There has not been much joy for the Chicago National League ball club the past three weeks. The Cubs are limping both metaphorically and literally, with seemingly-all of their players recovering from leg injuries as we head into the All-Star Break. It is easy to forget, these days, just how good and talented the 2016 […]
Day: July 5, 2016
Game 83 Recap: Reds 9 Cubs 5
A Tuesday afternoon game might stir feelings of nostalgia and encourage Cubs fans’ notions of exceptionalism, but it set everyone on the field a bit on edge, and the Cubs’ wrong-footed start ended up being too much to overcome. Top Play (WPA): The bottom of the third inning was an insurgency, boy, a sight to see. […]
SKILL, NOT LUCK: KYLE HENDRICKS EDITION
When the idea was posed by the BP-Wrigleyville staff to break down the luck/skill quotient of each of the Cubs’ five members of the starting staff, I immediately volunteered for Kyle Hendricks. It seemed like a great idea at the time: after all, I’ve already written extensively about Hendricks this season, so it should have been a breeze… or so I […]