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• Minor League Wrap: Cade Horton and 4 HR lead Iowa past Syracuse, 10-4

BJ Murray Jr. | Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Lots of home runs tonight and some impressive pitching in Iowa and Myrtle Beach. Don’t let the superficial numbers fool you on Cade Horton today. He was dominating. A couple of moves to fill the hole left by the loss of Curt Casali. Catcher Caleb Knight was promoted to Triple-A Iowa from Tennessee. Catcher Wally Soto was promoted...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Bote’s 2 HRs not enough as Iowa falls to Columbus in 10 innings

David Bote | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Three losses and some rain among the top four affiliates. Just as a heads-up, Cade Horton is scheduled to pitch for Iowa tomorrow (Friday). A whole lotta rain today. But also some baseball. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were boarded and seized by the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), 6-4 in ten innings. The I-Cubs wasted a strong start from Thomas P...2024
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• A tale of three Cubs walk-off home runs

Michael Busch rounds the bases after hitting a walk-off home run Tuesday against the Padres | Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images Tuesday night at Wrigley was magical. But so were a couple of other Cubs walk-offs. Walk-offs always feel like a little bit of magic. Whether they are a single to drive in a run during a tie game or the slow build of walks and hits and disaster before runs inevi...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Seiya Suzuki singles twice in rehab appearance in Iowa

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Seiya Suzuki has a successful rehab appearance. South Bend and Myrtle Beach come up winners too. Right-hander Brody McCullough was promoted from Tennessee to South Bend. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth and sunk the Columbus Clippers (Guardians), 9-8. The win snapped a six-game losing streak for Iowa. Starter Julio ...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Cade Horton makes his Iowa debut to mixed results. South Bend stuns Lansing 7-6

Cade Horton | Dylan Heuer Iowa loses Cade Horton’s debut, but the other three farm clubs win. Right-hander Joe Nahas was promoted to Tennessee from South Bend. The Cubs signed right-hander Aaron Perry out of Lexington of the Atlantic League. Perry pitched in the Red Sox organization from 2019 to 2023. Perry has been assigned to Myrtle Beach. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were forced to take s...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Moises Ballesteros leads Smokies past Shuckers, 8-6

Moises Ballesteros | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images The bats came alive for the Smokies tonight and the pitching was terrific for South Bend. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs couldn’t find shelter against the Omaha Storm Chasers (Royals), 7-4. Thomas Pannone threw the first 5.1 innings and took the loss after giving up three runs, two earned, on four hits. Pannone struck out five and walked t...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Seiya Suzuki singles twice in rehab appearance in Iowa
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• Get to know the Iowa Cubs

Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK The Cubs’ Triple-A affiliate takes the field. The minor league season starts . . .well, the Triple-A season started yesterday . . .and that means it’s time to take stock of the Cubs minor league farm system. As we’ve written in these pages over the past few months, the Cubs farm system is the strongest it has been since the 2013-15 period that le...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Play Ball!

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Jordan Montgomery is a Snake at last. Decisions are made concerning who makes the Opening Day rosters. Looking ahead to the 2024 season and other news from MLB. I’m not going to have any Shohei Ohtani links today. I think we’ve covered that story well enough in other pieces on this site. If you have read something that you really think th...2024
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• An update on two injured Cubs: Ian Happ and Nick Madrigal

Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images One might be ready for Opening day. Ian Happ and Nick Madrigal have both missed considerable time this spring with hamstring injuries. For Happ, that’s a one-off; he’s been very durable the last three years, playing 148 games in 2021 and 158 each of the last two seasons. Madrigal, on the other hand, has had leg injuries, mostly hamstring, in all four of hi...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ dogged pursuit of the truth

Photo by Adam Glanzman/MLB Photos via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. In which we bury the lede under a pile of Milk Bones. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, over...2024
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• David Bote, Nick Madrigal, Miles Mastrobuoni: Who makes the Cubs Opening Day roster?

Rick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports There will be some choices for the team that takes the field in Texas March 28. We’ve debated these three at length already this spring on this site, so I thought I’d give you an entire article regarding the merits (and downsides) of Cubs infielders David Bote, Nick Madrigal and Miles Mastrobuoni. (Please note, for fairness I have listed these players in alpha...2024
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• Cubs 10, White Sox 6: Here comes the sun...

