in the Arizona Fall League. One Smokies hurler earned a Pitcher of the Week award. Jeff Samardzija goes deep, Z gets roughed up,... http://chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2010/07/cubsastros102.php Game One Hundred Two - Cubs 1 Astros 8 WP - Bud Norris (3-7) LP - Randy Wells (5-8) Save - None For the second game in a row the Cubs pathetic offense managed only one run. One bleepin' run against Bud Norris and company. The Cubs have scored only two runs in the last nine innings and lost for the eighth time to the Houston Astros this season (4-8). Randy Wells clearly did not... http://chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2010/07/2010cubslive102.php Game One Hundred Two: Cubs (46-55) vs. Astros (41-59) Game Time - 1:05pm CDT Coverage - TV: Comcast SportsNet - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 183 Location - Minute Maid Park, Houston Randy Wells (5-7, 4.07/1.37) vs. Bud Norris (2-7, 6.08/1.61) Can the Chicago Cubs win a series against the Houston Astros? After a good performance behind Carlos Silva Monday night, the Cubs were all but shut out on Tuesday ... can they beat... http://chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2010/07/cubsrumors72810.php According to a report from Bruce Levine, the Twins "have been the most aggressive team in their pursuit of Ted Lilly." But the Dodgers may have found a way to squeeze in the $5.5 million left on Lilly's contract. According to Levine, "look for Minnesota and the Dodgers to be front-runners for Ted Lilly as teams make their final pitch to make a deal with the Cubs in the next 72 hours."... http://chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2010/07/cubsastros101.php Game One Hundred One - Cubs 1 Astros 6 WP - Brett Myers (8-6) LP - Andrew Cashner (1-4) Save - None Once again Ted Lilly did everything he could to post a win ... and once again the offense gave him zero support. In what was likely Ted Lilly's last game in a Cubs' uniform he left with two outs in the sixth after not allowing a run. Ted Lilly entered Tuesday night with... http://chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2010/07/2010cubslive101.php Game One Hundred One: Cubs (46-54) vs. Astros (40-59) Game Time - 7:05pm CDT Coverage - TV: WGN TV - Radio: 720 WGN, XM Radio Channel 186 Location - Minute Maid Park, Houston Ted Lilly (3-8, 3.88/1.12) vs. Brett Myers (7-6, 3.24/1.26) Can the Cubs beat the Astros on back-to-back days and win a series against Houston? Ted Lilly was supposed to be dealt by now. Several reports had Lilly on his way out of... http://chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2010/07/cubsfiresale.php Come one, come all. Come on down with your money and old junk no one wants. In fact, bring some of that new junk no one cares about either. It is time for the event of the year. The Cubs fire sale starts today! After close to four months of what can be best described as painfully worse-than-mediocre baseball, the Cubs are preparing for the future. The window of time has come ... and gone.... http://vineline.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/07/at_home_with_andre_dawson_1987.html Be sure to check out Vine Line's landing page at http://chicago.cubs.mlb.com/chc/fan_forum/vineline.jsp Yesterday was a historic day for former Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson. He finally was enshrined into the National Baseball Hall of Fame after being eligible for the past nine... http://vineline.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/07/scorecard_extra_preview_cubs_v_1.html While Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins and the injured Chase Utley are the Philadelphia offensive regulars that grab most of the headlines, it is centerfielder Shane Victorino who often fuels the Phillies' run production. Despite a .250 average, the 5-9 Hawaiian knocked 14 balls out... http://vineline.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/07/byrd_flying_high_among_the_sta.html He couldn't wipe the smile off his face the entire time during batting practice. Even though he was the last guy get his cuts in during BP, Cubs centerfielder Marlon Byrd didn't care. He was in a red carpet... http://vineline.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/07/the_artist_named_steve.html Don't forget to fill out Vine Line's survey and make yourself eligible to win a Cubs duffle bag full of gear! Click here! Every once in a Cubbie blue moon, we are witness to seeing a dream come true at... http://vineline.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/07/scorecard_extra_preview_cubs_v.html The Cubs play the Reds in the second of a four-game set Friday afternoon after a 3-2 pitcher's-duel loss Thursday. Chicago fans, though, should take note of Cincinnati's 16 hits in the 10-inning game. As Christina Kahrl of Baseball Prospectus points out in... http://vineline.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/06/1000_words_wrigley_field_wrapp.html An intense storm complete with tornado warnings ripped through the Chicago area Wednesday, but -- as meteorological cataclysms often do -- it left behind a beautiful sight at Wrigley Field. Unfortunately, I only managed to capture half of it.... http://vineline.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/06/the_names_simpson_hayden_simps.html "We're with Hayden Christensen at Wrigley....Wait, no, I mean Hayden Simpson," I began, on our video interview. OK, take two. Though I imagine that being nomenclaturally confused for a teenage heartthrob isn't the worst thing that could happen to... http://vineline.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/06/one_town.html Sunday's game against the White Sox almost had all the drama of a Hollywood script. There were men in black and men in white. A duel ensued under sheet of misty rain. And a champion paraded into town to uplift the... http://vineline.