Some games are so rich in drama and sheer athletic achievement that it inspires less a standard recap production, and more the type of siring prose that has the writer feeling as if he/she belongs among the poets. Other games are more standard fare, causing the writer to flail desperately in hopes of a catchy […]
Author: Andrew Felper
Game 107 Recap: Cubs 5 Marlins 4
Well, that’s one way to end a homestand… #ComebackCubshttps://t.co/nktAVYDUlv — Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) August 3, 2016 Trailing by two runs entering the final frame, the Cubs mounted a furious three-run ninth inning rally, propelling them past the Marlins, 5-4. The win finished off the three-game sweep of the Fish, and send the Cubs to the Bay […]
Series Preview: Cubs vs. Mariners, July 29-31
Seattle is a bustling metropolis that has given the world Frasier, The Presidents of the United State of America (millions of peaches, peaches for me!), and arguably the best season of The Real World. The city’s greatest export, apparently, is pop culture references for people currently in their early, early, early* 30’s. This weekend, though, they send the North Side […]
Game 99 Recap: White Sox 3 Cubs 0
In the course of a 162-game season, there are nights remembered for dynamic individual performance (three home runs, a no-hitter, etc.) and remarkable team efforts (a miraculous a late-inning comeback). These are the nights that we reflect upon for years, reminiscing about the feats that played out before us, and hanging to these brilliant moments that […]
Game 94 Recap: Cubs 6 Mets 2
That was cleansing, wasn’t it? About 18 hours after the Cubs suffered one of the season’s most frustrating defeats, stranding 12 base runners and wasting a solid effort from Jake Arrieta, the offense stormed back with some muscle and timely hits, and the pitching and defense were outstanding. Anthony Rizzo slugged a pair of mammoth home […]
Series Preview: Cubs vs. Rangers, July 15-17
Oliver Sacks, in the opening of his seminal book The Man Who Mistook His Wife for A Hat, writes “I am equally drawn to the scientific and the romantic.” The famed neurologist and naturalist might as well have been penning a mantra for every Baseball Prospectus reader and writer who revels (or obsesses) in the minutiae of the game’s […]
Game 85 Recap: Braves 4 Cubs 3 (11)
Well, that was ugly, and then it was less ugly, and then it was Nick Markakis’d. Finally, roughly six hours after the scheduled first pitch, Jeimer Candelario flied out to center with the tying run on third, giving the Braves the win, 4-3, in eleven innings. It was a disappointing end to a frustrating night […]
Game 76 Recap: Cubs 7 Reds 2
In the course of human history, there are times when ordinary people are thrust into harrowing situations that are too daunting to have previously comprehended. But when faced with seemingly insurmountable odds, do we rise to meet these challenges? Do we shrink in the face of incalculable adversity? Heroes are made in these moments, and […]
Series Preview: Cubs vs. Marlins, June 23-26
If one were to write a book about the first 72 games of Miami’s 2016 season it would likely be titled Slightly Above Average: The Story of the First 72 Games of Miami’s 2016 Season*. Their record is 38-34. Their third-order winning percentage is .509. Their run differential is even. Luckily for the Marlins, though, slightly above average […]
Game 62 Recap: Nationals 4 Cubs 1
If there’s one thing recognizable to fans who root for Jake Arrieta every fifth day, it’s the utter hopelessness of an offense facing a right-hander in the midst of a historic roll. In Monday’s series opener, Washington Nationals’ Max Scherzer struck out 11 Cubs batters over seven innings, while facing just two batters more than […]