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images .... and it wasn’t all right. But the Cubs won anyway. MESA, Arizona — The normally sure-handed Pete Crow-Armstrong got a bit messed up by a bright, sunny afternoon at Sloan Park Friday afternoon, losing two baseballs in the sun that helped lead to a four-run White Sox inning. The Cubs, though, came back from that with the big blow a three-run homer from Owe...2024
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• Cubs 8, Giants 4: Brennen Davis makes his case

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images The Cubs prospect looks healthy, at last. Brennen Davis was all over Top 100 prospect lists from 2020-22 and played in the 2021 Futures Game. The outfielder, who the Cubs took in the second round in 2018 out of high school in Arizona, seemed like one of those proverbial “can’t-miss” prospects, a guy who was going to make the big leagu...2024
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• SB Nation Offseason Simulation: The fake 2024 Cubs

David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports All the SB Nation sites got together for some simulated wheeling and dealing. Each November, the SB Nation sites get together and fly through the entire baseball offseason in two days with our annual offseason simulation. What follows is an annotated summary of deals, signings, and discussions. Enjoy! In prior years, the simulation goals have been easy: supplem...2023
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• Cubs 2023 prospect profiles: James Triantos

Photo by Chris Coduto/MLB Photos via Getty Images James Triantos is tearing the cover off the ball in the Arizona Fall League, but what will that amount to? This series of Cubs prospect profiles is based on Fangraphs’ top 52 prospects list, minus the players who have already been profiled. Generally, these will be of Triple-A and Double-A players that might see the 40-man roster at some po...2023
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"MESA, Arizona — I keep telling you guys that David Bote has a real chance to make the Cubs this year, and he put another point on the board in his favor when he hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning against the Guardians Sunday."

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"In the interim, Trey Mancini singled leading off the top of the second and David Bote doubled him in: David Bote is 8-12 with 5 RBI over 7 games in Spring Training."

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"Higgins followed that with another walk, and then David Bote unloaded a ball into the seats [VIDEO]."

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"Cubs Select Johneshwy Fargas, Tyler Ladendorf"

2020
"The Chicago organization was also tied to Scooter Gennet recently, and Bastian notes that they’re considering left-handed options at second base to pair with right-handed-hitting options like Nico Hoerner and David Bote."

2019
"But David Bote had homered twice on Saturday, and some Cubs players apparently thought he should remain in the lineup the following day."

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"The Cubs' Ben Zobrist, who was out because of tightness in his lower back, was activated from the disabled list on Saturday, and versatile David Bote was optioned to Triple-A Iowa."

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"Chicago has made three 40-man additions as well, selecting the contracts of righties Adbert Alzolay and Oscar De La Cruz as well as infielder David Bote."

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"Cubs 2014 Minor League Pitcher of the Year Jen-Ho Tseng and six relievers combined to toss a four-hit shutout with 17 strikeouts, David Bote singled twice, doubled, walked, stole two bases, scored three runs, and drove-in another, and Shamil Ubiera singled twice, walked twice, and knocked-in three runs, as the Cubs blanked the Langley Blaze 10-0 in Minor League Camp game action today on Field #3 at Mesa Cubtown."

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• An updated look at the 2024 Cubs payroll and luxury tax

Photo by Mary Turner/Getty Images Here’s how the team stands at the beginning of the season. Let me stipulate something right now, before we get into the “Cubs should have signed Jordan Montgomery!” argument again. It’s clear that ownership has, at least for the time being, established a payroll level for the Cubs that will not go over the first level of luxury tax, which this year is $237...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ double dip

Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Justin Steele gives everyone a scare, Cubs lose a pair, and other stories. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overhe...2024
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• Three Cubs have an opt-out choice to make Friday

Garrett Cooper | Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports This could result in some roster shuffling. Per the MLB/MLBPA collective bargaining agreement, there is an opt-out date coming up Friday for certain players: FYI: Article XX(B) FA signed to MiLB deals have a universal opt-out on 3/22 at 2PM EST; the team then has until noon EST on 3/24 to add the player the 40-man or release him. Those player...2024
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• BCB After Dark: The great Christopher Morel experiment

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you how many games at third base will Christopher Morel play. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We are so glad to start out another week with you. New friends and old, all are welcome. There’s no cover charge. Rin...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs rock the Bote?

