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Missing Your Pitch: Addison Russell 2017

Author’s Note: I wrote the majority of this piece before the news broke that Addison Russell is currently under investigation for suspected domestic violence based on an Instagram post made by his wife this past Wednesday night and subsequent comments on said post by his wife’s friend. Obviously, domestic violence is a serious and heinous crime, and […]

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Game 38 Recap: Cubs 9, Reds 5

What You Need To Know: The Cubs offensive woke up to the tune of nine runs on 13 hits (seven of which were for extra bases, four of which were home runs) after scoring only six runs in their previous four games. Next Level: Coming into tonight Addison Russell, Kyle Schwarber, and Anthony Rizzo had OPS+ […]

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Cubs Starting Rotation Woes

Last weekend I watched from afar as Noah Syndegaard was finally placed on the disabled list, and the New York Mets organization left their fans to talk themselves off the ledge one blog post at a time. Part of me felt some sort of perverse pleasure in this; after all, the Mets are the team that caught the Cubs […]