RP Lee Smith, a member of the Chicago Cubs from 1980-1987, was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Today’s Game Committee (one of four Eras Committees formerly known as the Veterans Committee) at the MLB Winter Meetings …
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Time to Cut the Bullshit (Again)!
In a prior post, I discussed the hypocrisy of claims by members of the Chicago Cubs organization that players’ character matters in relation to the domestic abuse allegations against Cubs INF Addison Russell. In light of recent developments about MLB’s …
Javy Báez is an NL MVP Award Finalist!
After some unpleasant news on Sunday night regarding the NL Second Base Gold Glove Award, it was announced that Cubs INF Javier Báez was one of the top vote recipients for the National League MVP Award, a well-deserved honor after …
Weighing the Options
Now that the 2018 MLB season has come to a close and a new champion has been crowned, teams are now focusing on building their rosters for the coming year. The first item on the agenda is making decisions regarding …
LCS Preview Supplement: Brewers NLCS Starters Announced
This post is to follow up on yesterday’s LCS preview, which did not include information about the Milwaukee Brewers’ starting pitching lineup for the NLCS, as it had not been announced until today. Game 1: Gio González – 4.21 ERA …
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Rockies, Yankees Advance in MLB Wild Card Round
Following the NL division tiebreaker games held on Monday which crowned the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers as NL West and NL Central division champs, respectively, the losers of the tiebreakers, the Chicago Cubs and Colorado Rockies, faced off …
Cubs Take 2 of 3 from St. Louis, Finish Season in Tie with Milwaukee
After splitting a four-game series with the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Chicago Cubs entered the weekend with a magic number of 3 to clinch a third consecutive Central Division title. A sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals in the closing series …
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Cubs Take South Side Crosstown Series After Dropping Game 1
The Chicago Cubs came into the second half of the “Crosstown Classic” intracity matchup with a 2.5 game lead in the NL Central Division over the second-place Milwaukee Brewers following a brutal stretch of 30 games scheduled in 30 days. …
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Cubs Finish 30-Game Marathon with 18-11 Record
Due to early season rainouts, the Chicago Cubs were originally scheduled to complete a “death march” stretch of 23 late-season games scheduled in the same number of days. Thanks to epic mishandling of a rainy weekend in Washington by MLB, …
Why Is an Official MLB Twitter Account Shitting on Players?
The Chicago Cubs’ overall offensive failures in their 2-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday were overshadowed by one particular play by the Northsiders’ primary catcher, Willson Contreras. In the bottom of the 5th inning, Contreras came to the …
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