What You Need To Know: On a day that felt like trying to walk through a carwash filled with chicken noodle soup, Kyle Hendricks was basically untouchable. Certainly untouchable to a Reds team that looks like it already has the bus running on the season. Nothing is going right for Homer Bailey, and that continued early […]
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Game 128 Recap: Cubs 10, Reds 6
What You Need to Know: It was a slow-burning offensive day for the Cubs, but the team eventually heated up enough to put the game safely out of reach by the time José Quintana exited the game in the sixth. Three homers headlined, as Daniel Murphy, Kyle Schwarber, and Javier Báez all left the yard. […]
Game 127 Recap: Cubs 3, Reds 2
That might be the first time I’ve ever seen a player rounding third on a walk-off home run with a facial expression that said, “*Sigh*… Haven’t we done this before?” Let the record show that I am perfectly fine with David Bote making #WalkoffYAWN a thing. What You Need to Know: Hey, remember when the […]
Game 126 Recap: Cubs 7, Reds 1
What You Need To Know: Cole Hamels was brilliant, and if it wasn’t for a handful of duck-snorts and dog-belches (sure, why not?), he might have made a run at a Maddux tonight. The Reds also played this one as if they wanted to get to Girl and The Goat before it closes, or like a […]
What Is Wrong with Willson Contreras?
If hitting is contagious, as many are wont to believe, then the Cubs (last night excluded) have a pernicious cold on top of the flu with some sort of weird infection to top it off. After scoring five runs in five games versus the middling Pirates and lowly Tigers, all courtesy of the solo home […]
Daniel Murphy and the Cubs’ Message to Their LGBTQ Fans
It shouldn’t be too much to ask of a baseball front office to ask, “Hey, when the team has the best record in the league, can you avoid doing something that makes me feel awful about rooting for them?” And yet two years later, here we are again. After bringing aboard the execrable Aroldis Chapman […]
Game 124 Recap: Tigers 2, Cubs 1
What You Need To Know: Huge news today for the Cubs: Kyle Hendricks gave up runs in the first, then was absolutely great. The Cubs hit a solo homer, and that’s it. The Cubs can’t hit with runners in scoring position. Like, at all. Ever. Zero for their last 20. I swear to God, I’m writing […]
Cubs Acquire Daniel Murphy, Fans Collectively Scratch Heads
Whatever the reasoning, the Cubs have acquired former Mets and Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy in a waiver deal, as first reported by the Athletic’s Robert Murray. Murphy is also known for his reprehensible, hateful comments in 2015, when he stated that he “disagree[s] with the fact that [former MLB player and MLB Ambassador for Inclusion Billy Bean] […]
Game 121 Recap: Cubs 1, Pirates 0
What You Need to Know: Kyle Schwarber homered early for the Cubs, giving them the only run they would need in their second consecutive 1-0 victory. However, the defense stole the show by turning a whopping seven(!) double plays on the night, the most the Cubs have ever turned in a single game, and tied […]
Game 120 Recap: Cubs 1, Pirates 0
All eyes were fixed on Jon Lester for the Cubs and Pirates penultimate series of the year. Jon Lester’s performance may have soothed the worst of many fans fears as he showcased what makes him an ace. Lester made the most of his efficient and fast six-inning outing. The Pirates managed to pull off five […]