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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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), […]

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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 […]