What You Need To Know: In a make-up game that neither team wanted to play and no one wanted to watch, the Cubs easily cruised to a one-run win that was never all that tense and got out of D.C. and back to Chicago about as cleanly as could be asked in this piss-poor situation. What’re […]
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NLDS Game 5: Cubs 9, Nationals 8
I am speechless. I am without speech. This was the kind of win where I really have to work to find the right words to describe the joy of getting to witness it. And it’s ultimately fruitless because it’s the kind of euphoria where if I were able to capture it in words, it would […]
Stephen Strasburg’s Exquisite Game Plan
The Cubs have looked helpless facing the Nationals’ starting pitchers so far in this NLDS, and they have managed to take the series down to the wire only due to their own starters’ impeccable performances that have resulted in a 0.40 ERA. Wednesday night, Stephen Strasburg continued the dominance that he, Gio Gonzalez, and Max […]
Second City October: NLDS Game Five, Cubs (2-2) at Nationals (2-2)
It always seemed destined to end up like this. Before the series, every preview you saw or went through in your own head made it awfully hard to split these two teams. Similar offenses, rotations that though they go about it differently are just about as solid, and deep pens. The games themselves haven’t varied […]
Second City October: NLDS Game Four, Nationals (1-2) at Cubs (2-1)
The Cubs have an opportunity to wrap up this instantly classic series on Tuesday evening after snatching a victory from the clutches of Max Scherzer on Monday. The Cubs need only win one of the next two games, and they have their first crack at a clinch at Wrigley Field with Jake Arrieta on the […]
NLDS Game 3 Recap: Cubs 2, Nationals 1
What You Need to Know: Both Quintana and Scherzer—effectively keeping pace with each other—pitched well through six innings, limiting the damage of a few of defensive miscues. The Nationals broke the scoreless tie in the 6th after a messy Schwarber two-error missed catch landed on third. The Cubs tied the game in the 7th, chasing […]
Second City October: NLDS Game Three, Nationals (1-1) at Cubs (1-1)
It’s now a best-of-three, and lost amid the angst of Saturday’s loss is that the Cubs have the home field advantage, whatever that might mean to you. Two home wins, Cubs move on. Seems simple enough, doesn’t it? If only baseball worked that way. So let’s get right to it. Game Three is basically all about […]
NLDS Game 2 Recap: Nationals 6, Cubs 3
What You Need to Know: Jon Lester reprised Kyle Hendricks’s great performance from Friday night, and Willson Contreras and Anthony Rizzo added home runs to put the Cubs ahead early. A hung curveball and assist from the wind resulted in a five-spot for the Nationals in the eighth, however, and Washington evened the series at […]
Second City October: NLDS Game Two, Cubs (1-0) at Nationals (0-1)
The Cubs and Kyle Hendricks stole Game One from a dominant Stephen Strasburg, which makes winning Game Two a bit less desperate. Strictly speaking, the Cubs already got their one required win in Washington, and this is not a must-win game. That’s a boring way of thinking, though, and today the Cubs are in position […]
NLDS Game 1 Recap: Cubs 3, Nationals 0
If I could turn back time, there are three things I would do immediately… 1. Take back those words that hurt you and you’d stay 2. Unless you’re Baby Hitler, in which case you’re toast 3. Travel back to the second inning of tonight’s game and bet every cent I own that the Cubs will […]