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• Poll: Can Ben Rice Keep This Up?
Yesterday, Yankees slugger Ben Rice enjoyed a three-hit game that saw him slug two homers. It was a great game, but that’s become almost commonplace for the 26-year-old through the season’s first month. After making his big league debut at first base while filling in for Anthony Rizzo last summer, Rice entered Spring Training this…...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 30

Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images The Cubs offense revives in a 9-0 trouncing of the Pirates. After Phillies pitching stifled the Cubs offense for the most part over the weekend, it was a refreshing sight to see the Cubs offense come out in force Tuesday night. It was what you hoped would happen and happen it did. After being mowed down the first time through the order, the Cubs offens...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Is Matt Shaw coming back?

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if you think Matt Shaw will return to be the Cubs’ third baseman this season. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad to see you. Come on in and sit with us. Your name is on the guest list. We still have a few good ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 29

David Banks-Imagn Images Well, I had a bad feeling and wasn’t wrong about this series. Before the series, I expressed some concern on this one. The Cubs weren’t going to be taking the Phillies lightly at this point in the season. So “trap” isn’t really the right description for the series. But, this was the tail end of a very brutal stretch to start the season for the Cubs and the Phillies...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 28

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images The Cubs were pounded by the Phillies, 10-4. The Cubs haven’t had a lot of completely uncompetitive games. This was the first one since April 14, when they also lost to the Padres 10-4. If this were to happen regularly, I’d be concerned about it. Maybe. But, at every few weeks, it is what it is. Maybe I’m rationalizing, but the Cubs, for the second straight ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 27

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images Cubs pitching stifles the Phillies in a 4-0 win. After what feels like weeks of challenging games, the Cubs won a relatively easy one against a Phillies team that is heading in the wrong direction right now. There is a lot of baseball to be played and it is hard to imagine them not getting themselves back into contention, but on Friday afternoon they could n...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 7

Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Happy birthday to ex-Cub David Bote* and others, plus more stories for the discerning reader. 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 va...2025
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• MLB Rumors: Yankees Eye Surprise Reunion With Veteran 3x All-Star Amid Giancarlo Stanton’s Injury Woes
One set of predictions has the New York Yankees bringing back veteran first baseman Anthony Rizzo with Giancarlo Stanton dealing with injuries....2025
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• With Alexander Canario gone, how many Cubs remain from the 2021 selloff?

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Here’s a look at all the players who were sent away and acquired in that flurry of deals nearly four years ago. News item: The Cubs have traded OF Alexander Canario to the Mets for cash considerations, sources tell ESPN. Canario, 24, was DFA’d by the Cubs last week.— Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) February 25, 2025 Well. This isn’t the...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 24, 2025

Photo by Jess Rapfogel/Getty Images Maikel Garcia is making adjustments. Jac Caglianone hit his first spring training home run on Sunday. “That was loud,” manager Matt Quatraro said. “And it didn’t look like a huge effort on his part, either. We know he’s got huge pop, but to be able to put that good of a swing on the ball in a game like that, close game, controlling his emotions like that...2025
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• Braves News: Grapefruit League opener, Spencer Strider update, and more

Photo by Kevin D. Liles/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday. The Atlanta Braves play a baseball game today! The squad will make the trip to Fort Myers to take on the Minnesota Twins today at 1:05 ET. Chris Sale is slated to pitch two innings and Sean Murphy will be behind the plate. Bryce Elder is also set to make an appearance on the bump. Chris Sale ...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Who is the left fielder of the quarter century?

David Banks-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who is the Cubs top left fielder of the quarter century. It’s another Wednesday night 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 for a while. We’re always glad to see you. There’s no cover charge tonight. We still have a few...2025
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• Cub Tracks makes it real

Soccer player Raul of Real Madrid throws out a ceremonial first pitch (2005) | Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Trades rumored — make it happen, Cubs. And more, mostly about pitching. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat w...2025
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• A look at Cubs trades in the pre-expansion era: 1912

Joe Tinker | Getty Images The Cubs contended in this year, but fell short of a pennant. Two years past their last pennant and with some of their stars in decline, the Cubs got off to a poor start in 1912. Then they went 45-16 in July and August to get to within four games of first place, but a 12-17 record after Sept. 1 doomed them. Even so, they won 90+ games for the ninth consecutive sea...2025
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• What each American League team has done this offseason

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Are the Royals keeping up? It’s a new year, and we should see MLB offseason begin to pick up as spring training nears. The Royals have made a few moves, but still have work to do. They’re not alone as many teams still have unfinished rosters. Let’s take a look around the American League at what each team has done so far this off-season - w...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 24, 2025
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"Anthony Rizzo remains unsigned as Spring Training gets underway."