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/06/let_the_crosstown_battle_begin.html Lost amid all the Hawks hoopla is the fact that there are baseball games going on at Wrigley Field. It's brother vs brother, fan vs fan, cats vs dogs....It's Cubs vs White Sox this weekend! And for that, we've... http://vineline.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/06/you_got_it_toyota.html After a moderately long wait, the Toyota sign finally went up in the leftfield bleachers. As with all additions to alterations to Wrigley Field, they tried to make it look as if it's always been there. Well, Toyota was founded... http://vineline.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/06/whats_online_from_vine_line_ri.html Have you checked out Vine Line's all-new site on cubs.com? Every month, we're posting player features, photo galleries, illustrations and video from the top inside resource on the Cubs for the last 25 years. It's got a great, easy-to-remember... http://vineline.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/06/blackhawks_fever.html It was a long homestand, and the Cardinals took 2-of-3 after the Cubs took 2-of-3 from the Dodgers. But one thing was for sure: The Chicago Blackhawks were offering the entire city positive energy in their chase for the Stanley... http://vineline.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/05/lights_who_needs_lights.html In a scene almost straight out of a 1947 Cubs game, a ballpark full of fans sat in darkness for 18 minutes when the power went out last night at Wrigley Field in the top of the fourth inning.  Click... http://vineline.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/05/star-studded_night_at_the_frie.html It was a night for high-profile visitors at Wrigley Field this past Tuesday, as Justice Sandra Day O'Connor ceremoniously handed the official game ball to the umpires and Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn threw out the first pitch and helped... http://vineline.mlblogs.com/archives/2010/05/1000_words_jeff_garlin_will_be.html Jeff Garlin will be visiting Wrigley Field today to sing the seventh-inning stretch. The comedian got his start in Chicago and now is a leading voice in the animated movie Toy Story 3 coming out in June. One of... http://www.fogpog.com/showthread.php?t=6218&goto=newpost I like the deal! Jim Hendry got nice value in return for Theriot and Lilly. Blake DeWitt is a former 1st round pick, with nice potential at 2B. He... http://www.fogpog.com/showthread.php?t=6217&goto=newpost I have officially had it with my 50 years of being a die hard Cub fan. It doesn't seem to matter who the players are or how much they are paid,... http://www.fogpog.com/showthread.php?t=6216&goto=newpost Congratulations to Andre Dawson on making the HOF. I personally don't believe Dawson should have made it. The Hall Of Fame is slowly becoming, the... http://www.fogpog.com/showthread.php?t=6215&goto=newpost I swear as soon as I start disliking him and noticing his first pitch swinging and bad baserunning he has a pretty good week. I think Lou has... http://www.fogpog.com/showthread.php?t=6214&goto=newpost Im assuming there is no chance to trade Sori or Z, so my question is what do you think the chances of Silva, Lilly, Lee, Theriot, Fukudome are? http://www.fogpog.com/showthread.php?t=6213&goto=newpost Yeah that's right I always have. It ain't his fault this team can't perform. Say what you will but his record speaks for itself. He's the Skipper... http://www.fogpog.com/showthread.php?t=6212&goto=newpost in related news, the Cubs are the MLB's least-efficient team performance wise.... http://www.fogpog.com/showthread.php?t=6211&goto=newpost We just put a beating on the Phillies and slapped around one of the best pitchers in baseball and the boards here are silent. Why is that ? Last few... http://www.fogpog.com/showthread.php?t=6210&goto=newpost Watching the games this weekened I found two quotes or comments that I found really interesting. The first one came from my good buddy Casper- ... http://www.fogpog.com/showthread.php?t=6209&goto=newpost 3 of 4 vs the Phillies. I will take it everytime. Everyone contributed as well. Very good starting P and pretty good defense. Lou even woke up... http://www.fogpog.com/showthread.php?t=6208&goto=newpost Castro and Theriot swap spots. Soto is actually playing which is good- i thought for sure Lou would play Hill. I dId think we wwould see Font... http://www.fogpog.com/showthread.php?t=6207&goto=newpost Wow- it has been 8 hours since the ending and Im still not over it yet. That is probably the toughest one this season. We can pin it on Soto as... http://www.fogpog.com/showthread.php?t=6206&goto=newpost and somebody has to bat eighth - that is a given. I think Theriot, if he is going to be in the lineup, needs to be hitting eighth. I am just... http://www.fogpog.com/showthread.php?t=6205&goto=newpost Maybe it was coincidence and just happened by chance, or maybe it is a superstitious thing, or maybe there are some real problems on this team. ... http://www.fogpog.com/showthread.php?t=6204&goto=newpost Up until I read this article... http://www.fogpog.com/showthread.php?t=6203&goto=newpost There is one shining jewel in this Cubs organization , Marlon Byrd !! After his performance in the All Star game he will be getting much more... http://www.fogpog.com/showthread.php?t=6202&goto=newpost I dont know why but for some reason I still try to figure out ways this team can win. Truthfully 9.5 games back is not undoable and for some... http://www.fogpog.com/showthread.php?t=6201&goto=newpost The 3 game winning streak was awesome and unfortunately got me pumped up again about the team- only to be crushed by Furcal tonight. The three... http://www.fogpog.com/showthread.php?t=6200&goto=newpost Word is that the Rays are looking for an outfield bat... The Rays are currently disenchanted with their current CF, B.J. Upton, due to production and... http://www.fogpog.com/showthread.php?t=6199&goto=newpost We are at the midpoint of the season and I was wonderin g what you guys/gals thiought was opur biggest surprise so far? 1. Silva- 9-2 under 3...