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Chicago Cubs television color analyst Bob Brenly has seen various levels of success from the North Siders in his five-plus seasons in the booth, but there has been one constant.
It's a lack of fundamentals, he said, and it frustrated him again Tuesday
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ESPN
http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/news/story?id=5293499&campaign=rss&source=MLBHeadlines
The Cubs own Bob Brenly gives UM a shout out
$19 million a year, 10th highest paid in the MLB. Pathetic effort, zero heart and horrendous attitude.
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It didn't make the air, but you can read it here
This crap goes out to Bob Brenly. Although I find you to be so wise (like a miniature Buddha covered with hair) almost all the time, your one fatal flaw is your intense man-crush on Craig Counsell.
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Sports Blogs
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baseball, because even though the Series resumed 10 days after the quake, it was never the same. There's no way it could have been.
This column appeared in the Mercury News on Oct. 16, 1994 — the year the World Series was canceled because of a labor
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The San Jose Mercury News
http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_13556479?source=rss
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• I don't think the proprietor of the SBN's Cubs blog, Al at Bleed Cubbie Blue, makes much of the mention of the Washington Nationals' job opening in an article about Cubs' announcer Bob Brenly's interest in returning to the bench, since he starts a
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Federal Baseball
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Major League Baseball has postponed tonight National League Division Series Game 3 between the Philadelphia Phillies and Colorado Rockies because of inclement weather (read: snow) in Denver.
The postponement likely will eliminate the travel day between
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Albany Times-Union
http://blog.timesunion.com/sportsmedia/phillies-rockies-postponed-juggling-mlb-playoff-schedule/2746/
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Yahoo's Mark Miller has some deductive reasoning to drop on us.
Bob Brenly, whom you may have seen in the TBS broadcast booth over the last few days (Personally, I have the game on the tv on mute, and have ESPN radio doing the audio), is reported to
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Sports Blogs
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up there on diamond-shaped boxes and red lines, on the screen for a good eight seconds to feast on before play resumes.
140-character Twitter of his day.
Vin Scully keeps his own box scores while broadcasting Dodger games. TBS is using the old-school
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Long Beach Press-Telegram
http://www.presstelegram.com/sports/ci_13520139?source=rss
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Dick Stockton, Bob Brenly and the always spruce Tom Verducci will be setting the Game 2 scene for you from Dodger Stadium.
Did you know Stockton is married to Leslie Visser? They apparently met during the 1975 World Series when he was in the booth for
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The Big Lead
http://thebiglead.com/?p=23819
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But I’m very intrigued to hear your opinion Al. I thought Stockton wasn’t miserable last night, but I hate both the Dodgers and the Cardinals, so I wasn’t paying too much attention to his call. I did make a point of comforting my aching soul by
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Some of the highs and lows of watching the Dodgers' game.
Say hey:
Ex-manager and former catcher Bob Brenly explaining how, in the bottom of the fifth, the Cardinals were about to put on "the play" against the Dodgers, who had runners at first and
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Los Angeles Times
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A Cubs broadcaster will be calling the Cardinals' games in the first round of the playoffs.
Bob Brenly will serve as analyst on the television coverage of the series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, teaming with play-by-play announcer Dick Stockton and
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/sports/stories.nsf/cardinals/story/458BB5F9A25CF8B086257648000C0470?OpenDocument
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Baseball Think Factory
http://www.baseballthinkfactory.org/files/newsstand/discussion/shea/
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...Eight Octobers ago, Bob Brenly was preparing to manage in his first postseason, and when you're doing something for the first time, maybe you ask people for tips. "Everybody's willing to offer advice, I'll say that," Brenly recalled in a phone interview, before...
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New York Post
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/yankees/girardi_could_learn_from_brenly_XsTGOfYWWy2zNFB0RGIsXP
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What does Milton Bradley’s suspension do to Cubs manager Lou Piniella’s four-month campaign to get himself fired but paid off?
Since June or so, it was apparent that next year’s $4 million salary wasn’t enough for Piniella to endure another season of
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Chicago Tribune
http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/rosenblog/~3/082KhbuTiTY/toodlelou-time.html
Len Kasper, the Cubs announcer, made a special appearance at Martyr's in Chicago to offer The Baseball Project new lyrics to the song "Past Time" to take into account Cubs players in the past. He even sings it as well!
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Welcome, disappointed Chicago baseball fans. Remember July? Yeah, that was fun. August? Not so much.
Ah, those were the gold old days.
Now?
