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• Atlanta Braves at Arizona Diamondbacks game thread

Sale looks to continue to thrive | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports The Braves are taking on the Diamondbacks in game two of the series The Atlanta Braves are taking on the Arizona Diamondbacks after their dramatic extra innings win last night. Tonight’s matchup will feature a premium pitching matchup. Of course, that seems to happen fairly often with the top three that the Braves’ rotation cu...2024
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 88 thread: Cole Ragans vs. Kyle Freeland

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports K-Free is still in search of his first win of the season With the Royals in town for a three-game series and another fireworks display set for Friday night, the Rockies make progress in two areas with a win: they could give Kyle Freeland (0-3, 7.94 ERA) a shot at his first win of the season and they could win two in a row at home for the first time since May 26...2024
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• Gamethread: Rockies at White Sox

Garrett Crochet will continue his All-Star season this afternoon against the Colorado Rockies. | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Battle of the bottom-tier continues as the South Siders look to sweep Happy Sunday, Sox fans. Today, the Chicago White Sox will play the third and final game in this series against the Colorado Rockies, as they look to complete their first sweep since April, and j...2024
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• Cubs vs. Brewers Saturday 6/29 game threads

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• First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Giants, Thursday 6/27, 2:45 CT

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Go get ‘em, Shōta....2024
• Astros 4, White Sox 1: The same old, same old

Andrew Benintendi, the $75 million dollar man, hit his fifth dinger of 2024. | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Good starting pitching and no offense — a tale as old as time The White Sox missed another opportunity to secure a series victory by losing tonight to the Houston Astros, 4-1. Their last series win was more than a month ago, when they took three out of four games from Cleveland. Yo...2024
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 88 thread: Cole Ragans vs. Kyle Freeland
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• Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals preview, Sunday 6/16, 12:05 CT

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs go for the series win. Sunday notes... HOME RUN HAPP-ENINGS: Ian Happ’s three-run homer in the seventh inning yesterday was the Cubs’ eighth of the season with two runners on base. They have hit 19 with one aboard and three with the bases loaded, for a total of 30 multi-run homers. That is 44.1 percent of the Cubs’ 68 total homers. They have not fini...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ unfriendly Cards

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Stinkin’ Cardinals win and Jordan Wicks is headed back to the IL. Jed Hoyer’s seat has to be getting warm. 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 basebal...2024
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• Braves News: Ian Anderson throws live BP, offensive horrors continue, and more

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta Braves news and notes from Tuesday. Justin Toscano of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution provided a promising update on Atlanta Braves pitcher Ian Anderson, who underwent Tommy John surgery in April 2023. Ian Anderson (Tommy John rehab) threw live batting practice on Monday. He's expected to do it again in a few days. No word on when a rehab assignment ...2024
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Philadelphia Phillies

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Division leaders clash in big National League series In a major early-season test for the young Milwaukee Brewers, the National-League-Central-leading squad will take on the National-League-East-leading Philadelphia Phillies in a three-game series at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The Brewers come in hot: Milwaukee has won five straight and eight of their ...2024
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• Gamethread: White Sox at Yankees

Chris Flexen will look to pick up his third win of the season. | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Old friend alert: Carlos Rodón will face his former team to secure the sweep Happy Sunday, Sox fans! Today, the Chicago White Sox will face the New York Yankees and hopefully come out of it with a win to avoid a series sweep in The Bronx. The Yankees are red-hot, and have slowed down the slight s...2024
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• Game Thread #33: Milwaukee Brewers (20-12) @ Chicago Cubs (20-14)

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Series to be decided this afternoon The Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs face off today in the rubber match of the first series between the teams since Craig Counsell defected south last offseason. On the hill to determine the outcome of this blood feud will be the Brewers’ well-rested ace, Freddy Peralta, against the Cubs’ Javier Assad. Peralta, of course, w...2024
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• Braves News: Arcia treated with caution, game postponement, more

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday The Braves’ game on Wednesday was postponed to June 27th at 4:10 PM ET, which was highly predictable due to a large mix of frozen and non-frozen precipitation that was known to be coming in for days. It is a bit questionable that it wasn’t postponed earlier than it was, but weather can be unpredictable and the logist...2024
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• Gamethread: Rockies at White Sox
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• Cub Tracks’ no one here gets out alive

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. Five to one, baby. Weird scenes from the Confines as the Cubs claim victory and open the door to 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 bas...2024
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• Brewers fall just short in second straight comeback bid

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Cubs take game two of the series 6-5 Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers weren’t quite able to make it two straight comeback wins against the Chicago Cubs as they came up just short this afternoon. Tobias Myers, Milwaukee’s starter, struggled through three innings, while his counterpart, Jameson Taillon, cut through the Brewers lineup like a hot knife through butte...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The story of the Colorado Rockies’ rally ski helmet

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies News and Notes for Monday, April 8, 2024 Last week, I wrote about the Colorado Rockies new “rally ski helmet,” a much-needed celebration given that most MLB teams created one in 2023 while the Rockies opted out. As you know by now, those days are history. The Rockies are now sitting with the cool kids at the Home Run Celebration Table in the M...2024
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• Royals 2, White Sox 1: How bad can it get?

