That was cleansing, wasn’t it? About 18 hours after the Cubs suffered one of the season’s most frustrating defeats, stranding 12 base runners and wasting a solid effort from Jake Arrieta, the offense stormed back with some muscle and timely hits, and the pitching and defense were outstanding. Anthony Rizzo slugged a pair of mammoth home […]
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Game 92 Recap: Cubs 5 Mets 1
It’s easy to get lost in the hyperbole of a rough stretch of games, especially ones against so-called “playoff preview” opponents, so the recent four-game sweep at the hands of the Mets during said stretch has left a stinger in the palm of many Cubs fans, though maybe not the players themselves. All of this […]
Series Preview: Mets at Cubs, July 18-20
If things go according to plan, this series could be the last time a diminished Cubs team takes the field. Dexter Fowler could be back by the end of this week. From the sound of it, Jorge Soler might not be far behind him. That convalescence comes as the clock starts ticking a bit more […]
Game 81 Recap: Mets 14 Cubs 3
An age-old sports question is what is the most preferable way to lose. Is it more damaging to be blown out or to suffer a nail-biting defeat? Cubs fans have gotten a side-by-side comparison throughout the four-game rematch of the 2015 NLCS. The answer is that they both suck, especially when they happen four straight […]
Game 80 Recap: Mets 4 Cubs 3
Look, before starting this recap, go search “cute dogs” or something. The All-Star break is near, the Cubs are scuffling, and Jake Arrieta is out of whack. The Cubs have dropped the first three games of the series to the dreaded, hated, despicable, unfathomably evil Mets. Top Play (WPA): The lone bright spot in this […]
Game 79 Recap: Mets 10 Cubs 2
This one was a five hour barrel of laughs, let me tell you. Top Play (WPA): Here’s the cool news: Kris Bryant homered again (+.054). It was a solo shot off Mets starter Jacob deGrom in the fourth inning, and it broke up the no-hitter that the talented right-hander was spinning at the time. The […]
Game 78 Recap: Mets 4 CUbs 3
In any MLB season, a team should count on losing a dozen or so games in which they clearly outplayed their opponents. It’s just the way baseball works. It’s a game of thin margins of victory and wide error bars. The Cubs are much better than the Mets, and they played somewhat better than the […]
Inside the At-Bat: Lucas Duda’s First-Inning Home Run
I know that evenin’s empire has returned into sand Vanished from my hand Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping My weariness amazes me, I’m branded on my feet I have no one to meet And the ancient empty street’s too dead for dreaming I’m not sure if Bob Dylan is a […]
Gracious in Victory, Mets See Bright Future in Chicago
It’s easy to be gracious when you’ve won, but that doesn’t mean that you have to be. Let me tell you this: if the sight of Yoenis Cespedes tonight made you mad—bedecked, as he was, in goggles and a “National League Champions” t-shirt with outs still to record on the field—let it go. The Cubs […]
Playoff Prospectus: The Lions In Winter—NLCS Game 4
This piece is a preview of a larger recap of the game, by BP’s Jeffrey Paternostro, which first appeared on the Baseball Prospectus main site as part of their “Playoff Prospectus” series. Sadly, it will be the last of its kind involving the Cubs in 2015. We hope you enjoy. Or, at least, don’t cry. Every […]