Both teams are far from first place in their divisions: Cubs are 10.5 out, White Sox are 7 back.
No auto-refresh
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Chicago Tribune
http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagosports/hardball/~3/AIAUvF3bbxo/playbyplay-white-sox-at-cubs.html
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CHICAGO (AP) Jeff Santo was listening to a recent Chicago Cubs game when reliever Kevin Gregg walked San Diego’s David Eckstein with a three-run lead in the ninth inning.
Keep up with the latest news on The Timess baseball blog.
Just as he groaned,
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International Herald Tribune
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/sports/baseball/30santo.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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CHICAGO -- Jeff Santo was listening to a recent Chicago Cubs game when reliever Kevin Gregg walked the Padres' David Eckstein - with a three-run lead in the ninth inning.
Just as he groaned, "Come on," a voice on the radio moaned the exact same words.
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Sporting News
http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/article/2009-08-27/announcer-ron-santo-suffering-cubs-again
Ed sings "Take Me out to the Ballgame" and chats with Len Kasper & Bob Brenly during the bottom of the 7th inning of the Cubs/Nats game on August 25, 2009.
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3) Find out if Lou Piniella really has the energy left to commit to
2010. Look, Piniella's detractors want to rip the guy every chance they
get and he has made some curious decisions this season but he is the
best manager the Cubs have had in 30 years.
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ChicagoNow
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/david-kaplan-chicago-sports/2009/08/lou-piniella-says-he-will-play-the-veterans.html
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We should be celebrating a 1-0 Cubs win this morning and picking up a game on the Cardinals.
Instead, because Aramis Ramirez booted a ball with two out in the second inning and Randy Wells followed it with a fat first-pitch fastball (for which he got
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2009/8/22/998366/one-bad-play-and-one-bad-pitch
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LOS ANGELES -- Michael Brenly has had a summer to remember.
The 22-year-old Minor League catcher so far has caught Angel Guzman, Ted Lilly and now Carlos Zambrano in their rehab starts for Class A Peoria.
"I was nervous when I was in the big leagues
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MLB.com
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090821&content_id=6547818&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc&partnerId=rss_chc
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"Because of my past employment, a lot of people think I'm trying to steal Lou's job," Brenly said. "I'm not after anybody's job. I have to say what I see on the field. I'm doing the best job I can as an analyst, and at the end of the day, if I feel
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2009/8/16/990821/going-for-the-sweep-cubs-vs
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"What will it take to get these guys to start running hard?" Brenly asked aloud in Denver after Ryan Theriot barely scored ahead of Bradley getting thrown out trying to stretch a single. Brenly also suggested a "cattle prod" might do the
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2009/8/12/986426/baseball-and-human-nature-cubs-vs
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Well, last night’s game sucked. As did Sunday’s. As did Friday’s. There have been a lot of games this season which have been painful, boring, or flat-out terrible to watch. Last night, I had my fill of Cubs baseball by about the fifth inning. I noticed
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Sports Blogs
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The Chicago Cubs' TV color man, Bob Brenly, was uncharacteristically blunt on Saturday night when he said “what will it take to get these guys to start running hard?”
Brenly was referring to a play that occurred in the sixth inning in the game against
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/232948-come-to-think-of-it-cubs-need-to-start-doing-the-hustle
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"We know the record," Piniella said. "He's done a really, really nice job, and we're appreciative, but we have to get Soto ready to catch, too. It might be 60-40, two-thirds, one-third, I don't know exactly how [they'll share playing time]. Believe
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2009/8/7/980788/big-z-at-altitude-cubs-vs-rockies
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The Cubs have come to the proverbial fork in the road and now must decide which team they're going to be the rest of the 2009 season.
We gotta play where next?
Tonight, the Cubs roll into Colorado, continuing on the highly logical roadtrip that has
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ChicagoNow
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/league-of-her-own/2009/08/chicago-cubs-headlines-for-friday-4.html
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Ahhh, I should have a bunch of Bob Brenly quotes, but I don't.
I can tell you, however, that during this season of sometimes good/sometimes bad/sometimes really really bad, Bob Brenly has gained my respect by telling me what I really saw.
I'm not sure
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Ahhh, I should have a bunch of Bob Brenly quotes, but I don't.
I can tell you, however, that during this season of sometimes good/sometimes bad/sometimes really really bad, Bob Brenly has gained my respect by telling me what I really saw.
I'm not sure
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Sports Blogs
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REMEMBER ERIK ESTRADA? You know, the motorcycle cop with the perfect teeth from that old TV show "CHiPS"?
