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Second City October: The State of the Series

This piece, written by BP Wrigleyville’s Zack Moser,  forms part of our in-house coverage of the Cubs in the playoffs, “Second City October.” For more on Game Two, read Nate Greabe’s recap. Additional  playoff coverage will be found on BP Wrigleyville throughout the week. “He shall from time to time give to the Cubs Faithful information to the […]

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Playoff Prospectus: Giants, In A Corner

The piece previewed here, written by BP Wrigleyville’s Jared Wyllys, forms part of the main site’s comprehensive coverage of the playoffs, “Playoff Prospectus.” Additional Game Two and NLDS coverage, exclusive to BP Wrigleyville, can be found here and here, under the name “Second City October”. For the observer, to be traded away from a team on the […]

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Second City October: Pitchers Who Rake and Bullpens That Rock

This piece, written by BP Wrigleyville’s Nate Greabe,  forms part of our in-house coverage of the Cubs in the playoffs, “Second City October.” Additional Game Two and NLDS coverage can be found here and here. Early on, this game felt familiar. All the same things that made the Cubs good all year worked in first few innings. The […]

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Second City October: NLDS Game Two Preview, Giants (0-1) at Cubs (1-0)

I’m tempted to lead this preview with Things We Learned From Game One, but baseball doesn’t really work like that. Johnny Cueto is really good; Jon Lester is really, really good; Kelby Tomlinson wears glasses and has a weird name; Javy Baez hits some sweet dingers. (For a somewhat less pithy recap, check out Henry […]

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Playoff Prospectus: Lester Was a Baez Better

The piece previewed here, written by BP Wrigleyville’s Editor-in-Chief Rian Watt, forms part of the main site’s comprehensive coverage of the playoffs, “Playoff Prospectus”. Additional Game One coverage, exclusive to BP Wrigleyville, can be found here, under the name “Second City October”. David Ross doesn’t play all that often these days, what with Miguel Montero and Willson […]

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Second City October: What I Am, You Will Be—The Giants Meet the Cubs

Is 2016 richer in intriguing potential playoff series than previous years have been? It certainly seems like it, even without intriguing, now-impossible series like Nationals-Orioles or Cubs-Mets (the 1969 pennant race redux). Already, with Rangers-Blue Jays, we have a rematch of a highly charged playoff from last year, with bad blood spilling into the current season. […]

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Second City October: Cubs’ Men Up The Middle Win It

This piece, written by BP Wrigleyville’s Henry Druschel, forms part of our in-house coverage of the Cubs in the playoffs, “Second City October”. Additional NLDS Game One coverage, written by Rian Watt and originally run on the main site’s series “Playoff Prospectus,” can be found here. People will often look for fluctuations in a win probability graph as a marker of […]

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Playoff Prospectus: NLDS Preview, Giants vs. Cubs ($)

The piece previewed here, written by BP Wrigleyville’s Editor-in-Chief Rian Watt, forms part of the main site’s comprehensive coverage of the playoffs, “Playoff Prospectus”. Additional series coverage, exclusive to BP Wrigleyville, can be found here, under the name “Second City October”. The thing about the playoffs is that the best teams don’t always win. That’s what […]