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"2012 - The Padres trade first base prospect Anthony Rizzo and minor league pitcher Zach Cates to the Cubs for pitcher Andrew Cashner and outfielder Kyung-Min Na."

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"Then there was 2016 and his “Grandpa Rossy” persona, bestowed on him by Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant during Spring Training."

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"Aaron Judge, Anthony Rizzo and DJ LeMahieu chug beers at Rangers game"

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"The Yankees are finalizing a deal to acquire first baseman Anthony Rizzo from the Cubs, sources told ESPN's Jeff Passan."

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"Cubs' Anthony Rizzo pokes fun at Astros' cheating scheme during spring training at-bat"

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"The Cubs have decided against pursuing an extension with first baseman Anthony Rizzo this offseason, agent Marc Pollack tells Jesse Rogers of ESPNChicago."

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"Standing on the same stage in the park where he has hosted a charity walk-a-thon, Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo tearfully addressed a prayer vigil in his hometown of Parkland, Fla."

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"Anthony Rizzo never forgot how difficult it was for his parents to deal with the news that their son had cancer, and that sparked the Cubs first baseman's efforts to help other families cope with the horrible disease."

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"Slumping Addison Russell and Anthony Rizzo homered in a 10-2 blowout win over the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium to deadlock the best-of-seven National League Championship Series at two games apiece."

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"Consider that challenge met, as the Cubs, despite a spirited comeback attempt by the Cardinals, held on for an 8-5 victory Tuesday night behind seven RBIs from Starlin Castro and Anthony Rizzo."

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"With Lester wearing a Cubs uniform, Maddon’s message to a clubhouse full of young phenoms like Anthony Rizzo, Starlin Castro, Javy Baez, Jorge Soler and Kris Bryant should ring far truer than he ever could have imagined when he took this job last month."

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• BCB After Dark: Is Matt Shaw coming back?
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 29
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 27
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• Hey, Tom Ricketts! You need to get Kyle Tucker signed now — and not just for baseball reasons

David Banks-Imagn Images There’s something else that this signing would do for the Cubs. With Kyle Tucker off to a great start with the Cubs, the chorus of voices urging Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts to open up the team wallet and sign Tucker to an extension before he hits free agency has gotten louder. While there’s no question about Tucker’s abilities on the field — he’s hitting the way he ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 5

Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images A thoroughly entertaining Cubs win. I’d like to thank the Cubs for playing a terrific game. A little behind the scenes, I went to bed Friday night rather than stay up with the Cubs game. I was up a little before 6 locally in Florida to write about Friday night’s Diamondbacks beatdown of the Cubs. I had a long day here that included a local renaissance fai...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 1

Photo by Kenta Harada/Getty Images A tough start against perhaps the game’s toughest opponents. Welcome back, baseball, my old friend. As long-suffering Cubs fans, we know that this can be a very fickle friend. That was definitely the case in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. For one of the rare times where baseball is concerned, I really appreciated my move to the east coast. This game st...2025
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• A brief history of Cubs neutral site games

Cubs vs. Reds at the Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa | Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Here are all the games the Cubs have played at parks not the usual homes for MLB teams. The Cubs are getting ready to face the Dodgers in Japan Tuesday evening (7:10 p.m. local time, 5:10 a.m. in Chicago), their first neutral-site games since they faced the Cardinals in London in J...2025
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• Poll: Should The Cubs Extend Pete Crow-Armstrong?
The Cubs’ teardown of their last core that saw them part ways with Kyle Schwarber, Yu Darvish, Jon Lester, Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant, Javier Baez, and Craig Kimbrel over the course of nine months. That slate of moves, to this point, has offered little in terms of major league production. There are some promising prospects…...2025
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• 2025 Cubs: Know your enemy, AL East

