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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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• 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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• Cubs, Ghost Energy Announce New Multiyear Partnership
They sent me the following press release, so I’m sharing with you for posterity. And for what it’s worth, I actually like Ghost drinks. The Chicago Cubs and GHOST® ENERGY today announced a new multiyear partnership, making the lifestyle brand the “Official Energy Drink Partner” of the Cubs and Wrigley Field. “We’re excited to welcome … The post Cu...2024
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• Game Thread #31: Milwaukee Brewers (19-11) @ Chicago Cubs (19-13)

Michael McLoone-USA TODAY Sports Brewers take on Craig Counsell for first time since 2006 For the first time since July 14, 2006, the Brewers will play against Craig Counsell in a regular season game. That appearance came with Counsell playing as the starting shortstop for the Arizona Diamondbacks, a game the Brewers lost 4-3. The Brewers are also headed to Wrigley Field for the first time...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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• Brewers 3, Cubs 1: What to do with Adbert Alzolay?
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 32

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs inability to close out a game pops up again in a 7-6 loss. In probably the biggest upset of the young 2024 season to date, I made it through the first 31 games without writing a glass half full/glass half empty piece. It’s probably my biggest go to as a writer, but the cup has run over so much in the early going, I just haven’t r...2024
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• A bee swarm delayed last night’s game at Chase Field two hours. How long is too long a delay?

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports We’ve seen bee delays in Spring Training... but during the season, it’s pretty unusual. Tuesday night’s Dodgers/Diamondbacks game at Chase Field had an unusual reason for a delay: The Dodgers-Dbacks game is in a delay due to a swarm of bees pic.twitter.com/SxansNG1op— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) May 1, 2024 The game was delayed for nearly two hours wh...2024
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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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• ESPN Sunday Night Baseball Bingo is back!

Al Yellon Play along as the Cubs and Red Sox finish a three-game set at Fenway Park. It’s that time again. The Cubs are the featured game of the week on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball and here at Bleed Cubbie Blue that means Baseball Bingo. I started making these cards when the booth was much more prone to groan-inducing gaffes in 2019. However, even with the much improved booth it’s still a...2024
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Red Sox series preview

Photo by Ron Schwane/Getty Images The Cubs make their first visit to Fenway Park in seven years. The last time the Cubs played in Fenway Park, 2013 Red Sox World Series hero Koji Uehara was on the Cubs, and former Cubs closer Craig Kimbrel was a member of the Red Sox. The Cubs lost that game 6-2, and there isn’t a single player who played that evening who’s still on the team he played for...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 26

Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to Kosuke Fukudome, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of...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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• MLB should consider starting the regular season later

Getty Images Weather in northern cities is just bad in late March/early April. Monday’s Cubs home opener was played in conditions not really suitable for baseball. It was 43 degrees at game time — bad enough — but then around the sixth inning it started raining, making conditions miserable for fans and players alike. The weather forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday isn’t any better, in fact,...2024
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• The metaphorical White Sox rebuild failed, but the literal rebuild may be exactly what Chicago needs

Wells Street, a vision of The 78’s future. | 78Chicago.com A new stadium may not be a bad thing By now, we’ve all absorbed the news about vilified billionaire White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf’s plans for a new stadium. In these uneasy economic times, it seems absurd that a diamond-encrusted plutocrat would have the nerve to beg for another $1 billion of taxpayers’ money because he’s bored ...2024
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• The Wrigley Field sports book has been approved for betting

Al Yellon The first day is today. The Cubs and DraftKings partnered for a sports book adjacent to Wrigley Field back in September 2020, with a groundbreaking ceremony held there in June 2022. The sports book opened last year, just for food and drink, since it did not yet have a gaming license granted by the Illinois Gaming Board. I paid a visit there last September just to see what it was ...2024
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• Wrigley Field will need some changes before MLB awards the Cubs an All-Star Game

Looking west down Addison Street past Wrigley Field, January 17, 2024 | Mike Bojanowski It has to do with ballpark security. The Cubs last hosted an All-Star Game at Wrigley Field in 1990. The only current MLB park that previously hosted a Midsummer Classic that’s had a longer hosting drought is the Oakland Coliseum, which last hosted one in 1987 — and I’m pretty sure you can understand wh...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, January 5

Happy birthday, Bob Dernier! | Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. A good day for center fielders, several sad passings, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of...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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"A-Ram also gave us some magical moments at Wrigley Field; perhaps the best of them was this two-run walkoff home run against the Brewers in 2007 [VIDEO]."

