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Game 48 Recap: Dodgers 9, Cubs 4

What you need to know: Well, that wasn’t a whole lot of fun, was it? The Cubs offense did some damage to baseball’s finest starting pitcher in Clayton Kershaw, but it wasn’t enough to silence a Dodger offense that’s currently clicking on all cylinders. Jon Lester wasn’t good in a short start by his standards, and […]

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Game 46 Recap: Dodgers 4, Cubs 0

What you need to know: The Cubs, having taken three of four from the visiting San Francisco Giants to conclude an impressive and encouraging 7-2 homestand, were no match for Los Angeles Dodgers lefty Alex Wood, who threw five dominant shutout innings to extend his scoreless streak to 25 1/3 innings. The Cubs would open their […]

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What To Expect From Eddie Butler

Amid the struggles of the starting rotation and an overtaxed bullpen following 13 straight days of games—which included 13- and 18-inning games as well as a doubleheader—the Cubs have called upon latest reclamation project Eddie Butler to save the day. Okay, maybe that’s a little unfair; in 159 ⅓ innings since his debut in 2014, […]

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Eric Karros’ Big Day Against the Yankees in 2003

Interleague play was first introduced as a regular season indulgence in 1997, and some purists—including yours truly—never came around on the novelty. This skepticism was helped by having an American League team on the other side of Chicago; the argument of “seeing players you normally wouldn’t” always rang hollow. And, with the rapid development and growth […]

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The Candelario Conundrum

The road to the majors has been a long one for Jeimer Candelario. The switch-hitting infielder has toiled in the Cubs’ organization since he was signed in October 2010. Candelario finally had his coming out party in the 2015 Arizona Fall League, hitting five homers in 21 games for the Mesa Solar Sox while logging […]