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs did reasonably well against these teams in 2024. The AL East has traditionally been a tough division, though last year only two of the teams finished over .500. The Cubs went 7-8 against these five teams, though that nearly even record was boosted by sweeping the Orioles. They were only 4-8 vs. the Red Sox, Rays, Blue Jays and Yan...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 28
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 27
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• Hey, Tom Ricketts! You need to get Kyle Tucker signed now — and not just for baseball reasons
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• Baseball history unpacked, April 7
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 9

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The Cubs wear out the A’s and sweep series with a 10-2 victory. When I said that I thought this Cubs team would win 91 games, I was thinking of the team that spent the last three days terrorizing the A’s in Sacramento. The facility might have been a minor league one, but the performance was very much a major league team. A very good major league team. This t...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Intro to the season

Photo by Gene Wang/Getty Images Just what exactly is Heroes and Goats? Here’s an overview. For those of you who have followed Heroes and Goats for one or more years, welcome back! To those of you who are new here, welcome. Hopefully, you’ll give this space a chance. There are a number of loyal followers of this section who come back year after year and engage with this material. Hopefully,...2025
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• Like trying to replace an old love

Today was the first chance I had to look for some 2025 Topps. The weather has been ridiculous the past seven days between a big fat snowstorm, ungodly wind for days and now sub-zero temperatures. Even the times I could get away from work, all I wanted to do was stay inside somewhere. So, a week later, I've got 2025 Topps to show. I'm not even going to say I'm late. Running out in mid-F...2025
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• Baseball and Valentine’s Day

Photo by Mickey Pfleger/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images For the love of the game. Josh and Sara have the market cornered on the neighborhood bar feel with their “late nights with the Cubs” BCB After Dark feature. But come and pull up a chair and let me walk you through the cluttered thought process of an aging baseball fan. I’m going to finish with a question for you, but first journ...2025
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• The 2025 Cubs by the numbers

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images A complete numerical list of this year’s Cubs as they get ready for this year’s Spring Training. As I do here every spring, today I present to you a full numerical roster of all the players and coaches in Cubs spring camp. Also included are the Cubs’ retired numbers, so you can see the full numerical progression. There are 60 players in camp,...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Who is the first 1B this century?

Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who is the top Cubs first baseman of the quarter century? Welcome back to BCB After Dark, the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and join us. We’re always glad to welcome a friend. There’s no cover charge. We still have one or two tables available. Br...2025
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• Rizzo humbled by Clemente Award honor
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• Dodgers slowed by Cubs' fast start in G4 loss
With Clayton Kershaw and Rich Hill out of the way temporarily, the Cubs went back to being the Cubs on Wednesday night. Slumping Addison Russell and Anthony Rizzo homered in a 10-2 blowout win over the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium to deadlock the best-of-seven National League Championship Series at two games apiece....2016
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• Braves fall short in slugfest vs. Cubs
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....2017
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• Lester, Rizzo lead Cubs in 5-HR, 16-run rout
Jon Lester hit his first Major League home run, notched his 2,000th career strikeout and got homers from Anthony Rizzo, Ian Happ and Javier Baez, to post a 16-4 victory over the D-backs on Tuesday night and continue the Cubs' hot second-half run....2017
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• Cards' Central lead cut as Cubs gain ground
Having watched his club be swept and outscored, 15-4, during a June visit to St. Louis, Cubs manager Joe Maddon hoped they would make a September statement upon returning to Busch Stadium for a series budding with playoff implications. Consider that challenge met, as the Cubs, despite a spirited comeback attempt by the Cardinals, held on for an 8-5 victory Tuesday night behind seven RBIs from Star...2015
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• Cards rally, but Central lead down to 4 1/2
Having watched his club be swept and outscored, 15-4, during a June visit to St. Louis, Cubs manager Joe Maddon hoped they would make a September statement upon returning to Busch Stadium for a series budding with playoff implications. Consider that challenge met, as the Cubs, despite a spirited comeback attempt by the Cardinals, held on for an 8-5 victory Tuesday night behind seven RBIs from Star...2015
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• Rizzo knocks in 6, but Cubs lose Schwarber
Anthony Rizzo tied his career-high with six RBIs as the Cubs had 14 runs on 14 hits, but they lost left fielder Kyle Schwarber to a left ankle sprain in the second inning....2016
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• Lester, 5 HRs spur Cubs to 7th straight
Dexter Fowler, Kyle Schwarber and Anthony Rizzo each homered in the fifth inning, and Schwarber added another two-run shot in the seventh plus an RBI single in the eighth, backing Jon Lester and powering the Cubs to a 9-2 victory Thursday over the Brewers at Wrigley Field for their 13th win in the past 14 games....2015
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• 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 25

