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• Pirates 5, Cubs 4: Backwards day

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images This time, it was Cubs starting pitching that failed. So pretty much all year, the Cubs starting rotation has been nails, while the bullpen has been a carnival roller-coaster ride. Thursday night, instead, we were “treated” to the spectacle of last year’s ace, Justin Steele, have his second straight bad outing against the Pirates, while the bullpen kept t...2024
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Thursday 5/16, 6:40 CT

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Cubs open a four-game set against the visitors from Pittsburgh. Thursday notes... STARTING OFF: Cubs starting pitchers have allowed no runs in seven of the team’s last 14 games, going back to May 1. They had blanked opponents in four of the team’s first 11 games, between April 1 and 9, not counting Luke Little’s one-inning effort as an opener. Then ...2024
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Pirates series preview

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports What, YOU again? Since these teams met last weekend in Pittsburgh, the Pirates went and lost two of three to the Brewers in Milwaukee, getting blown out 10-2 in the series finale, while the Cubs lost two of three to the Braves in Atlanta. You likely are fairly familiar with the Bucs from last weekend; there’s more in that series preview. Fun fact The Cubs ...2024
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• Cubs 7, Braves 1: Javier Assad does it again AND the offense wakes up!

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Cubs righthander has been a revelation this year. And some home runs were hit! The Cubs needed two things in the series finale in Atlanta to avoid being swept: Another good starting pitcher outing, and Some runs They got both, as Javier Assad threw six more shutout innings and the offense generated 13 hits, including home runs from Mike Tauchman and...2024
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Atlanta Braves preview, Wednesday 5/15, 6:20 CT

Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs try to avoid getting swept. Today’s roster move: Here Wednesday notes: THE BRAVES SHUTTING OUT THE CUBS: Last night’s game was the Cubs’ 1,968th vs. the Braves since 1901, first season of the Modern Era. It was the 141st in which the Cubs were shut out, about 1 of every 14. But Monday and yesterday were just the 12th time they have failed to score ag...2024
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• Braves 7, Cubs 0: Can’t win if you can’t score runs

Photo by Matthew Grimes Jr./Atlanta Braves/Getty Images It’s just that simple. The Cubs lost to the Braves 7-0 Tuesday night in Atlanta, and honestly I could end this recap right here because there’s not much to say about a Cubs team that had only three hits, just one for extra bases, and got just two runners past first base. It was the first time the Cubs had been shut out two consecutive...2024
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• Cubs 7, Braves 1: Javier Assad does it again AND the offense wakes up!
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Atlanta Braves preview, Tuesday 5/14, 6:20 CT

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Cubs look to even up their series at Truist Park. ICYMI, today’s roster move: Here Once again, there could be weather issues for the Cubs and Braves tonight, per this forecast. So, here’s the Atlanta-area radar for you to keep handy. And an update on Adbert: Alzolay says he won’t throw for five days and then evaluate how he feels. He isn’t sure of...2024
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• Pirates 10, Cubs 9: What on Earth was THAT?

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images That was one of the weirdest baseball games you’ll ever see. One thing is for sure. Paul Skenes will NEVER forget the day he made his MLB debut. His team eventually beat the Cubs 10-9, but not until after a lot of stuff happened. Skenes was as advertised, throwing 100+ miles per hour 17 times. But he also got touched up for a Cubs home run, and after he le...2024
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Saturday 5/11, 3:05 CT

Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images The Cubs go for two in a row over the Bucs. Storms are in the Pittsburgh-area forecast this afternoon, so here’s the local radar to keep handy: Saturday notes... THE CUBS AND PITCHERS MAKING THEIR DEBUTS: Highly touted Paul Skenes today will become the 142nd pitcher of the Modern Era to start his first big league game against the Cubs. Exactly 100 did i...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ Yu know how it is

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. Steele threw well enough but the Cubs will have to win the next two games to earn the meatloaf. 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, overheated, steepe...2024
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• Chicago Cubs vs. San Diego Padres preview, Monday 5/6, 6:40 CT

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The Cubs welcome the visitors from San DIego. Today’s roster move: Here Monday notes... STARTING PITCHING STREAKS: Starting pitchers Hayden Wesneski, Jameson Taillon and Javier Assad did not allow an earned run in the past three games. The Cubs had a similar three-starters’ streak earlier this year. It included a one-inning appearance by Luke Little, wit...2024
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• Cubs 5, Brewers 0: A great start from Javier Assad AND some good relief!

