What You Need to Know: Fans of the Cubs and Brewers, as well as baseball fanatics everywhere probably no longer have nails after two consecutive nights of this epic duel between division rivals amidst playoff contention in late-September. Both games went to extras, no less. In both of those contests, things could’ve gone either way, but […]
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Game 152 Recap: Cubs 5, Brewers 3
What You Need To Know: Let’s be positive and say that it was good training for what awaits in two weeks, should everything go anywhere near according to plan. The Cubs won an absolute wild one in 10 innings 5-3, on a night where they were down to their last strike twice, swinging everyone’s emotions from […]
Game 143 Recap: Brewers 3, Cubs 1
What You Need to Know The Cubs got swept despite Kyle Hendricks’ strong outing. The lineup outhit the Brewers, but they couldn’t get the big hit. But hey, Willson Contreras is back. Next Level Kyle Hendricks was excellent at limiting hard contact today but no so much the hard luck. The Brewers didn’t get a […]
Game 142 Recap: Brewers 15, Cubs 2
What You Need to Know Kyle Schwarber hit a home run and Felix Pena pitched a scoreless inning, but the Cubs lost anyway. Next Level Mike Montgomery lasted only 2+ innings. Montgomery had some serious control issues in the first. In the inning, he allowed a runner to reach on a dropped third strike, he […]
Game 141 Recap: Brewers 2, Cubs 0
What You Need To Know: Ryan Braun got the scoring started in the first inning when he hit a 2-run home run. The Cubs threatened to score in the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th inning, getting a runner to at least 2nd base in each of these frames, but the hitless bottom of the order routinely […]
Game 104: Cubs 4, Brewers 2
Not that a loss would have been devastating, but with the roll the Cubs have been on since the break you really wanted a series win to extend the lead at the top of the division. Two-and-a-half games isn’t a mountain—it feels a hell of a lot better than a half-game, though. We’d all like […]
Game 103 Recap: Cubs 2 Brewers 1 (11)
Tonight, Jason Heyward let his bat make the speech. I guess that’s what happens when he’s in a park where it’s physically impossible to have a rain delay. What a beautiful ballgame. The best part is that no matter what happens on Sunday, the Cubs will leave Miller Park in first place. The second best […]
So you wanna be a contender…..
The Milwaukee Brewers (52-45) have been the darling of Major League Baseball so far this season. The Brewers, thanks to youngsters playing well and a few shrewd free agent signings and trades, have played great baseball and are impressively well above .500 as we approach the trade deadline. Milwaukee was in the middle of a rebuild, […]
Game 85 Recap: Brewers 11, Cubs 2
What You Need To Know: Well, “need” would be a funny word choice for this one. The Cubs got stomped. Mike Montgomery didn’t have anything. Couldn’t locate his curve, hitters sat on the fastball and pretty much streaked it so hard the spray chart would have looked something like a Jackson Pollock painting. Jack Leathersich…or Seatherlich, […]
It’s Time to Talk About the Milwaukee Brewers
The Chicago Cubs have been a big pile of mediocre this season and in large part have looked like only a shell of their 2016 World Series team. While the Cubs continue to try to find themselves—80 games into the season—it’s time to start being realistic about what the Cubs actually are. They are one […]