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images The Cubs sweep the Astros to close a successful homestand. Every season is an entity onto its own. You watch enough seasons and they start to feel like one long homogenous mass. But when you sort them out, or more specifically when one is going on, you can really feel that individuality. And so, as we sit in front of this currently unfolding season, th...2024
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• Cubs' Hype-Filled Roster Still at Least a Year Away from MLB Success
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• Hey, Tom Ricketts! You need to get Kyle Tucker signed now — and not just for baseball reasons
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• Chicago Cubs vs. San Diego Padres preview, Saturday 4/5, 1:20 CT

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images The Cubs go for their fifth straight win. Saturday notes: YOUR FIRST-PLACE CUBS: With their 6-4 record, the Cubs begin today in first place by half a game over the Cardinals (4-3). Last year, the Cubs were not atop the division until April 29, after 29 games, when they were 18-11 and up by half a game. They lost the next day, slipping to second, and n...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona Diamondbacks preview, Sunday 3/30, 3:10 CT

Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images The Cubs go for the series win. Sunday notes... CHASE FIELD, THE FRIENDLY CONFINES?: With their win last night, the Cubs have won two of three games to begin a series at Arizona for the eighth time in their last nine visits. The only failure was three straight losses in 2023. Their run of success began in 2016, when the Cubs also won the fourth game of a series....2025
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• Hey, Tom Ricketts! You need to get Kyle Tucker signed now — and not just for baseball reasons
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• With Alexander Canario gone, how many Cubs remain from the 2021 selloff?
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• Assorted thoughts on the Braves’ commitment to Jurickson Profar

Photo by Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images Did the Braves wiggle out of their comfort zone? Does it matter? I considered titling this post, “So Profar, So Good,” but, that seemed to make little sense at this juncture, and that was a headline-in-the-sand I’m not willing to cross at this point. Did the Atlanta Braves do well by signing Jurickson Profar to a three-year, $42 million de...2025
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 156

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports A three-game sweep sets up a fight to the finish. As easy as one, two, three! Okay, well, it wasn’t easy. But, the Cubs took care of a woeful (on the road) Rockies team in business-like fashion. This season has been so many things that we don’t always see from the Cubs. I’ve talked about it several times regarding their ability to come off the mat and rebound...2023
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 64
Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/MLB Photos via Getty Images Class dismissed! Kyle is vintage Professor in a 4-0 win Some of you might not remember, but when your team wins back-to-back games, that’s called a winning streak. Yeah, it’s not really that long. Somehow, they won two straight against the Rays. I mean, not really just “somehow.” This team basically has one way it wins games: A domina...2023
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 1
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Hope springs eternal! Welcome back for the 10th season of Heroes and Goats. I can remember back to 2014 when Al Yellon asked the Bleed Cubbie Blue faithful if any of them had ideas for new features. Me? I wouldn’t describe myself as particularly creative. But I well remember when Russ La Croix conceived Heroes and Goats. I was from the beginning a fan o...2023
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• Tom Ricketts said ‘spend.’ Crane Kenney said the Cubs aren’t done spending. Time to spend, Jed Hoyer
Jed Hoyer talks to reporters before the Field of Dreams Game last August | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images A look at where the Cubs stand 107 days to Opening Day. Okay, I admit it. That’s kind of a clickbaity headline. And as you know, I have often preached patience to those who say, “Why aren’t the Cubs signing anyone RIGHTFREAKINGNOW?” And in fact, the Cubs have spent some money thi...2022
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• Rizzo, Bryant not in Cubs lineup amid trade buzz

The Cubs' Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant weren't in Thursday's lineup amid speculation both players could be traded....2021
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• Yankees P Aroldis Chapman autographed an Astros' trash-can sign
The Houston Astros have already experienced plenty of trolling from players and fans during spring training. As the fallout continues from their cheating scandal, New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman had a little fun at their expense by signing a trash-can sign. Chapman, who hasn’t been afraid of trolling the Astros, seemed to enjoy the “Houston Trashtros” sign and was more than happy to autogr...2020
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