Top Play (WPA): The Cubs came into this game having scored two runs or fewer in eight straight games. You could be forgiven for thinking that with a lineup featuring Mike Baxter and Jonathan Herrera that the Cubs would be likely to extend such a streak to nine. The Cubs appeared to be well on […]
Day: July 2, 2015
Game 76 Recap: Cubs 2 Mets 0
First, your recommended listening for this piece, courtesy of Matt Trueblood. Top Play (WPA): Cubs manager Joe Maddon is fond of slogans. With the Rays in 2008, he famously preached that 9=8, meaning that nine guys playing nine hard innings every day would put the team among the eight going to the playoffs. It did. Later, […]
Christmas in July
I was born in 1993 in the Dominican Republic. More specifically, I lived my early years in a campo of Cotui in the province of Sanchez Ramirez near the center of the island. If you look up satellite pictures of Cotui on Google Maps, you’ll see some nice things. That isn’t where I’m from. You […]