Bobby Scales News

This time: Oct. 14-25 Previous installment: Oct. 6-13 More 40-man roster maneuvering, a handful of new free agents and one club's foray into the independent leagues .

The season may be remembered as a disappointment for the Cubs, but for Bobby Scales, 2009 will be when a door opened.

The Cubs finished with a 37-44 road record in 2009 after a 5-1 loss to San Francisco on Sunday at AT&T Park .

Watching the Giants on Sunday felt like summer again. Mostly freed from the burdensome demands of the pennant race, which they barely cling to mathematically, the Giants performed as they did to become contenders in a 5-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs.

What? We have no tags for Jeff Baker&Andres Blanco? We need to rectify that, because they are here for the long haul.

Jeff Samardzija congratulated after his home run. He pitched well; perhaps there is hope for him for 2010.

Everybody's two favorite reasons for what went wrong with the Cubs this season met up Friday night in St.

What if Bobby Scales was able to make a better play on Mark DeRosa's triple in the left-field corner in the fifth? What if Ryan Theriot isn't picked off to end the ninth? What if Aaron Heilman doesn't fall behind, 3-1, to Matt Holliday? What if the St.

Bobby Scales does his Alfonso Soriano impression. Browse more photos>> Today's 2-1 Cubs loss to the Cardinals, their fourth in a row, wasn't all Bobby Scales ' fault, obviously.

Maybe it's because he answers questions before and after every game. Whatever the reason, Cubs manager Lou Piniella didn't seem to know why Milton Bradley was so curt in fielding reporters' questions Thursday about why he came out of the game against the Brewers at Wrigley Field.

Bobby Scales, a Chicago Cubs rookie who will be 32 years old a week from Sunday, sat, with head cupped in his left hand, staring at a computer in the visitors' clubhouse at Busch Stadium.

Brendan Ryan's third homer of the season is a memorable one. The Cardinals shortstop hit a drive Saturday that popped out of Cubs left fielder Bobby Scales' glove and over the wall for a 1-0 lead in the fifth inning.

Next game: Friday, September 18th vs. Philadelphia Brewers Gameday with the Jockey Pregame Show at 6:30 p.m. with Brewers Extra Innings after the game on Newsradio 620 WTMJ and coverage on Live at 10 on TODAY'S TMJ4 HD Bottom 9th Inning 4:10 p.m. 3 Out Hoffman vs.

The untapped potential of Carlos Zambrano has left three Cubs managers scratching their heads over the last eight years.

Wednesday 09 Sep 2009 Iowa Cubs Finish in Third Place with a .500 Record for 2009 Season Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at 01:02AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-Des Moines, IA The Iowa Cubs ended the 2009 season on Monday, September 7 with a 7-2 loss to the Albuquerque Isotopes.

Odd fact: Rich Harden threw 40 pitches in the first inning but did not allow a run.

As the first inning unfolded for the Cubs on Tuesday, Bobby Scales was watching and counting.

The Chicago Cubs tied a major league record by beginning their game with the Pittsburgh Pirates with eight consecutive hits.

Due to time constraints, laziness, and because I think it looks kind of cool, I'm going to combine yesterday's ugly recap with today's scag-like GameCast.

Every September, fans get a glimpse of future stars as top prospects are often called up for the first time with the Major League rosters expanding to 40 players for the last month of the season.