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if David Bote will make the Opening Day roster. It’s Wednesday evening here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and sit with us. All friends, new or old, are welcome. There’s no cover charge tonight. We still have a few tables avai...2024
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• David Bote, Nick Madrigal, Miles Mastrobuoni: Who makes the Cubs Opening Day roster?
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• Cub Tracks turns the page

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. All about Bellinger, more about Bellinger, and some stuff about Bellinger. Plus news. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cub...2024
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• Padres 7, Cubs 0: Just give us something to talk about

Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs got shut out for their first loss of the spring. MESA, Arizona — Be honest now. All you want to talk about today anyway is Cody Bellinger. The Cubs certainly didn’t give us anything to talk about, recording just three hits, all singles, in a 7-0 loss to an anonymous Padres team. San Diego didn’t bring any of their big names to Mesa for this afternoon’...2024
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• A tale of three Cubs walk-off home runs
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• Minor League Wrap: Cade Horton makes his Iowa debut to mixed results. South Bend stuns Lansing 7-6
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• Minor League Wrap: Strumpf slugs I-Cubs past Mud Hens, 9-6

Chase Strumpf | Lily Smith/The Register / USA TODAY NETWORK Three losses today, but a win for the I-Cubs. David Bote went on the injured list after taking a pitch in the wrist yesterday. RHP Matthew Thompson was promoted to Iowa from Tennessee, although I assume he’s taking Daniel Palencia’s spot and not Bote’s. In case anyone is new around here, there’s no Minor League Wrap on most Monday...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Shaw homers, Smokies beat Trash Pandas 7-0

Matt Shaw | Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Wins tonight for the I-Cubs, Smokies and Pelicans. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs stormed back to roast the Toledo Mud Hens (Tigers), 6-3. Starter Hayden Wesneski got into early trouble, giving up three runs in the first inning. But then he and the rest of the Cubs pitching staff shut the Mud Hens down the rest of the game. Wesneski allowed three runs o...2024
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• Three Cubs have an opt-out choice to make Friday
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• Cubs 8, Guardians 3: The Cubs display home-run power

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The Cubs homered four times against the Guards. The Cubs brought quite a number of guys to this game who are expected to be bench players this year, or compete for bench spots. Several of those players brought their big bats with them. The Cubs won the game 8-3 and one of the big blows was a first-inning grand slam by backup catcher Miguel Amaya. In fact, le...2024
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• Cubs vs. Brewers at Mesa preview, Tuesday 3/12, 8:05 CT

Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports It’s the first Sloan Park night game of the spring. MESA, Arizona — I was expecting the Cubs to possibly make more roster cuts before Tuesday’s game, but at the time of this game preview there weren’t any. At this time, 47 players remain in camp — 33 of the 40-man roster and 14 non-roster invitees. Of the non-roster guys, I would say the following have some ch...2024
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• A tale of three Cubs walk-off home runs
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• Get to know the Iowa Cubs
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• An updated look at the 2024 Cubs payroll and luxury tax
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• Outside The Confines: Play Ball!
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• Cub Tracks’ double dip
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• BCB After Dark: The great Christopher Morel experiment
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• A magical night at Wrigley in three acts: Michael Fulmer, Nick Madrigal and Christopher Morel

A joyous celebration at home plate as Morel walksoff the Crosstown Classic | Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports None of these things should have happened but all of them did, thanks to those three players. The vast majority of the time, baseball is wildly predictable. Some detractors of the sport might even say it’s boring, but every so often it gets adventurous. After being conditioned to...2023
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• Cubs 4, White Sox 3: Christopher Morel walks it off

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports ... and, my friends, this was the game of the year. So far, anyway. As baseball fans, each and every one of us lives for moments like we had at Wrigley Field Wednesday evening, a game in which our team seems headed for an inevitable, crushing defeat and then in a matter of just a few seconds, we are all sent into indescribable joy. Or, as a friend of mine...2023
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• Cubs 6, Rockies 5: The sub Cubs come through
Brennen Davis | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images After all the regulars departed, some Cubs minor leaguers put together a ninth-inning rally. SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Wins and losses mean nothing in Spring Training, yet the Cubs’ come-from-behind 6-5 win over the Rockies at Salt River Fields Sunday afternoon felt... well, pretty good. Some guys who could be part of the ...2023
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• Cubs 15, Reds 2: Zach McKinstry, David Bote and Franmil Reyes go deep in this laugher to end the year
David Kohl-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs had some fun and breezed to win No. 74. It seems like a very long time ago when the Cubs defeated the Brewers 5-4 at Wrigley Field in the 2022 season opener, but in reality, that was just short of six months ago, the length of a normal baseball season. Wednesday, on a lovely October afternoon that spilled into early evening in Cincinnati, the Cubs booke...2022
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• Today in Cubs history: David Bote hits an ultimate grand slam

