The piece previewed here, written by BP Wrigleyville’s Clarissa Young, forms part of the main site’s comprehensive coverage of the playoffs, “Playoff Prospectus.” Additional Game Three coverage, exclusive to BP Wrigleyville, can be found here, under the name “Second City October”. It was supposed to be a pitchers’ duel, and at the very beginning, there was a […]
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Second City October: Bayside Heartbreak
This piece, written by BP Wrigleyville’s Ken Schultz, forms part of our in-house coverage of the Cubs in the playoffs, “Second City October.” Additional Game Two coverage can be found here. That was definitely a postseason classic. Before I dive deeper into it, here’s a question: has there ever been a classic postseason game where the Cubs ended […]
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 […]
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 […]
2016 Season Recap: Cubs 103 Opponents 58
Welcome to Wild Card Wednesday! With the Cubs (thankfully) not partaking in the Wild Card wackiness this year, we’re doing a lot of looking forward this week on BP Wrigleyville. But that also means that we’re blessed with a tiny slice of time in which we can look back at the regular season that was. […]
Game 153 Recap: Cubs 5 Cardinals 0
Let’s go back to a conversation from July 2, 2013… THEO EPSTEIN: Dan! DAN DUQUETTE: Theo! What can I do for you? THEO: We’d love to acquire Jake Arrieta & Pedro Strop. Is there anything you guys are missing for the stretch run? (An uncomfortably long pause) DUQUETTE: …a racist? THEO: Have I got a […]
Game 138 Recap: Brewers 12 Cubs 5
Top Play (WPA): With two outs in the top of the first inning, Anthony Rizzo stepped to the plate against Wily Peralta, who has served as his punching bag throughout Rizzo’s time in Chicago. Anthony was 14-for-28 with five home runs against Peralta coming into the game, and he launched one the opposite way off […]
Game 131 Recap: Cubs 3 Pirates 0
Feels good, huh? Extra-inning games—like the one the Cubs won last night—are fun to return to, in heady delight, the morning after, and certainly a thrill in the moment of their denouements, but they can be a bit of an emotional drain as they’re experienced. At a certain point, you just want to get to bed. Which […]
Game 111 Recap: Cubs 5 Angels 1
70! After slogging through 30 calendar days to make it from 50 to 60 wins, the Cubs have now shot through their next 10 wins in just 14 days, and have won eight straight in the bargain. More fun stuff: They’re 9-1 in their last ten, and could end the night 12.0 (!) games up on […]
Game 105 Recap: Cubs 5 Marlins 0
Some days, baseball takes it easy. Yesterday was not one of those days—but if you read the recap we published here, or watched the game, you know that already. Tonight was, though. The Cubs charged out to an early lead, scoring two in the first off of Marlins sacrificial lamb starting pitcher Adam Conley, and never really […]