“He became an icon. I don’t know how many clubbies can say that.” -Ryne Sandberg on Yosh Kawano Many of us who have attended a game at Wrigley Field have spent several moments admiring the flags flapping in the breeze and breathing in the smell of history emanating from every nook and cranny. We can […]
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Spahn and Sain: Cubs Rained Out in Colorado
The Cubs played 18 innings of baseball yesterday, and they’re playing zero tonight. Tomorrow they’ll play (at least) 18 innings again. This schedule is a bold new direction for baseball—one that really gives those pace of play arguments more weight. Obviously, this is a seriously well-timed rainout, of the kind that fans of Spahn and […]
Prospect Profile: Kevonte Mitchell Is Beginning to Find His Swag
When Kevonte Mitchell was drafted in 2014, many people scoured the internet to find some baseball related video. All that initially came up on YouTube were images of the 6’4″ and 195 pound prospect dunking on, over, and through people. But even in those first instances, one could clearly see what a great athlete the Cubs […]
Game 31: Yankees 5, Cubs 4 (18)
What You Need To Know: The Cubs continued to struggle at Wrigley Field, as they were swept by the Yankees tonight, losing by the score of four to one. The Cubs are now 7-9 to start the season at the Friendly Confines (they were 57-24 at home in 2016). This loss is especially painful as the […]
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 […]
Game 30 Recap: Yankees 11, Cubs 6
I may vomit. The Cubs should have picked tonight to present Brian Matusz with his World Series ring. Because this game certainly felt like he was on the mound again. Last year, as several of you will recall, the Cubs started Matusz in a late July contest with the Mariners. And after he gave up […]
How’s That Centerfield Platoon Working Out?
Coming into the season, one of the only positions to be solidified on a largely firm roster was that of centerfield. The Cubs brought in Jon Jay to serve as a left-handed option to compliment Albert Almora as he eased into the role of starting centerfielder. It was assumed that Jason Heyward would slot in […]
Starlin Waiting In the Sky
There was really no way Starlin could win. He was called up to a simply awful Cubs team, and fans needed something, anything to feel good about. Even if it was this incredibly young, incredibly raw, incredibly rushed through the system talent. Obviously, his debut game only made things worse in the end, kind of […]
Game 29 Recap: Yankees 3, Cubs 2
What You Need To Know: It’s the first week of May, but the opener for this series could easily be a preview for a World Series matchup. The Cubs are the reigning champs from last year and the Yankees are off to a red-hot start this season and boasts the second highest run differential (+45) in […]
Starlin Castro Symbolized the In-Between
Starlin Castro makes his return to Wrigley Field this afternoon, last playing in the Confines in the lamentable fourth game of the 2015 NLCS, when the wind had just about entirely been let out of the surprise 97-win season. I have written elsewhere that to be traded away from a team so on the cusp of such […]