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The Cubs finally got some good pen work to back up an excellent start. Remember after Saturday’s game, when I opened the complaint department door wide open? It’s slammed shut and locked today after an outstanding 5-0 Cubs win over the Brewers which took the series and put the Cubs in a virtual tie for first place in the NL Central, just a few percentage ...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ one swell foop

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. Badbert struck again and the Cubs turned a possible W into a definite L. 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, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, ...2024
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• Brewers 3, Cubs 1: What to do with Adbert Alzolay?

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs’ former closer blew another lead Friday. At this point, I don’t think the Cubs have any choice but to place Adbert Alzolay on the injured list, don’t really care what sort of injury he has — heck, is a “mental break” enough? Because the team cannot continue to throw Alzolay out there in close games. He can’t locate his slider and his mechanics ...2024
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Brewers series preview

Photo by Larry Radloff/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Finally, a series with a divisional opponent. The first game of this series is the Cubs’ 33rd game of 2024. It’s their first game against an NL Central opponent. That’s the longest into a season the Cubs have gone without meeting a divisional opponent since divisional play began in 1969. Further, the Cubs are the only team that has no...2024
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• Cub Tracks gets into the end zone

Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. The Cubs put up a seven spot with late runs and looked good in the first game of a weekend series at PNC Park. 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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• Cub Tracks’ let it rain

Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. A rain-shortened contest. Nobody hurt. 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, overheated, steeped in w...2024
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• Cubs 7, Blue Jays 5: At last, a win in Canada
Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images The Cubs ended a 14-year losing streak north of the border. TORONTO — It required six relievers (seven, if you count Luke Farrell on what was a bullpen day) and some timely hitting, but Wednesday night the Cubs ended a losing streak in Canada that had lasted more than 14 years. Sure, it was only a five-game Canadian losing streak (three in 2014, the first ...2022
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• Braves 7, Cubs 0: Can’t win if you can’t score runs
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• A few thoughts about baseball TV broadcasts and the multiple ways they are distributed

A WGN-TV color camera in 1960 | Courtesy WGN-TV Over the air. Cable. Streaming. These are the ways you have watched MLB games in the past, and now, and who knows if there will be more ways in the future? The year is 1948. You are a Cubs fan and the newfangled invention of television has begun to bring your team’s games live into your home. And you can watch all 154 Cubs games on one channe...2024
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Pirates series preview

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images It’s the first 2024 meeting of these divisional rivals. You’re going to be very familiar with the Pirates 10 days from now, as seven of the Cubs’ next 10 games will be against their divisional rivals from Pittsburgh, three this weekend at PNC Park, four next weekend at Wrigley Field. The big deal this weekend is the highly-anticipated MLB debut of last...2024
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• Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets preview, Monday 4/29, 6:10 CT

Photo by Jaiden Tripi/Getty Images The Cubs open a four-game series at Citi Field. Monday notes... WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN: A win last night would have put the Cubs in first place at the end of a day for the first time since April 14, 2022, when their record was 4-2. Last night’s game was their 336th since then. (Courtesy BCB’s JohnW53) UNFAMILIAR FOES: There are no former Mets on the Cubs...2024
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• Red Sox 5, Cubs 4: So close

Brian Fluharty-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs tied the game late, but could not convert it into victory. If Dansby Swanson can hold on to that little floater into left field, the Cubs probably turn a double play in the bottom of the ninth, because Jarren Duran had strayed from third base. In that case the game probably goes to extra innings. But he didn’t. Don’t blame Dansby, that would have be...2024
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• Cub Tracks faces down the Monster

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. These Cubs are a dynamite team. Imagine what they can do when they’re healthy! 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, overheated, steep...2024
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Astros series preview

