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 […]
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Second City October: NLDS Game Three Preview, Cubs (2-0) at Giants (0-2)
It has become something of a perverse given to grant the Giants this game. Not because the numbers play out in San Francisco’s favor particularly heavily, but because the playoffs inspire such a concentrated focus on intangibles, so it is assumed that Madison Bumgarner will simply toss another complete game shutout and salvage his team’s season for at […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Second City October: NLDS Game One Preview, Giants (0-0) at Cubs (0-0)
Well! It’s finally the actual day. There’s been a lot of previewing and a lot of anticipating and a lot of planning, and today, we get to actually watch some baseball get played. Let’s get right to it. Starting Pitching Jon Lester (202.7 IP/2.44 ERA/3.10 DRA) vs. Johnny Cueto (219.7 IP/2.79 ERA/3.54 DRA) It’s a […]
Second City October: The Importance of Game One
We do what we have to do. Pray to a deity, kiss your loved ones, pace back and forth until you wear a divot in the carpet. So let’s just get it out of the way: teams that win Game One of any postseason series in Major League Baseball history have won the series 64.1 percent […]
Second City October: NLDS Series Preview
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 coverage, written by Rian Watt and originally run on the main site’s series “Playoff Prospectus,” can be found here. They’ve been a long, long time in coming, but the real playoffs are finally here. The […]