Accompanying a feature on Canadian baseball players (Canadian Dempster, Canadian Morneau, et al), the Rocky Mountain News is running a reader poll on the best Canadian-born baseball players . They narrowed it down to 10: Fergie Jenkins, Larry Walker,...

As we've just passed the quarter pole of the 2008 season, let's revisit the official Wrigleyville23 NL Central projections . Here is the predicted order of finish, with records: 1. Cubs, 89-73 2. Brewers, 85-77 3. Reds, 83-79 4. Cardinals, 76-86 5....

The 1987 Cubs also started 26-16. Unfortunately, it was their high water mark and they went 50-69 the rest of the way to finish last. That sucked. Update: I see that Another Cubs Blog has something more extensive on the history of 26-16 starts. Whatever.

Here's your near daily update on the broken former Cub, or former broken Cub: Padres pitcher Mark Prior has a tear in the capsule of his surgically repaired right shoulder and will be shut down for the next two weeks, based on what the operating...

Good morning and welcome to another insightful edition of Around The Blogs. After a sweep of the Diamondbacks and their limited blog world and taking three of four from the Padres and their more active blogs, let's turn our attention to the Cub feeder...

I think Phil Rogers is trying to get some sort of point across , but I just can't put my finger on it: Watching the great Greg Maddux pitch Thursday against the Cubs was like listening to rain bounce off a tin roof. It was pouring base hits. Maddux...

With 12 strikeouts, it's the return of Canadian Dempster !

The Cardinal-controlled Deadspin takes notice of the Cubs and concludes "it's starting to look like the Cubs can do this thing. Win a World Series, that is." Ha! Good one! Deadspin is always hilarious. Jinxing bastards. One other thing on Deadspin:...

With the Padres still in town, here's the latest Mark Prior update from Buster Olney (subscription required): It's possible that Mark Prior won't pitch in a big league game this year, at worst, and at best, he won't help the Padres for weeks or...

Well, Jim Hendry has done it. Jim Edmonds is a Cub. He will be wearing royal blue pinstripes. He will be teaching Fukudome all there is to know about puppies. He'll attempt to faux hammer Fontenot into the ground. He'll smile into the WGN cameras...

Short of OJ Simpson, I'm not sure Jim Hendry could have signed anyone less popular with Cubs fans than Jim Edmonds . But Edmonds is going to have to work very, very hard to be the least popular player to play for the Cubs. That title belongs solely...

The WV23 research department uncovered an interesting fact: After going 2-for-5 in last night's game against the Padres, Alfonso Soriano has now gone 29 consecutive plate appearances without striking out - the longest such streak of his career. He's...

It was 90 years ago today that Congress lifted the ban on Sunday baseball in Washington : On this day in 1918, Congress voted to lift the curb on Sunday baseball in Washington. Accordingly, on May 19, the Washington Senators defeated the Cleveland...

After telling Felix Pie that when he was a ball player he had to walk uphill in three feet of snow both ways, Lou Piniella gave this explanation of why Felix Pie is a worse option than a Jim Edmonds/Reed Johnson platoon: Piniella said Pie has to...

After telling Felix Pie that when he was a ball player he had to walk uphill in three feet of snow both ways, Lou Piniella gave this explanation of why Felix Pie is a worse option than a Jim Edmonds/Reed Johnson platoon: Piniella said Pie has to...