Welcome to the National League Division Series edition of Zack’s Sack, the BP Wrigleyville mailbag! The Cubs square off versus the Nationals in Washington on Friday, and the two teams’ starting pitching situations are in surprising flux. Many have tabbed the Cubs as the underdogs, despite their status as the reigning World Series champions and […]
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Zack’s Sack: A Wrigleyville Mailbag, Vol 7., ALL-STAR EDITION
Hey now, and welcome to the special All-Star edition of Zack’s Sack! The Cubs made a huge trade this week, and Wade Davis blew the All-Star game for the National League. So, don’t delay, act now—let’s dive into the sack. As always, Twitter replies have been left unedited to capture the immediate nature of the medium, […]
Zack’s Sack: A Wrigleyville Mailbag, Vol. 6
This week was possibly the most eventful in Cubdom since the World Series ended, and most of it was… not good. Injuries, visits to the White House, and cutting a key player from the past few years in a pretty gross way—it’s been a rough week for Cubs fans, and I am here to bring […]
Zack’s Sack: A Wrigleyville Mailbag, Vol. 3
“Why are baseball fights bad?” — Jake B. The most plainly bad thing about baseball fights is the outmoded masculine facade that they project. They’re almost always tipped off by someone who perceives a slight where there really isn’t one, or by some McCann-esque jerk who wants to keep professional baseball white and full of […]