What You Need To Know: Life is nothing but ennui. Next Level: This series is a pretty tight example of why the truth about the Cubs lies somewhere in the middle of the poles of the screaming banshees who will tell you either the Cubs are trash or they’re clearly the best team in the NL. They […]
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Game 110 Recap: Cubs 5, Padres 4
What You Need To Know: They don’t all have to be Rembrandts. The Cubs scored all five runs in the second inning, And really, the game was a microcosm of the whole season, and why most feel this team is good, even really good, but falling just short of the juggernaut/demon-fist it sometimes threatens to be. […]
Game 109 Recap: Cubs 5, Padres 4
What You Need To Know: It was harder than it had to be. This was a Padres lineup, which should be enough for any pitcher to gain some swagger against, bereft of Wil Myers (and his missing L). Jose Quintana acted accordingly, holding the Pads to one run over six, and never let a man settle […]
Game 93 Recap: Cubs 7, Padres 4
What You Need To Know: There’s no better way to head into vacation than with an easy day at work with little to do. The Cubs piled up five runs in the first two innings and the pop-gun Padres offense, though the Cubs did their best to make it look better all weekend, was never really […]
Game 91 Recap: Cubs 5, Padres 4
What you need to know: A Tyler Chatwood start on Friday the 13th for the superstitious is well, not ideal. But while there were certainly moments tonight, like hitting the pitcher, that was indicative of his rocky first half, there was never a time where it seemed like the Chatwood train would fly off the […]
Game 71 Recap: Padres 3, Cubs 2
What You Need To Know: Once again, the Cubs offense went Copperfield against a pitcher you were sure was straight out of the EA Sports Name Generator. This time it was a collection of whosits and whatnots, with Miguel Diaz exiting in the 3rd with an arm injury, followed by Craig Stammen (yes, still in the league), […]
Game 70 Recap: Cubs 4, Padres 0
What You Need to Know: On June 30, 2015, as a member of the Mariners, Mike Montgomery held the Padres to just one hit over nine innings for his second consecutive complete-game shutout. One trade and World Series Ring later, two weeks shy of the second anniversary of the CGSHO, the lefty zeroed the Padres again […]
Game 69 Recap: Cubs 3, Padres 2
Hey look, the Cubs can beat the Padres! That feels like leading the sports page with a 72 point headline screaming “WASHINGTON GENERALS LOSE.” Normally, it should not be this exhilarating to beat the Padres. And yet it certainly is tonight. Hell, the only reason you should be exhilarated in a game with the Padres […]
Game 52 Recap: Padres 2, Cubs 1
What You Need To Know: Today’s mid-afternoon game was held at a 1-1 tie from the second inning until the bottom of the eighth. Jake Arrieta kept the Padres at bay, allowing five hits and one run. He also struck out seven over two walks. The Cubs were only able to muster three hits and one run. […]
Game 51 Recap: Padres 6, Cubs 2
There’s a moment in Mystery Science Theater 3000 during the execrable Manos: the Hands of Fate where a good ten to fifteen seconds passes by without a single character moving or speaking until an exasperated Joel Hodgson finally breaks the silence by crying “DO SOMETHING!” Stretch that out to five days, and you’ve just written […]