“The Cubs win on a walk-off bunt by Jon Lester in the twelfth inning,” is a collection of words which have no business being fit together to explain a real life event, but, here we are. It was a game in which five Cubs played left field, and one of them was Travis Wood, who made […]
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Game 103 Recap: Mariners 4 Cubs 1
Sometimes the other guy just beats you. And sometimes that guy is Wade Miley, so he gets super close, he confounds everyone (hitters, fans, umpires, himself), he blows the lead, and then his team wins anyway. Normal stuff, really. “The Instant Replay Game” turned on a few bad pitches from Cubs’ hurlers, and, in the end, […]
Game 102 Recap: Cubs 12 Mariners 1
Over an hour of rain delay didn’t dampen the day at all for the Cubs, who scored so prodigiously that the Mariners turned to using second baseman Luis Sardinas in the eighth inning. And, to his credit, Sardinas got through the inning unscathed. The Cubs pushed through the Mariners bullpen by driving Hisashi Iwakuma from […]
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 […]
Brian Matusz: Living Out A Childhood Dream
I’ve never known a child who didn’t have dreams. Whether it’s wanting play baseball professionally, wanting to be a princess, or perhaps wanting to be a garbage collector (as my nephew currently aspires to be), there seems to be no limit to what you believe you can achieve when you’re five years old. The requisite skill, royal lineage, […]
In The Background, Rizzo Continues to Improve
Consistency can be mundane. Among a plethora of new and exciting things to talk about on the North Side these days, all with their own idiosyncrasies, and all shedding new light on this ever-changing club, consistency often takes a back seat. Anthony Rizzo is the perfect example of that. His elite plate approach, packed with […]
Game 101: Cubs 3 White Sox 1
In dropping both games on the Southside this week, the Cubs sentenced themselves to their first non-victorious series of the second half. Despite a brightened outlook of late, the blow seemed to recall the gloom of that pre-break slump. After a satisfying win in game three, the Cubs needed this one, too, not merely to […]
The Leftorium: Shopping for a Lefty Bat
Looking through the Cubs roster, there really aren’t a ton of holes. The trades for Mike Montgomery and Aroldis Chapman addressed the needs in the pen, but perhaps the largest hole left on the Cubs roster is a left-handed outfield bat. Ever since Kyle Schwarber went down in April the Cubs have been searching for a replacement […]
Good For What Ails You: Hot Springs and Potato Chips
Sometime in the early days of my first real job in the fast-paced and glamorous world of the kitchen at a fast food chain, I received a burn from one of the many oil vats used in such places. I almost immediately learned two things about this occurence: one, that it’s a strange badge of honor for […]
Game 100 Recap: Cubs 8 White Sox 1
The Cubs are in a weird place right now. On one hand, they’re looking much improved after the break and taking series wins against the Rangers, Mets, and Brewers has calmed much of the angst that had so defined the month of July for Cubs fans. But on the other hand, there’s a swirl of […]