We experienced the warmest day of the spring today as the Cubs finished up their spring training season in Ho Ho Kam park in Mesa, AZ. I was anxious to see Matt Garza, the new pitcher they acquired from Tampa, as we had not seen him pitch this spring. It was not pretty. The [...]

Cubs Spring Training Report 3-26-2011 My wife and I went with 24 other senior citizens today to Surprise, AZ to watch the Cubs take on the Rangers.  Once again the weather was terrific, high, blue sky, temperature in the low 70’s, nice breeze and tickets in the first row of the upper level behind the [...]

The weather at Ho Ho Kam park was another Chamber of Commerce special today, clear high sky and mid-80’s.  My wife and I had great seats behind home plate and were looking forward to seeing Carlos Zambrano pitch against the Reds.  We looked at the starting lineup and both teams seemed to start their big [...]

It was a beautiful day as we walked into Ho Ho Kam park today for our first Cub spring training game of the year.  We had a clear, high sky with the sun baking down on us in the high 80’s.  Randy Wells was the Cub starter and we were anxious to see him pitch [...]