Top Play (WPA): This game never quite looked as rough as it probably felt for most Cubs fans, but I think that has a lot to do with losing five of their last six and the hangover from the 13-6 beatdown in the first game of this series. But the Cubs kept it fairly close, […]
Day: September 1, 2015
Austin Jackson and the September-October Cubs
The Cubs acquired Austin Jackson from the Mariners Monday night, and while the impact of any given move over five weeks is impossible to forecast, this is the best and most interesting external addition the front office has made since the beginning of the season. Jackson is 28 and headed for free agency, but while […]
The 2015 Ballad of Jon Lester: Start No. 26
Date: August 29, 2015 Opponent: Los Angeles Dodgers Location: Dodgers Stadium Introduction Unlike Henry Rowengartner’s late season trip to Chavez Ravine, Jon Lester’s time in Dodgers Stadium did not result in a victory or the chanting of “We want a pitcher, not a belly itcher” to a large, mustachioed Dodger on the mound. It was not […]
Game 130 Recap: Reds 13 Cubs 6
(Via Fangraphs.com) Top Play (WPA): There was something weird in the air Monday at Wrigley, as the Cubs returned home to face the Reds. Maybe it was the come down off of Sunday’s no-hitter/pajama party, maybe it was the full moon, or (more likely) it was just a funky baseball game, but nothing really seemed to […]
The Beer List: Surprise! Edition
This is The Beer List. It’s an opportunity, once every two weeks, for the staff here at BP Wrigleyville to get together (virtually, of course) and respond briefly to one small, usually quite open-ended, question. Despite the strenuous efforts of certain members of the writing crew to make it so, it has nothing to do […]