What You Need to Know: Well, it was a stinker. Well, at least it was a quick 2.5-hour contest. It’s better to die a quick, relatively painless death than to suffer for months, isn’t it? The Cubs failed to score against Jose Urena and three fellow Marlins relievers, scattering just six hits. Only one Cubs base […]
Author: Kazuto Yamazaki
Game 70 Recap: Cubs 4, Padres 0
What You Need to Know: On June 30, 2015, as a member of the Mariners, Mike Montgomery held the Padres to just one hit over nine innings for his second consecutive complete-game shutout. One trade and World Series Ring later, two weeks shy of the second anniversary of the CGSHO, the lefty zeroed the Padres again […]
Game 67 Recap: Pirates 4, Cubs 3
What You Need To Know: Two nights in a row, the Cubs entered the top of the ninth inning trailing 4-3. Alas, they went down in order this time and failed to pull off the magic they did the night before. Well, you don’t score six runs in the ninth inning every night. Maybe that’s why […]
GAME 58 RECAP: Marlins 6, CUBS 5
What You Need To Know: John Lackey struggled and gave up five runs on seven hits, including a pair of long balls. The silver lining is that he struck out six and walked none. The Marlins’ sixth, and what would eventually become game-deciding, run was scored on a bizarre strikeout-wild pitch during which no one other […]
GAME 49 RECAP: Padres 5, Cubs 2
What You Need To Know: For the 12th time since 1913, the Cubs lost a nine-inning game despite drawing 10 or more walks. For the fourth time since 1913, the Cubs failed to score more than two runs despite drawing double-digit walks in a nine-inning game. The last time the latter occurrence happened was five days before WWII […]
Game 133 Recap: Cubs 5 Giants 4
If it was an action movie, I can’t tell you it was a very good one. Some face-off and car chase in the first 15 minutes, but settled for the following 85 minutes. Then, in the final 10 minutes, after you consumed several bags of popcorn and all of your fingers got sticky, there’s finally some […]
GAME 129 RECAP: DODGERS 1 CUBS 0
There’s a last time for everything, so they say. On Sunday afternoon, the legendary Vin Scully called his final Cubs game in his 67-year career, even taking over the Cubs broadcast for the entire third inning. There’s a first time for everything, so they say. Dodgers starter Brock Stewart recorded his first big league hit […]
The Cubs are Getting Hit By Pitches at a Historic Pace
After first couple of months in the 2016 season, it looked like the Cubs were going to break the all-time single-season wins record of 116, set by their 100-years-ago selves and the 2001 Mariners. However, after a sub-optimal stretch that saw them go 6-15 to finish the first half, the odds seem to have plummeted. […]
Revisiting The Cubs’ 2001 Draft
The 2016 Rule 4 Draft concluded on Saturday, as the Cubs called the names of 38 college and high school players who will now (probably; if they sign) bring new blood into their farm system. While it’s easy to get excited about these new kids, we need to take a moment to remember that the Draft […]
Rhodes, Mateo, and More: Former Cubs Playing in Japan in 2016
One of the things I’ve learned about recently is Cubs fans’ strange obsession with nostalgia, especially from dark eras in franchise history. In an effort to meet that need, I’ve already written one nostalgia-fueled piece on this site—my debut here at BP Wrigleyville. But why stop there? Why don’t we bring back more (mostly bitter) memories of the […]