Photo by Logan Riely/Getty Images The Astros are off to a rough start. Can the Cubs take advantage? Here is the boxscore from the last game these two teams played in Wrigley Field before today. Just four men who played in that game nearly 11 years ago are still active: Jose Altuve, J.D. Martinez, Jordan Lyles and Anthony Rizzo. One is deceased (Luis Valbuena, who died in a car accident in ...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ pitcher clock

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. Is Kyle Hendricks done? Writers consider his plight, and more. 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, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then co...2024
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• Cub Tracks earns the split

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. Cubs could have had both games, take one, and head for a series win Sunday. 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, overheated, steeped in writers’ tear...2024
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona Diamondbacks preview, Tuesday 4/16, 8:40 CT

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The Cubs go for their fourth straight win. Tuesday notes... A POSSIBLE CUBS RECORD: If Michael Busch hits a home run tonight, he will become the first Cub ever to homer in six consecutive games. He also will join Barry Bonds as the only players in MLB history to hit homers in six straight games of a single road trip. Bonds did it in 2001. Four others homere...2024
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• Pirates 5, Cubs 4: Backwards day
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Braves series preview

Photo by Harry How/Getty Images The Cubs visit Atlanta for the first time since last September’s disaster. The last time the Cubs faced the Braves, it was the final week of September 2023 and the Cubs desperately needed wins to stay in postseason contention. Instead, they got swept, blowing leads in the sixth inning or later in the first two games. Hopefully, this series will be better. Sc...2024
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• Padres 3, Cubs 0: Sometimes you just have to tip your cap to the other guy

What are you gonna do? | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Dylan Cease dominated the Cubs Wednesday afternoon. It’s not often that I put a photo of the other team’s pitcher on a game recap here, but really, what else could I have done? Dylan Cease is the story of this game, as he and two Padres relievers combined to one-hit the Cubs and defeat them 3-0. Cubs highlights? Well.. there are...2024
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• Chicago Cubs vs. San Diego Padres preview, Wednesday 5/8, 1:20 CT

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series win. Wednesday notes... HANGING IN THERE WITHOUT BELLI AND SEIYA: Last night was the first time in 14 games that the Cubs had Cody Bellinger or Seiya Suzuki in the lineup. In the 13 games without either, the Cubs went 7-6 and slashed .219/.299/.352, for an OPS of .651. With Bellinger, Suzuki or both playing, they are 15-9 and...2024
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• Cubs 3, Padres 2: Michael Busch walks it off

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports A game that started like many recent others had a stunning ending. New Cubs first baseman Michael Busch can be described in part as just getting his job done. You don’t hear many quotes from him; he just plays pretty good defense and has been hitting reasonably well in his first full MLB season. That all changed with one swing of the bat, as Busch hit the...2024
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• Padres 6, Cubs 3: After Justin Steele was brilliant, the bullpen melted down again

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Justin Steele’s fine comeback start got ruined. Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Or, maybe don’t stop me, because this has to be addressed, and soon. The Cubs got yet another excellent start from a rotation that’s looking like one of the better such groups in the entire league. And then Cubs relievers couldn’t... well, there wasn’t a lead to hold,...2024
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• Cubs 5, Brewers 0: A great start from Javier Assad AND some good relief!
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers preview, Friday 5/3, 1:20 CT

Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images The Cubs open their first divisional play series of 2024. Friday notes... THE FRIENDLY CONFINES: The Cubs are 10-3 at home this season, tying 2016 and six earlier seasons for their best home start since 1985, when they were 11-2. They started 12-1 twice, in 1907 and 1970. They lost their next game both of those years. They won to become 11-3 in 1923, 1932, ...2024
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• Chicago Cubs vs. New York Mets preview, Thursday 5/2, 12:10 CT

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series win. Thursday notes... DAYTIME ROAD WARRIORS: The Cubs are 3-2 in day games on the road so far this season. In the last three seasons, they were a combined 34-46: 10-16 in 2021, 12-13 in 2022 and 12-17 in 2023. They were 4-2 in the 60-game 2020 season. Their last winning record in road day games in a full season was 11-9, in 20...2024
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Atlanta Braves preview, Tuesday 5/14, 6:20 CT
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• Cub Tracks gets its steps in

Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. On National GlenAllen Hill Remembrance Day, the Cubs faced Paul Skenes, who was as advertised. 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, overheated, steeped ...2024
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• Cubs 3, Astros 1: PCA saves the day

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Pete Crow-Armstrong won the game with his first MLB hit. The first thing I thought when I saw Pete Crow-Armstrong’s sixth-inning blast head toward the right-field bleachers was, “You have got to be kidding me!” PCA had struggled so mightily in his first exposure to MLB pitching last September, and Justin Verlander had just made him look silly in his fir...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ High Cs

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Cubs win first of four-game series, Taillon’s triumphant return, and more! 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, ...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ the thrill of the Chase

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. A pitcher’s duel created drama in the desert. The Cubs emerged victorious. 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, ove...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ C no evil, hear no evil

Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Kyle Hendricks didn’t finish his lecture and Dylan wouldn’t Cease throwing good pitches. 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 #ML...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ splitsville

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Jordan Wicks continues to impress, but the Cubs couldn’t score enough to make it count. 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 ...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ C-ing is believing

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. The Cubs overcame an early handicap to defeat the mighty Dodgers. 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, overhea...2024
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Los Angeles Dodgers preview, Friday 4/5, 1:20 CT

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images Well, this ought to be interesting. Friday notes... GOING FOR SOME HISTORY: The Cubs have not won their first four home games of a season since 1998, when they swept a four-game series against the Expos after starting the year 1-2 at Miami. They also won their first four in 1980: three vs. the Mets, then a 16-12 win over the Cardinals on Barry Foote’s w...2024
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• Cubs 9, Rockies 8: Sweep!

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images The Cubs fought off the weather and a Rockies rally to complete the three-game sweep. The weather outside was frightful. And, for a while, so was the Cubs’ bullpen. But in the end, the Cubs hung on Wednesday night for a 9-8 win over the Rockies, their fourth straight victory. It rained — and snowed — most of the day in Chicago and the start of the game w...2024
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• Mark Grace and Shawon Dunston will be inducted into the Cubs Hall of Fame next month

Mark Grace and Shawon Dunston in 1997 | VINCENT LAFORET/AFP via Getty Images They’ll be honored at Wrigley Field September 8-10. Cubs greats Mark Grace and Shawon Dunston were announced as the 2023 Cubs Hall of Fame inductees at last January’s Cubs Convention. Today, the team announced that these two popular former Cubs will be honored at Wrigley Field the weekend of September 8-10, when t...2023
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• Cubs 3, Brewers 2: The comeback Cubs do it again

Mike Tauchman scores the eventual winning run in the eighth inning Wednesday afternoon | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports This game had just about everything, and the best part: A Cubs win! Wednesday’s game at Wrigley Field reminded me why I love baseball so much. Gorgeous weather. Meaningful baseball between two rivals for a playoff spot. Back-and-forth, great pitching, lousy pitching, good f...2023
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• Cubs 6, Tigers 4: The never-quit Cubs pull one out

Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports After a devastating grand slam tied things up, the Cubs got to work and came out on top. All’s well that ends well, and the Cubs ended this series well with a 6-4 win over the Tigers, but I’ll ask you the question, and you can vote in the poll. After Jameson Taillon loaded the bases in the sixth inning, then retired the next two hitters, would you have taken...2023
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• Cubs 10, Red Sox 4: Cody Bellinger is en fuego!
Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images The Cubs brought out the long ball — and a lot more hits — and evened up the series. There is nothing that says more about what the Chicago Cubs should do going forward than what happened in their 10-4 win over the Red Sox Saturday. Cody Bellinger, who has now homered five times in his last six games, hit a grand slam to cap a six-run inning. Marcus Strom...2023
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• Cubs 9, Rangers 6: Seven in a row!
Edwin Rios | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs have been on a winning tear in the Cactus League. Adrian Sampson and the Cubs did not start this game well, trailing 6-2 after just three innings. But a few of the sub Cubs had nice days at the plate and that resulted in a 9-6 Cubs win over the Rangers, the team’s seventh straight victory. Wins and losses, obviously, mean nothing in Sp...2023
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• Cubs 5, Rockies 4: The cardiac Cubs come back