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"Mark Grace and Shawon Dunston in 1997 | VINCENT LAFORET/AFP via Getty Images They’ll be honored at Wrigley Field September 8-10."

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"In any case, I was very happy to see Contreras in the lineup the Tuesday before the trade deadline so the Wrigley Field faithful could give him a sendoff, and they did that in tremendous fashion, as I wrote in the game recap."

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"Fans visiting a newly approved sportsbook will be able to enter Wrigley Field from inside, but they won't be required to be attending the game to make bets."

2020
"The city of Chicago has approved Wrigley Field rooftop stands for 25% capacity setups and tickets have gone on sale at one viewing venue for $350."

2019
"The Cubs’ reported lack of spending capacity has been the offseason’s main storyline out of Wrigley Field, though in a recent radio interview on 670 The Score (partial transcript here), president of baseball operations Theo Epstein dismissed the idea that the Competitive Balance Tax is “dictating any of our actions or inactions this winter at…"

2018
"A 20-year-old Cubs fan is suing team owners to force them to provide better wheelchair access at Wrigley Field."

2017
"The Cubs' second-half offensive surge continued on Saturday at Wrigley Field as Rene Rivera smacked his first career grand slam, Anthony Rizzo reached 100 RBIs with a bases-clearing triple and Javier Baez added a solo home run and RBI double to post a 14-12 victory over the Braves for Chicago's sixth straight win."

2016
"The Cubs are headed to the World Series for the first time since 1945 after they defeated Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers, 5-0, in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series on Saturday night at Wrigley Field in Chicago."

2015
"PHOTO: Wrigley Field showing Stanley Cup Final on big screen during rain delay"

2014
"SAN DIEGO — Suddenly, in the middle of the night on the East Coast, construction on the Chicago Cubs’ roster dramatically blew past the construction that is remodeling Wrigley Field."

• Cubs, Ghost Energy Announce New Multiyear Partnership
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• Royals vs. Tigers Friday game thread

Photo by Mark Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images Let’s play early! The Royals are taking on the Tigers in a rare Friday afternoon game (rare outside Wrigley Field) to avoid conflicting with the NFL draft in Detroit tonight. Seth Lugo goes for the Royals, coming off his first loss of the year. Seth Lugo takes the bump as we open up our road trip with a day game in Detroit. pic.twitt...2024
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• This Day in MLB History: April 26th

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images MLB History 1901 - After two consecutive rainouts, just over 10,000 fans witnessed the Philadelphia Athletics make their American League debut with a 5-1 loss to the Washington Senators. 1904 - Ty Cobb makes his pro debut as a 17-year old playing for the Augusta Tourists of the South Atlantic League. Cobb homered and had a double in the game. 1941 - W...2024
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• This Day in Braves History: Chipper Jones homers on his 40th birthday

Daniel Shirey-USA TODAY Sports Braves Franchise History 1966 - The Atlanta Braves establish a major league record by winning their 18th consecutive game at home. The first 17 wins of the streak came in Milwaukee, the team’s home in 1965. 2011 - The Braves complete their first sweep of the Giants in San Francisco since 1998 with a 9-6 win in 10 innings. Nate McLouth delivers a two-run sing...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 24

Happy birthday, Stephen Souza Jr. | Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday wishes to Stephen Souza, Jr., and others, and more! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the l...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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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 22

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images The Cubs were tripped up by the Marlins and so, settle for a weekend split. I know I’m having a selective memory problem, but I just feel like every year there is some disappointment involving games with the Marlins. Some of them are obvious. The recent post season loss. The 2003 soul-crushing NLCS loss. Heck, go all the way back to 1997 and they were a...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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• Frustrations & Fluctuations - April 21, 2024
Will Benson, OF CIN Despite an absolute flood of red on his StatCast page, easy to count 5 SBs and an enormous physique, Will Benson continues to take the seat vs. LHP. As the Cincinnati Reds struggle to utilize talent, avoid injury or do much of anything right, Benson will continue to enrage fantasy baseball managers due to his salivary gland triggering 15.4% Barrel Rate, 13.3% BB Rate and near-e...2024
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Boston Red Sox preview, Friday 4/26, 6:10 CT

