The Cub Way

4-7-12
Low A-Midwest League
(2-1 T-1st Western)Peoria Chiefs 6 at (1-2 T-5th Western)Beloit Snappers (MIN) 2
The Chiefs take their opening series with a convincing 6-2 win. Zeke DeVoss got the game started with a double. He would get cut down on a run down but the Chiefs would take 1 run lead. Chiefs starter Jose Rosario would give that run back in the bottom of the inning off a Ed Rosario solo shot, but the Chiefs would answer with three runs in the second. DeVoss would ...

Low A-Midwest League
(1-1 T-3rd Western)Peoria Chiefs 1 at (1-1 T-3rd Western)Beloit Snappers (MIN) 6
The Chiefs fall to 1-1 off of a 5 run seventh inning. The Chiefs bats were held mostly in check the whole evening managing only 6 hits total. The Chiefs struck out 11 times again, and no Chiefs batter had more than a single hit. The Chiefs only run came in the fifth inning off of a Eduardo Gonzalez double to drive in Wes Darvill. 2B Zeke DeVoss managed to go 1 for 3 with a BB, ...

Low A-Midwest League
(1-0 T-1st Western)Peoria Chiefs 5 at (0-1 T-5th Western)Beloit Snappers (MIN) 2
The Chiefs win their opener by roughing up Beloit's opening day starter Madison Boer. The Chiefs tagged the 22 year old righty for four runs in the third and another tally in the fifth. The bottom of the order accounted for 5 of the Chiefs 7 hits including the only extra base hit, a triple by CF Pin-Chieh Chen. The Chiefs were shut down after the fourth and struggled to make contact ...

The National League opened play yesterday in Miami, and it might be the last time it is truly significant to say the National League opened play. The death of the National League has been long coming. The domination of the American League in interleague play for years was a harbinger of things to come. Interleague play itself has ended a familiar way of life, and it is fitting that change should be the final undoing of ...

Defense

The only thing worse than the Cubs pitching last season was the defense. Now defense isn’t unimportant, but the poor defense only magnified the flaws of this team. The flaws on defense didn’t create the mess that was the 2011 Cubs. However, Dale Sveum has shown an attention to detail, and much has been made about the various creative ways the staff has focused on fundamentals. Every Cubs manager has talked about fundamentals and accountability, but the keystone cops performance ...