I am speechless. I am without speech. This was the kind of win where I really have to work to find the right words to describe the joy of getting to witness it. And it’s ultimately fruitless because it’s the kind of euphoria where if I were able to capture it in words, it would […]
Tag: NLDS
Stephen Strasburg’s Exquisite Game Plan
The Cubs have looked helpless facing the Nationals’ starting pitchers so far in this NLDS, and they have managed to take the series down to the wire only due to their own starters’ impeccable performances that have resulted in a 0.40 ERA. Wednesday night, Stephen Strasburg continued the dominance that he, Gio Gonzalez, and Max […]
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 […]
Carl Meets Bryce
The biggest home run in Nationals history will, luckily, only be a sentence or so in the annals of Cubs playoff history. Bryce Harper’s monster two-run shot in the eighth inning of Saturday’s Game Two, a rude bludgeoning of a Carl Edwards, Jr., hanging curve, tied the ballgame at three, and Washington promptly grabbed the […]
Second City October: NLDS Game Three, Nationals (1-1) at Cubs (1-1)
It’s now a best-of-three, and lost amid the angst of Saturday’s loss is that the Cubs have the home field advantage, whatever that might mean to you. Two home wins, Cubs move on. Seems simple enough, doesn’t it? If only baseball worked that way. So let’s get right to it. Game Three is basically all about […]
NLDS Game 2 Recap: Nationals 6, Cubs 3
What You Need to Know: Jon Lester reprised Kyle Hendricks’s great performance from Friday night, and Willson Contreras and Anthony Rizzo added home runs to put the Cubs ahead early. A hung curveball and assist from the wind resulted in a five-spot for the Nationals in the eighth, however, and Washington evened the series at […]
NLDS Game 1 Recap: Cubs 3, Nationals 0
If I could turn back time, there are three things I would do immediately… 1. Take back those words that hurt you and you’d stay 2. Unless you’re Baby Hitler, in which case you’re toast 3. Travel back to the second inning of tonight’s game and bet every cent I own that the Cubs will […]
Second City October: NLDS Game One Preview, Cubs at Nationals
Well now it’s here. You forget how interminable the four-day wait from the end of the season to Game One can be, but at least it’s over. Let the shpilkus flow! It always feels a touch silly previewing one baseball game, because as we know these things can go anywhere on the whim of the wind […]
Zack’s Sack: A Wrigleyville Mailbag, Vol. 9, NLDS Edition
Welcome to the National League Division Series edition of Zack’s Sack, the BP Wrigleyville mailbag! The Cubs square off versus the Nationals in Washington on Friday, and the two teams’ starting pitching situations are in surprising flux. Many have tabbed the Cubs as the underdogs, despite their status as the reigning World Series champions and […]
Dusty-proofing the Nationals
“Showed exactly what we thought. Nothing major. More of a tool to help know how we need to treat it. We have a pretty good idea of what we need to be able to do to get back out there. The good news thing about this is I can walk and run around on this. […]