The piece previewed here, written by Baseball Prospectus’s Trevor Strunk, forms part of the main site’s comprehensive coverage of the playoffs, “Playoff Prospectus.” Additional Game Five coverage, exclusive to BP Wrigleyville, can be found here, under the name “Second City October”. The Cubs have had a not-so-quiet concern this postseason, an unsure refrain that has been […]
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Second City October: On The Brink
This piece, written by BP Wrigleyville’s Clarissa Young, forms part of our in-house coverage of the Cubs in the playoffs, “Second City October.” Additional Game Five coverage can be found here. With the series tied 2-2, the Dodgers entered Thursday night’s contest armed with a handful of strategies designed to tip the scales and trigger an […]
Second City October: NLCS Game Five Preview, Cubs (2-2) at Dodgers (2-2)
The sleeping giant has woken. You can be forgiven if you forgot just how good this team was during a 21-inning scoreless streak. After all, nothing makes a team look flatter than a slumping offense, and there were more than a few folks out there starting to write their “I told you so’s” about this team. […]
Playoff Prospectus: Slump? What Slump?
The piece previewed here, written by Baseball Prospectus’s Mauricio Rubio, forms part of the main site’s comprehensive coverage of the playoffs, “Playoff Prospectus.” Additional Game Four coverage, exclusive to BP Wrigleyville, can be found here, under the name “Second City October” The Chicago Cubs, facing a potential 3-1 hole against a team with the best […]
Second City October: They’re Back, Baby
This piece, written by BP Wrigleyville’s Isaac Bennett, forms part of our in-house coverage of the Cubs in the playoffs, “Second City October.” Additional Game Four coverage can be found here. The Cubs entered tonight’s Game 4 of the National League Championship Series in a familiar position. Last year against the Cardinals, they needed to […]
Playoff Prospectus: Arrieta’s Slider, Cubs’ Bats Go Missing
The piece previewed here, written by Baseball Prospectus’s Matt Trueblood, forms part of the main site’s comprehensive coverage of the playoffs, “Playoff Prospectus.” Additional Game Three coverage, exclusive to BP Wrigleyville, can be found here, under the name “Second City October” It wasn’t really a bad pitch that Jake Arrieta threw to Yasmani Grandal. He’d certainly […]
Second City October: NLCS Game Three Preview, Cubs (1-1) at Dodgers (1-1)
This season has been defined by waiting. The regular season was completely devoid of drama. That made the past five months a wait for the postseason to begin, but for many there was also the wait for the other shoe to drop. Fans that have seen anything positive by this franchise be met with triple […]
Second City October: Bats Quiet, Heading West
For the second time in six postseason games, the Cubs pitched themselves into a game decided by a lonely solo home run. Of course, last night’s loss to the indomitable Clayton Kershaw was a far more bitter pill than their Game One NLDS victory, coming behind the strength of Jon Lester’s gem and Javier Baez’s […]
Playoff Prospectus: The Bold and the Beautiful
The piece previewed here, written by BP Wrigleyvilles Editor-in-Chief Rian Watt, forms part of the main site’s comprehensive coverage of the playoffs, “Playoff Prospectus.” Additional Game Two coverage, exclusive to BP Wrigleyville, can be found here, under the name “Second City October”. The last time two starting pitchers with ERAs this low faced off in […]
Second City October: Kershaw Draws the Dodgers Even
This piece, written by BP Wrigleyville’s Clarissa Young, forms part of our in-house coverage of the Cubs in the playoffs, “Second City October.” Additional Game Two coverage can be found here. When most starting pitchers throw a side session, it doesn’t involve securing the final two outs in Game 5 of a Division Series, but […]