If the City of San Francisco can survive the waking nightmare that was Fuller House, the Cubs should feel confident they can survive losing two out of three to the Milwaukee Brewers. Perhaps they can take solace in this fact as they touch down in the City by the Bay for the only time in 2016. While […]
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Series Preview: Cubs at Brewers, May 17-19
Until now, the Cubs have had it about as good as any team in baseball, schedule-wise. It’s one reason for their early success. Their home slate has been marred by bad weather, but they have played a fairly weak aggregate set of opponents, and a combination of two postponements and a few clustered off days […]
Series Preview: Cubs vs. Pirates, May 13–15
After a three-game sweep of the Pirates in their first meeting of the year, the Cubs again face the Bucs starting today, this time at home. They’re coming off a Padres series that ended with a not only the first consecutive losses of the year, but two losses in the same day. The day off yesterday […]
Series Preview: Cubs vs. Padres, May 9-11
This series represents the calm in the middle of the storm for the Cubs, who follow a week of games against the Pirates and Nationals with three night games at Wrigley against the lowly Padres, after which they’ll host the Pirates for three games, then head out on the first road trip of the season […]
Series Preview: Washington Nationals, May 5-8
The 2016 Chicago Cubs are essentially the 2015 Washington Nationals. The 2016 Nationals are finally playing the way everyone expected the 2015 Nationals to play: well. The 2016 Cubs were hoping to avoid the fate of the 2015 Nationals. Confused yet? All you need to know is that the 2016 Chicago Cubs are what the 2015 Nationals […]
Series Preview: Pittsburgh Pirates, May 2-4
This beginning of the week series marks the first time the Cubs and Pirates have seen each other since last October’s fateful wild card game—a night those in the Steel City are likely still scrubbing from their memories, especially Sean Rodriguez. The Cubs head to Pittsburgh from a rainy week at home where they won […]
Series Preview: Atlanta Braves, April 29-May 1
While the Atlanta Braves as an organization have embraced the tank, their players on the field are still trying not to suck. But they’re trying to the tune of a league-worst .591 OPS with four collective home runs. Thursday’s 5-3 win over the Boston Red Sox may have snapped a string of eight straight losses, but eight in […]
Series Preview: Cubs vs. Brewers, April 26-28
It’s already been a very eventful month for the Cubs, so much so that it might be hard to believe that it’s still only April. Sitting at 14-5, and firmly in first place in the NL Central division, the Cubs will now see their division rivals from Milwaukee for the first time this season. The Brewers […]
Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds, April 21-24
The Cincinnati Reds began their 2016 season with a bit of a bang. They swept their first series (though it was against the ill-fated Phillies) of the season, before coming to Wrigley Field to face the Chicago Cubs just a week and a half ago, with an unexpected 5-1 record still in hand. However, the […]
Series Preview: St. Louis Cardinals, April 18-20
It was a disappointing weekend on the North Side, as the Cubs dropped two of three to the lowly Rockies, replete with a shutout Sunday and a lonely run scored on Friday. The good news: the starting pitching has been sterling. The Cardinals are on the docket this week, with as much tension and excitement […]