Sneeze Page: Top June Posts

Should Bob Brently Be Managing the Cubs?

This is a post I wrote about Bob Brently and if he should have gotten a better look last offseason at being the Chicago Cubs Manager. Bob has won a World Series, which many Cubs fans have very experienced. When he won the World Series, he won with a team no one thought would win.

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A Rising Star-ling Castro

This article is about Starling Castro and how he is becoming a superstar for the Cubs at such a young age, 21. I talked about how he came crashing into the MLB scene with his debute in 2010 against the Reds. I talked about how he still must improve at some parts of his game to get to the elite level.

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Yankees Vs. Cubs: History Will Not Be Made

Here I wrote about how the Yankees were coming to town for only the second time in over 65 years. I talked about how the Cubs are not having a great year by their standards and that history would not be made against them. This is because Derek Jeter, who was going for hit 3000, went to the DL earlier in that week.

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Moreland Finding his Niche

In Moreland Finding his Niche , I talked about how Keith is growing as a broadcaster and that he is doing a great filling in for Ron Santo. I talked about how Keith had a great career as a Cubs. I also said that Pat Hughes and him might be a great duo for years to come.

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Yankees in Town, Zambrano New York Bound?

Carlos Zambrano has always loved playing in Chicago and he has said in the past that he wants to remain a Cub for the rest of his career. Zambrano has been asked before if he would waive his no trade clasue if the Cubs asked him to. After time and time again, his response has been he want to remain in Chicago. However, things may have changed with recent events.

Zambrano has always shown emotions when he is pitching on the mound and sometimes that gets in the way of how he plays. Also along with that, he has had a history of violence, most recently in 2010. Zambrano had a meltdown against the White Sox after giving up four first inning runs. He then proceeded to go on a tirade in the dugout blaming Derrick Lee and other teammates for his struggles on the mound. He was then suspended until he got his act back together and finished his anger management treatment. Then this year on June 5 after being swept by the cardinals, he said to the media that the Cubs are playing like a AAA team and called out the Cubs closer, Carlos Marmol, for his pitching selection to cardinals shortstop Ryan Theriot.

This may be the end of the line for Zambrano. The Cubs have put up with his antics for over 10 years and I think they have had enough. I think now if they went to Zambrano and asked him if he wants to go and play for a contender like the Yankees, he would waiver his no-trade clause. Also, it does not hurt that his former pitching coach, Larry Rothschild, and former teammate, now manager, Joe Girardi are now working for the Yankees. So with the Yankees being in town this weekend let the trade specialization begin.

Yankees Vs. Cubs: History Will Not Be Made

As many of you Cubs fans know, the Yankees are once again coming to Wrigley Field, this up coming weekend of June 17-19. As interleague play resumes again once, the Yankees are coming to Wrigley from the 2^nd time in over 65 years. The Yankees only other appearance at Wrigley in that time was in 2003 where the Cubs took 2 out of 3 from the Yankees.

A few weeks ago, this was one of the most anticipated series in the whole MLB, but one thing has changed. It is not that this series is not going to be a good one or that the stadium will be empty, it is just that Derek Jeter, the captain of the Yankees, is not going to be playing in the series. Jeter has now been placed on the disabled list due to the Grade 1 right calf strain he suffered on Monday June 13. Jeter has 2994 hit and is only 6 shy of the 3000 hit milestone. Many people in the baseball world, including myself, though he was on track to break the record against the Cubs this weekend. However, if you a Cubs fan you should be glad that Jeter will not be playing against the Cubs, and as a baseball fan you always want a player to get a milestone in front of the home crowd.

In a season where nothing has gone right for the Cubs so far, this would have been another thing to add to the list of thing that happened to the Cubs in 2011. I know Jeter is beloved by many baseball fan and even a lot of Cubs fan, so many of you might be disappointed that he is not playing especially if you had tickets to the game. However Cubs fan, we can all take a sigh of relief that history will not be made against the Cubs this weekend.

Here are Derek Jeter Stats