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs open a three-game series at Fenway Park. Friday notes... AFTER THAT BAD START... Since losing their first two games of the season at Texas, the Cubs have suffered back-to-back losses only once more, and that was to different opponents, in different cities: at San Diego, then at Seattle. Meanwhile, the Cubs have had a five-game winning streak an...2024
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Houston Astros preview, Thursday 4/25, 1:20 CT

Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs go for the series sweep. Thursday notes... AS DIFFERENT AS NIGHT AND DAY: Last night’s game was the Cubs’ 898th under the lights at Wrigley Field since they were turned on for the first time, on Aug. 8, 1988. This afternoon’s game will be their 1,905th in daylight at Wrigley since then — and a win would be their 1,000th in those games. Their da...2024
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 24
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• Marlins 6, Cubs 3: Where did the offense go?

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images That’s likely not the headline you were expecting to read, but it’s the one we really need to talk about. You guys are all going to want to talk about Kyle Hendricks and what to do with his rotation spot and by all means, feel free. What I want to talk about is how the Cubs bullpen failed to keep the game close and the offense completely vanished after t...2024
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• Cub Tracks earns the split
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• Frustrations & Fluctuations - April 21, 2024
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• Cubs 3, Astros 1: PCA saves the day
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 17

Sam Snead | Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Sam Snead, no-hitters, and more! On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of time. He...2024
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• Former Cub Ken Holtzman has died

Photo by Louis Requena/MLB via Getty Images The lefthander threw two no-hitters with the Cubs. Ken Holtzman burst onto the Cubs scene at age 19, barely three months after he was selected out of the University of Illinois in the very first amateur draft in 1965. A full-time member of the Cubs rotation by the following year, he tantalized Cubs fans with near no-hitters a couple of times, inc...2024
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 13

Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports Too many walks allowed, too few hits doom Cubs in Seattle. Two weeks do not make a baseball season by any means. However, I chuckle every time I hear someone say that the Cubs didn’t really do anything in the offseason. Certainly, running it back with a team that didn’t reach the playoffs and hoping that internal growth seems like a silly plan. That said, ...2024
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• Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter Ippei Mizuhara stole even more money than previously reported

Shohei Ohtani and Ippei Mizuhara at Ohtani’s Dodgers introductory presser last December | Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images He’s negotiating a plea deal with federal prosecutors. Last month, a gambling scandal erupted involving Shohei Ohtani’s then-interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara. At first, Mizuhara claimed that Ohtani covered his losses with an illegal bookmaker, then retracted ...2024
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• 2024 Cubs attendance watch: The weather and ticket pricing for the first homestand

David Banks-USA TODAY Sports Some interesting numbers for both as the 2024 season begins. The Cubs won five of six games played at Wrigley Field last week. So, that’s good! What wasn’t good was the weather, which was pretty awful through the entire homestand. No game-time temperature was over 47 and the average for the six dates was 43. It rained during play in three of the six games and t...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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• Baseball history unpacked, April 10

Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday, Chuck Connors, the piece of metal comes to Chicago, and other stories. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore...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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• Dodgers' Series dream ends with loss to Cubs
The Cubs are headed to the World Series for the first time since 1945 after they defeated Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers, 5-0, in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series on Saturday night at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Cubs won the best-of-seven series, four games to two, to wrap up the 11th NL pennant in franchise history....2016
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• PHOTO: Wrigley Field showing Stanley Cup Final on big screen during rain delay
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• With first Wrigley clinch, Cubs move on to NLCS
For the first time in the history of Wrigley Field, the Cubs clinched a postseason series at home, edging the mighty Cardinals, 6-4, in Game 4 of the National League Division Series. The Cubs now can party as they wait to see whether they'll face the Mets or the Dodgers in the NL Championship Series, which opens on Saturday....2015
• Cards denied 5th straight NLCS appearance
For the first time in the history of Wrigley Field, the Cubs clinched a postseason series at home, edging the mighty Cardinals, 6-4, in Game 4 of the National League Division Series. The Cubs now can party as they wait to see whether they'll face the Mets or the Dodgers in the NL Championship Series, which opens on Saturday....2015
• Cubs sink Cards' 'pen after Waino-Lester duel
On Friday night, the Cardinals scored nine runs in the eighth inning to post a win over the Cubs. On Saturday, the Cubs got some payback. Kris Bryant hit a game-tying RBI single and scored on Anthony Rizzo's double, both with two outs in the eighth inning, to lift the Cubs to a 3-2 victory over the Cardinals at Wrigley Field....2017
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• 'Pen can't hold off Cubs after HRs back Waino
On Friday night, the Cardinals scored nine runs in the eighth inning to post a win over the Cubs. On Saturday, the Cubs got some payback. Kris Bryant hit a game-tying RBI single and scored on Anthony Rizzo's double, both with two outs in the eighth inning, to lift the Cubs to a 3-2 victory over the Cardinals at Wrigley Field....2017
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• Dodgers dealt NLCS blow; face must-win Game 6
The Cubs are one win away from their first World Series appearance since 1945 after their 8-4 win over the Dodgers in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series on Thursday night at Dodger Stadium. Chicago leads the best-of-seven series, three games to two, with Game 6 scheduled for Saturday at Wrigley Field....2016
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 26
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• Cubs' Hype-Filled Roster Still at Least a Year Away from MLB Success
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• Game Thread #31: Milwaukee Brewers (19-11) @ Chicago Cubs (19-13)
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• Cubs 1, Mets 0: What an ending!

