It always seemed destined to end up like this. Before the series, every preview you saw or went through in your own head made it awfully hard to split these two teams. Similar offenses, rotations that though they go about it differently are just about as solid, and deep pens. The games themselves haven’t varied […]
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Second City October: NLDS Game Four, Nationals (1-2) at Cubs (2-1)
The Cubs have an opportunity to wrap up this instantly classic series on Tuesday evening after snatching a victory from the clutches of Max Scherzer on Monday. The Cubs need only win one of the next two games, and they have their first crack at a clinch at Wrigley Field with Jake Arrieta on the […]
Second City October: World Series Game Four Preview, Cleveland (2-1), at Cubs (1-2)
There’s the plan and then there’s the outcome, and very often those two things don’t wind up in sync. When the flyball pitcher from Cleveland takes the mound at Wrigley with the wind blowing out, a 1-0 finish in his favor is not the expected outcome. But it was, and that’s put the Cubs in […]
SECOND CITY OCTOBER: NLCS GAME FOUR PREVIEW, CUBS (1-2) AT DODGERS (2-1)
The offense remains the story, and that story remains melancholy. You know the numbers. The scoreless streak has stretched to 18 innings, a Cubs franchise record for the postseason. In Games 2 and 3, the Cubs went down 1-2-3 in 11 of those 18 innings, and produced just one extra base hit. During the regular season, by […]
Second City October: NLDS Game Four Preview, Cubs (2-1) at Giants (1-2)
Human perception is a funny thing. Most Cubs fans would have been very happy being up 2-1 in the series after facing postseason legend Madison Bumgarner. Today Cubs fans find themselves in that exact position, but lack of sleep is not the only reason why Cubs fans are not happy with this turn of events. […]