Well, the former People magazine's sexiest man alive went 2-for-2 Monday night in the Chicago Cubs broadcast booth. Celebrating his 60th birthday,
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Philly.com
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PHILADELPHIA -- Ask Charlie Manuel his fondest All-Star Game memory, and there's no mistaking the anguish in his eyes.
"Had to be 2002," Manuel finally said, shaking his head before his Phillies' game against the Reds on Monday night. "That was my
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MLB.com
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090706&content_id=5729780&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb&partnerId=rss_mlb
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There was some concern that Bradley was sitting because of a sore
left wrist suffered while diving for a ball Wednesday night, but
Piniella stressed
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I voted for TheRiot, 1) he's awesome, 2) the NL needs some Scrap Pack action to win one of these damn games, and 3) because I need a reason to
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I voted for TheRiot, 1) he's awesome, 2) the NL needs some Scrap Pack action to win one of these damn games, and 3) because I need a reason to
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Just when all seems bleakest we get to play the Pirates. Oh wait they nearly have as many wins, oops. Here we go Cubbies this is the start of the run, it has to be! Pit, Mil, Stl, this is where we see if our boys in blue are contenders or pretenders.
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1926364&src=rss
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Man, it's been that kind of season for the Cubs' bullpen.
But sometimes in the depths of disaster, one can find inspiration.
Just got back from Lake Powell last night, the Father's Day trip.
This is a new product I figure would sell like hot
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1919925&src=rss
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Man, it's been that kind of season for the Cubs' bullpen.
But sometimes in the depths of disaster, one can find inspiration.
Just got back from Lake Powell last night, the Father's Day trip.
This is a new product I figure would sell like hot
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1916784&src=rss
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In writing the Michael Brenly feature story that appears in the June 19 Pantagraph, it was a natural to seek out the thoughts of Chicago Cubs broadcaster and Michael's father, Bob Brenly.
Unfortunately, making connnections with Bob Brenly proved to be
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PEORIA -- As he steps into the O’Brien Field batter’s box, Michael Brenly carries his father’s name on the back of his Peoria Chiefs jersey.
While his shoulders don’t buckle under the weight of those six letters, Bob Brenly’s
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The Pantagraph
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2009/06/18/sportsextra/doc4a3addc17942c178603310.txt
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Shortly before public-address announcer Paul Friedman informed the soaking masses wrapped inside ponchos and huddled under umbrellas that there would be no baseball at Wrigley Field on Tuesday night, two former players-turned-broadcasters talked
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Chicago Sun-Times
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/baseball/1625887,CST-SPT-sights17.article
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Endorsements: Buck's commercials include high-profile pitches for National rental cars and Holiday Inn. But does he really use those companies? "Absolutely. Even when I don't need to, I still do it once per month."
Buck, on anything he'd particularly
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USA Today
http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomSports-TopStories/~3/syB-n_OniJQ/2009-06-14-joe-buck-hbo_N.htm
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A year ago, Bob Brenly was a nervous dad as he waited to see where his son, Michael, would be selected in the First-Year Player Draft.
It's been close to three months since Aaron Boone made the announcement he had a heart condition that would require
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Sports Blogs
http://rd.sportsblogs.org/viewEntry.php?id=1895496&src=rss
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HOUSTON -- A year ago, Bob Brenly was a nervous dad as he waited to see where his son, Michael, would be selected in the First-Year Player Draft.
The Brenlys had a long wait. Michael, a catcher at UNLV, was taken by the Cubs in the 36th round. He was
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MLB.com
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090610&content_id=5246936&vkey=news_chc&fext=.jsp&c_id=chc&partnerId=rss_chc
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It'll be nice, LBR, when you can move back to 2B, your natural position.
I like Mike Fontenot, but he's having a tough year. Offensively, his production is down -- partly because he's being asked to play every day, instead of in the platoon role
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Bleed Cubbie Blue
http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2009/6/7/901483/poor-fundamental-play-dooms-cubs
Len and Bob catch me eating sunflower seeds at Petco Park in San Diego ... Ryan Guellow Len Casper Bob Brenley Chicago Cubs San Diego Petco Park Spatoon
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Randy Johnson, who is struggling now but needs two victories to reach 300, made a different sort of history five years ago Monday. On May 18, 2004, at age 40, he became the oldest pitcher to throw a perfect game in a 2-0 victory for Arizona at Atlanta.
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San Francisco Chronicle
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