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images The Cubs needed a replay review to finish off their 1-0 win. The Cubs have had some defensive issues this season, but Wednesday evening in New York they showed off some outstanding defense to end their 1-0 win over the Mets. Let’s begin at the end, because that’s what everyone’s going to want to talk about. The Cubs entered the bottom of the ninth with tha...2024
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• A bee swarm delayed last night’s game at Chase Field two hours. How long is too long a delay?
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• Chicago Cubs @ New York Mets – Series Preview (April 29-May 2): Overview, Game and Broadcast Info, Starting Pitchers, W2W4
The Cubs (17-11) were rolling entering their matchup against the Red Sox after sweeping the Astros at Wrigley Field. Chicago was able to take the first game of the series but Boston recovered to grab the last two. Injuries continue to weigh on Craig Counsell‘s squad as they prepare to play four games against the … The post Chicago Cubs @ New York Mets – Series Preview (April 29-May 2):...2024
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• Today in White Sox History: April 29

The only Chicago players able to avoid a 10th straight loss on this day one year ago were these two ducks, wandering in the outfield before another White Sox collapse. | Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images A worst-ever start that would sit in infamy — for one year 1901 Shortstop Frank Shugart hit the first home run in White Sox history. It came in the eighth inning of a 3-2 loss ...2024
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• A bee swarm delayed last night’s game at Chase Field two hours. How long is too long a delay?
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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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• Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter Ippei Mizuhara stole even more money than previously reported
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• Chicago Cubs Lineup (4/5/24): Happ Leads Off, Morel DH, Hendricks Facing Dodgers
There will be no shortage of jokes this weekend as Shohei Ohtani makes his DraftKings Sportsbook at Wrigley Field debut. After being ensnarled in a gambling scandal that saw his longtime friend and interpreter fired over the alleged theft of several million dollars, Ohtani and the Dodgers are now in a kerfuffle over the reclamation … The post Chicago Cubs Lineup (4/5/24): Happ Leads Off, Mor...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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• 2024 MLB Season Preview: Milwaukee Brewers

As the Brewers look to re-tool in 2024, they will lean heavily on former Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins to solidify their offense. | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images With a new manager for the first time since 2015, the Milwaukee Brewers will attempt to finish above .500 or make the playoffs in 2024, as they have done each of the past seven seasons. It was an inauspicious start t...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ spring in, fallout

Al Yellon Typically acerbic #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes, links and discussion, plus more or less scientific food for thought. Pitchers and catchers reporting day Wednesday. Most position players are in camp as well. 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 ba...2024
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• Another update on the Oakland A’s to Las Vegas situation

Fans at the Oakland Coliseum in September 2022 | Al Yellon Just when you thought it couldn’t get messier, it has. Gonna say this right now, off the top, so we’re all on the same page: If this topic doesn’t interest you, go pass it on by and click on some other BCB article. I think the issues surrounding the Oakland Athletics’ proposed move to Las Vegas are important for the entire future o...2024
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• The 78 proposal: One White Sox con job, coming up

These guys had nothing on Jerry Reinsdorf. | crimereads.com That hand you feel in your pocket is Jerry Reinsdorf’s The White Sox have made negligible news on the baseball front this offseason, but they made the headlines big time this week after the Sun-Times ran an article on discussions with city officials about building a stadium on a chunk of old railroad yard known as The 78, bounded...2024
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