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports I’m pretty sure you can never get enough of this one. David Bote’s ultimate grand slam on August 12, 2018, bringing the Cubs from a two-out, two-strike, 3-0 deficit to a 4-3 win in an instant, was hit in just his 34th big-league game. Bote had a solid 2017 in Double-A and hit well in the Arizona Fall League, putting him on the Cubs prospect radar after fi...2023
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• Cubs 4, Padres 0: The first Spring Training no-hitter in Cubs history
Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports Seven Cubs pitchers combined on this gem against the Padres. Now there’s a headline you did not expect to read on this site about the 2023 Chicago Cubs. Let’s give the seven Cubs pitchers who no-hit the Padres 4-0 Friday night their due: Justin Steele, Javier Assad, Brad Boxberger, Adbert Alzolay, Jeremiah Estrada, Cam Sanders and Nick Burdi allowed San Die...2023
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• Cubs 4, White Sox 3: Christopher Morel walks it off
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• Cubs 6, Pirates 5: A little bit of Patrick Wisdom, a little bit of Esteban Quiroz
Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images ... and the Cubs recorded their fourth straight one-run win. Well, that was... something, all right. The Cubs defeated the Pirates 6-5 Friday evening, their fourth consecutive victory, all by one run. And they did it with a bit of power, a bit of small ball and a couple bits of relief pitching that nearly blew up, but in the end finished things off. The ga...2022
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• Cubs 5, Guardians 3: David Bote, star man

Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs infielder is making a bid for the Opening Day roster. MESA, Arizona — I keep telling you guys that David Bote has a real chance to make the Cubs this year, and he put another point on the board in his favor when he hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning against the Guardians Sunday. That gave the Cubs the lead and proved to be the winning blow in a ...2024
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• A magical night at Wrigley in three acts: Michael Fulmer, Nick Madrigal and Christopher Morel
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• Minor League Wrap: Bote’s 2 HRs not enough as Iowa falls to Columbus in 10 innings
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• Minor League Wrap: HRs by Stevens, Garriola lead South Bend and Myrtle Beach to wins

Brett Bateman | GREG SWIERCZ / USA TODAY NETWORK A big promotion. Two wins and a lot of rain. The big news today is that the Cubs promoted top pitching prospect Cade Horton to Triple-A. In four starts for the Smokies this year, Horton has pitched 16.1 innings and has posted an ERA of 1.10. He’s struck out 18 batters and walked just two. Horton made eight starts last year in Double-A, six ...2024
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• Minor League Wrap: Strumpf slugs I-Cubs past Mud Hens, 9-6
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• An updated look at the 2024 Cubs payroll and luxury tax
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• 2024 Cubs player profiles: Infielders

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The second in a four-part series. Today we thumbnail the Cubs’ starting infield and backup candidates. Two of the four starters are locked in, two are penciled in, and there’s room to color in at the margins. The infield isn’t as up-in-the-air as some other parts of the team, but there are still questions. Christopher Morel is going to be personing thir...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ double your pleasure

Photo by mark peterson/Corbis via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. It rained baseballs Saturday as the Cubs split their squads but not their lumber. The Royals had some bombs stored, too. Many wow. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat...2024
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• BCB After Dark: Will the Cubs rock the Bote?
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• Cub Tracks C’s the future

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. The young Cubs are showing why they’re held in such high regard. These are indeed interesting times. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers...2024
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• Cubs 8, White Sox 1: Not Great!

Some things never change. | @kindableu Nothing really matters, anyway Today is the day, friends. We’ve got baseball back after a long yet mildly-warm winter. There are new guys on the field competing for that coveted spot in the big leagues, and a new face in the booth with Steve Stone. I’ve enjoyed listening to John Schriffen, but I know fans miss Jason Benetti. Getting this out of t...2024
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