The Cubs were held to three or fewer runs for the seventh time in eight games, matching the number of such games they had in their first 35 contests. Against the best offense in baseball, three runs is hardly ever enough. Top Play (WPA): The Cardinals nosed out to an early lead on Monday night, but […]
Day: May 23, 2016
Albert Almora, Jr.: Captain of the Next Wave
Every so often, the good Lord reaches down and touches a ballplayer with the innate ability to react in an instant to the crack of the bat. It happens so quickly, the average person misses it as they glance at their phone or sip their beverage. A drop-step and whirl before beelining to a descending baseball […]
Series Preview: Cubs at Cardinals, May 23-25
This is a moment, an opportunity for the Cubs to both create a little more breathing room between themselves and their most formidable divisional rival, and to get themselves out of the funk they’ve been in for almost a fortnight. If they miss that opportunity, it’d hardly be calamitous. The Cardinals can’t catch the Cubs […]