Before their first game back from the All-Star break, the Cubs announced that Brandon Morrow was returning to the 10 Day Disabled List. Which activated an obscure clause in his two-year deal making him the first player in Major League History to be contractually forbidden from wearing pants. Purely for his health, the Cubs also […]
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The Managerial Philosophies Behind the Cubs/Cardinals Freaky Friday Bodyswitch
When Mike Matheny was fired late this past Saturday evening, one of the first thoughts that ran through my mind was this: Now we know what the 2004 Cubs looked like to the rest of the league. Baseball is so much more fun when it’s the other teams dissolving into chaos. The only way this […]
Game 93 Recap: Cubs 7, Padres 4
What You Need To Know: There’s no better way to head into vacation than with an easy day at work with little to do. The Cubs piled up five runs in the first two innings and the pop-gun Padres offense, though the Cubs did their best to make it look better all weekend, was never really […]
Game 91 Recap: Cubs 5, Padres 4
What you need to know: A Tyler Chatwood start on Friday the 13th for the superstitious is well, not ideal. But while there were certainly moments tonight, like hitting the pitcher, that was indicative of his rocky first half, there was never a time where it seemed like the Chatwood train would fly off the […]
How Worried Should We Be About Anthony Rizzo?
Anthony Rizzo had a rough go of things in San Francisco. In addition to some brutal play in the field, he was 0-for-11 in the two games in which he appeared. He struck out three times and didn’t make any especially inspiring contact, with Joe Maddon giving him the day off on Tuesday, in the […]
Lester Regression I’m Pulling Your Strings
It’s at the mountaintop that you have to prepare for the biggest fall, right? Something like that. So being named to the All-Star game seems an excellent time to address all of our Jon Lester fears. Or maybe there’s just another reason I was voted in high school “Most Likely To Take Lemons And Make […]
Game 90 Recap: Giants 5, Cubs 4
What you need to know: Today, the Cubs called up a prospect from Double-A Tennessee, and the move paid off. His name is Kris Bryant, and you may have heard of him, though it’s been a while. In his first game back since June 22, Bryant went 1-for-5, with two walks and a two-run shot […]
Game 89 Recap: Cubs 2, Giants 0
It was another game where the starting lineup included David Bote at third base and Victor Caratini at first. And even though both have done well, every time a lineup like this gets posted on Twitter, I can’t help but think: The Cubs must have clinched the division yesterday. And they forgot to tell anyone. […]
Chicago’s Poor and Baseball at the Turn of the Century
The Chicago of the mid-1800s that prided itself on its cleanliness and relatively high standard of living for its poor had disappeared by the turn of the century. Connecting the East, South, and West, Chicago rapidly bloomed due to the expansion of the railroad, its population growing from 360,000 in the 1880s to 1.7 million […]
The Bullpen Danger On The Horizon
While some would tell you it’s been a topsy-turvy season for the Cubs—and it’s certainly had more adventure than it has needed—sitting a game and a half out halfway through and on your way to 92-94 wins is hardly the seventh level of hell. The offense seems to have clicked into gear, and the Cubs might […]