Photo courtesy of Caylor Arnold-USA TODAY Sports Did you notice that the Chicago Cubs went a week without notching a hit with runners in scoring position last week? It’s true. From Friday—the Matt Szczur “single” on which Gregory Polanco did the chicken dance—until the following Friday, the Cubs went through an 0-for-31 stretch with runners […]
Day: May 29, 2015
The 2015 Ballad of Jon Lester: Start No. 10
Photo courtesy of Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Date: May 27 Opponent: Washington Nationals Location: Wrigley Field Introduction First, the good, because as I write this, it is sunny and 80 degrees in beautiful, balmy Worcester, MA. In Jon Lester’s last two starts he has gone up against the two highest scoring offenses in the National […]
YOUNG CUBS: Tseng, Tseng, Tseng
Hello, readers. Kris Bryant graduated from the Top 10 this week and so taking his place is the artist formerly known as C.J., Carl Edwards, Jr. Bryant is off to a fantastic start in his major-league career and one can only hope that other prospects have such success in the future for the Cubs. Addison […]
How Hendricks Got His Sink Back
Photo courtesy of David Banks-USA TODAY Sports It’s no big secret that I am a huge supporter of Kyle Hendricks. Though I have a very strong hold on my affinity for him and his pitching style, others remain quite vigilant when it comes to Hendricks. This is completely understandable, given the fact that he has […]
Checking in on the Cubs, the Cardinals, and Their Records
Photo courtesy of David Banks-USA TODAY Sports Looking at winning records in a vacuum can be perilous. Win the first game of a series, lose the first and last games of the previous three game set, and lose just the last game of the series before that, and suddenly, all of the following are true: (1) The team has lost […]