What You Need To Know: What you need to know is that this Cubs team—a team that has gotten barely 1/2 a season out of its former MVP and an injured other half from him, lost its closer halfway through the year and is down another while their third most important reliever turned into a basket […]
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Game 156 Recap: Pirates 5, Cubs 1
Early on in tonight’s game, the Cubs telecast showed a clip of the Pirates’ three runs wild pitch from yesterday. And as the horror show unfolded before his eyes, Pittsburgh play by play man Greg Brown cried out, “That is AWFUL. Oh my goodness, is this AWFUL! That’s DISGRACEFUL.” It was a confusing moment for […]
Game 121 Recap: Cubs 1, Pirates 0
What You Need to Know: Kyle Schwarber homered early for the Cubs, giving them the only run they would need in their second consecutive 1-0 victory. However, the defense stole the show by turning a whopping seven(!) double plays on the night, the most the Cubs have ever turned in a single game, and tied […]
Game 107 Recap: Cubs 9, Pirates 2
This game was a snoozefest, but a snoozefest in the best way possible. The story, of course, was the newest addition to the Cubs’ rotation, Cole Hamels. Just over three years after no-hitting the Cubs back on July 25th, 2015, Hamels made his debut in Cubbies pinstripes. The 2018 version of Hamels is a little […]
Game 62 Recap: Pirates 7, Cubs 1
It is inevitable that on a beautiful day at Wrigley Field you will see online someone post a photo with the caption, “Let’s play two.” On a day like today, though, you are more likely to see the caption “It sucks outside, let’s just stay home.” By the looks of things on the field, the […]
Game 11 Recap: Cubs 13, Pirates 5
Fresh off hitting two home runs in yesterday afternoon’s home opener, Javier Baez took to Twitter to keep the good news going. He announced his engagement to his now-fiance, Irmarie Márquez, who is currently pregnant with the couple’s’ first child. On the field tonight Baez made sure the good times kept coming by hitting another […]
Game 10 Recap: Pirates 8, Cubs 5
At what point does it no longer become cute and cuddly that the Pittsburgh Pirates are flying the Jolly Roger atop the National League Central? The answer to that question can probably start with the agreement that such a point occurs well after the tenth game of the season. Still, though, in an offseason that […]
Game 140 Recap: Cubs 8, Pirates 2
What You Need to Know: The hardest blow for the Cubs came right before the game actually began, in the form of a sudden downpour, which caused a 50-minute delay of the start time. Another downpour came in the 9th, after the game was all but concluded, which they were forced to play wet and soaked. […]
Game 139 Recap: Cubs 1, Pirates 0
What You Need to Know: It wasn’t quite a slugfest at PNC Park Thursday night. Gerrit Cole and Jose Quintana traded zeros like a pair of Wall Street executives. For Quintana, it was the second-best start since joining the Cubs, in terms of game score (ver. 2). He recorded 68 over six scoreless innings. Cole, meanwhile, […]
Game 138 Recap: Pirates 4, Cubs 3
An infuriating Cubs loss? Don’t worry, I’m here to make it all better! Well, not really. Like I wrote on Sunday in other outlets, the losses have been too hard to swallow to make you realize how well the Cubs have played in the second half. So really, these losses have kept the Cubs from […]