What You Need To Know: The Cubs fell behind early, thanks to a Jose Martinez two-run bloop single in the first and a Molina solo home run in the sixth. But thanks to a Baez solo home run in the third and Kyle Schwarber’s first career grand slam in the seventh, the Cubs clawed their […]
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Zack’s Sack: A Wrigleyville Mailbag, Vol. 3
“Why are baseball fights bad?” — Jake B. The most plainly bad thing about baseball fights is the outmoded masculine facade that they project. They’re almost always tipped off by someone who perceives a slight where there really isn’t one, or by some McCann-esque jerk who wants to keep professional baseball white and full of […]
Game 53 Recap: Cubs 3, Cardinals 2
What You Need To Know: The Isotopes win a game! The Isotopes win a game! Our long national nightmare is over. Of course, the Cardinals were never going to make it easy, and the Cubs bats didn’t suddenly come alive. They only got five hits, only had multiple runners on at the same time in one […]
Navigating 53 Years of Darkness at Wrigley Field
It is no secret that baseball, since its creation, has been uniquely tied to the fundamental nature of America. Its cultural and political nature is woven into the game at every level, and each game is a microcosm of American history. There are thus many examples from which to choose, but the efforts to install […]
Mind over matter: How Jason Heyward got back to his old self
Going 0 for 4 in a single game can be frustrating for a baseball player, but going 0 for 4 in almost every game is almost unimaginable. Especially when you’re trying to live up to a $184 million contract. It’s not often you can say a season has been bad when it ends in a […]
Prospect Update: Oscar de la Cruz Gets the Injury Bug Again
When I think about Theo Epstein’s “Plan,” there is really only one part of it that has failed. The Cubs have yet to develop any starting pitching from within. In both the draft and international free agency, the Cubs have so far struck out. But in the next two years, there are plenty of pitchers […]
Game 52 Recap: Padres 2, Cubs 1
What You Need To Know: Today’s mid-afternoon game was held at a 1-1 tie from the second inning until the bottom of the eighth. Jake Arrieta kept the Padres at bay, allowing five hits and one run. He also struck out seven over two walks. The Cubs were only able to muster three hits and one run. […]
Kyle Hendricks: Still Good, I Think
For the first month or so of the season, I felt like I had tabs open on Brooks Baseball for each of the Cubs’ starters just about every day. Deciphering the velocity dips, sifting through the useful data, searching for explanations for general ineffectiveness: it was the obsession of someone who desperately wants something to […]
BP Wrigleycast Ep. 47: Time to send Happ back down?
The guys took a little time out on Memorial Day to bring you another episode of BP Wrigleycast. Ryan and Isaac welcome back Joel to the podcast, and they dive in head first with discussion about the Cubs’ recent struggles in Los Angeles. They break down the poor hitting of Kyle Schwarber and Addison Russell, […]
Game 51 Recap: Padres 6, Cubs 2
There’s a moment in Mystery Science Theater 3000 during the execrable Manos: the Hands of Fate where a good ten to fifteen seconds passes by without a single character moving or speaking until an exasperated Joel Hodgson finally breaks the silence by crying “DO SOMETHING!” Stretch that out to five days, and you’ve just written […]