You read that headline right. Joey Votto has been good for the Cubs. Let me take you back a bit. It was 2008 and the Cubs were coming off a playoff season. There was hope for a good year, at least for the 15-year-old version of me. I had grown attached to a young catcher […]
Day: July 21, 2015
The Beer List: Trade Deadline Mega Edition
This is The Beer List. It’s an opportunity, once every so often, for the staff here at BP Wrigleyville to get together (virtually, of course) and respond briefly to one specific, usually quite general, question. Despite the strenuous efforts of certain members of the writing crew to make it so, it has nothing to do […]
Game 91 Recap: Reds 5 Cubs 4
Top Play (WPA): This game was back and forth through the first six innings, but Jay Bruce’s two-out, two-run homer off of Justin Grimm gave the Reds a 5-to-4 lead that they wouldn’t relinquish (.412). Grimm came on in relief of Clayton Richard, who was removed after 70 pitches and three runs through 5 2/3 innings. The decision […]