What you need to know: Fans know the script the Cubs have followed this season all too well: fall behind early, watch their starter struggle, put lots of runners on base, wait for the two-out hit that never comes, fall short in the end, tell themselves not to worry. The Cubs managed to flip at […]
Day: June 5, 2017
Falling Through The Cracks: Mel Kerr and the Development of the Farm System
Though baseball is often described in poetic terms, and rightly so, there is another more hurried, cutthroat element to the sport in which players are treated as products who can be bought and sold at will. Though this remains a problem in today’s MLB, it was at its most stark in the 1920s, when teams […]
Winning 100 Games Is Hard
The Chicago Cubs were an unstoppable machine in 2016. Their offense was fueled by the efforts of MVP Kris Bryant, adorable Anthony Rizzo, and the shiny smile of Dexter Fowler. Their pitching staff was infallible thanks to multiple career-best years and a tremendous defense behind them. Simply everything went right for the Cubs as they […]