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images A ninth-inning rally put this one in the win column. You asked for meaningful baseball in September and by gum, you have got it. Now let’s hope we all survive it. The Cubs fashioned an early lead, got good starting pitching, then the bullpen blew that lead. But then the team put together a stirring ninth-inning rally and held on — barely — for a 5-4 wi...2023
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• Cubs 10, Pirates 1: Takin’ care of business

Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images The Cubs got another strong team effort and won the series in Pittsburgh. When the Cubs departed for the just-completed seven-game road trip to Detroit and Pittsbugh, my feeling was that they needed to go 5-2 to keep pace with, or improve their position on, other postseason contenders. With Sunday’s well-played 10-1 win over the Pirates, the Cubs did just ...2023
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• Cubs 8, Braves 6: Swingin’ in the rain

Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The Cubs bats came alive on a really bad weather day at the ol’ ballpark. It rained all morning and afternoon in Chicago, and at Wrigley Field, and I’ll have a bit more to say about that later. Keeping with the spirit of the day, the Cubs rained down hits and home runs and evened up the series against the Braves with an 8-6 victory. The Cubs did not was...2023
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• Cub Tracks earns the split
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• Cubs 7, Braves 1: Javier Assad does it again AND the offense wakes up!
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• Braves 7, Cubs 0: Can’t win if you can’t score runs
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• Braves 2, Cubs 0: Wasting another good Shōta Imanaga start

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Cubs starter threw well again, but the Cubs could not generate any offense. Shōta Imanaga continued his run of great starts for the Cubs Monday in Atlanta. Unfortunately, he walked a few more than usual and ran up a high pitch count and could throw only five innings. Hayden Wesneski, who’s also thrown well, entered in the sixth and the Braves scored a...2024
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• Cub Tracks comes up with nothing

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes plus extras, four days a week. Cubs/Braves, the Al Yellon experience, and more. Nico Hoerner turns 27. Former Cub farmhand and The Compound podcaster Zack Short is a hero for a day in his first MLB start. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers...2024
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• Cubs 3, Padres 2: Michael Busch walks it off
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Mets series preview

Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images The Cubs continue their Eastern swing with a stop at Citi Field. The Mets and Cubs used to be huge rivals when they shared a division, the NL East. But since the teams were moved to different divisions 30 years ago, they meet only twice a year, once in each ballpark. After this week the teams will play a three-game set at Wrigley Field in June, th...2024
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• Cubs 4, Astros 3: Getting the job done

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Dansby Swanson’s three-run homer highlighted a four-run first inning that the Cubs made hold up for another win. It wasn’t the best of games. Cubs hitters struck out 12 times. Some sketchy defense helped lead to a Houston run. The Cubs had only one hit after the fourth inning. And yet, the Cubs put a large crooked number on the board in the first inning f...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ Shōta time

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. The Cubs are .500 after a fine pitching performance and a few unfortunate bounces. The bullpen was spotless. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground fr...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ Brown harvest

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Part of the future is coming to a park near you. Plus game notes and other amusements for the discerning reader. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground ...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ the next step

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Under two weeks remain until Opening Day and the Cubs are still jenga-ing. 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 baseb...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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• White Sox 3, Cubs 2: A rainy day in the Valley of the Sun

Photo by Rob Tringali/Getty Images Rain prevented a lot of baseball Friday, but not this game. Rain moved through the Phoenix area Friday afternoon, and all but two scheduled games were cancelled. The only teams who played in Arizona Friday were the Guardians and Royals at Surprise and the Cubs and White Sox at Camelback Ranch. It was 62 degrees at game time and the game was delayed 30 min...2024
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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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• Cub Tracks’ 18 days til Spring Training

Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Trade speculation and ST news. Still no Cody. Real baseball looms. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #C...2024
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