What You Need To Know: Today’s mid-afternoon game was held at a 1-1 tie from the second inning until the bottom of the eighth. Jake Arrieta kept the Padres at bay, allowing five hits and one run. He also struck out seven over two walks. The Cubs were only able to muster three hits and one run. […]
Day: May 31, 2017
Kyle Hendricks: Still Good, I Think
For the first month or so of the season, I felt like I had tabs open on Brooks Baseball for each of the Cubs’ starters just about every day. Deciphering the velocity dips, sifting through the useful data, searching for explanations for general ineffectiveness: it was the obsession of someone who desperately wants something to […]
BP Wrigleycast Ep. 47: Time to send Happ back down?
The guys took a little time out on Memorial Day to bring you another episode of BP Wrigleycast. Ryan and Isaac welcome back Joel to the podcast, and they dive in head first with discussion about the Cubs’ recent struggles in Los Angeles. They break down the poor hitting of Kyle Schwarber and Addison Russell, […]
Game 51 Recap: Padres 6, Cubs 2
There’s a moment in Mystery Science Theater 3000 during the execrable Manos: the Hands of Fate where a good ten to fifteen seconds passes by without a single character moving or speaking until an exasperated Joel Hodgson finally breaks the silence by crying “DO SOMETHING!” Stretch that out to five days, and you’ve just written […]