Time to bring out the bags. | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Now Luis Robert Jr. is injured. Is this rock-bottom? Another humiliating loss is in the books for the White Sox. The game remained 1-1 until the eighth inning when the Royals moved ahead. What happened next? Pain. But we’ll get to that later. The Royals struck first when Salvador Pérez doubled to center to send Vinnie Pasquantin...2024
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• Braves News: Arcia treated with caution, game postponement, more
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• The Daily Belli watch: 1 day to the Cubs Spring Training opener

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Cubs spring baseball happens tomorrow! I’m going to begin this installment of the Daily Belli with these comments from reporter Bruce Levine: "Both sides need each other."@MLBBruceLevine on the Cubs and Cody Bellinger.— Marquee Sports Network (@WatchMarquee) February 21, 2024 He’s absolutely right. The Cubs are the best fit for Cody Bellinger and he is a ...2024
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• The Daily Belli watch: 21 days to the Cubs Spring Training opener

Daytime version of yesterday’s photo | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs will be playing baseball soon... hopefully WITH Cody Bellinger. There’s some big news from one of the Cubs’ NL Central rivals, a trade that happened late Thursday: Full trade, sources tell me and @kileymcd :Baltimore receives: RHP Corbin BurnesMilwaukee receives: IF Joey Ortiz, LHP D.L. Hall and the 34th pick in...2024
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• Braves News: Starting rotation strength, Ian Anderson expectations, and more

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Atlanta Braves news and notes from Friday Friday marked another slow day on the news front for the Atlanta Braves. However, Braves Fest is just a week away and will be held at the Battery on Saturday, January 27. The free event will give fans the opportunity to interact with players, coaches, and more. Until then, there are a couple notes surrounding the Braves...2024
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• Astros 4, White Sox 1: The same old, same old
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• Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers @ Philadelphia Phillies
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• Game Thread #33: Milwaukee Brewers (20-12) @ Chicago Cubs (20-14)
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• Royals 2, White Sox 1: How bad can it get?
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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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• Monday Rockpile and Pebble Report: The inevitability of 100

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Colorado Rockies news and links for Monday, September 25th, 2023 On Sunday afternoon in the Windy City, the Colorado Rockies were swept by the Chicago Cubs. The loss was their 99th of the season, cementing a new franchise record for losses with seven games remaining in the 2023 season. For reaching the century mark in losses it appears to be no longer a matter ...2023
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 144

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs salvage a winning homestand with a 5-2 win in the finale. As a new week dawns, we first have to close the book on the one that just ended. Sunday afternoon, the Cubs salvaged one game in the series with the Diamondbacks. In doing so, they finished off a winning homestand. Baseball, very much like life, is so often measured by context and perspective. F...2023
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 142

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Truly a game of inches; Cubs lose 1-0. Friday, I attended a baseball game for the first time in the calendar year 2023 (other than a spring game between the Tigers and Red Sox). Unlike the overwhelming majority of any of you out there who also attended a game Friday, the home team was the winner. The home team rode a couple of late homers to a 7-4 victory. And...2023
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• Gamethread: White Sox at Royals

Touki Toussaint takes the bump in tonight’s battle of retreads. | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Struggling South Siders still seeking first win of Getz tenure It really is impressive that in spite of reaching new heights in embarrassing ways to lose to the Kansas City Royals this week, the White Sox — who remain a game-and-a-half up on the Rockies for the third-worst record in the league, a...2023
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• Guardians 7, White Sox 0: No sweep for the moms

Andrew Vaughn and his pink outfit were unable to produce a run for the White Sox, who drop the game, 7-0, this Mother’s Day | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Ah yes, the South Siders we all know and love are back The Chicago White Sox will end their win streak at four games and are unable to pick up the sweep against the Cleveland Guardians. Instead, they were shutout, 7-0. We’ve covered way...2024
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• Gamethread: Guardians at White Sox

You know it’s been a great game when Southpaw is out on the field with the players. | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Do the South Siders have a Mother’s Day miracle in store? To all the #SoxMoms out there, Happy Mother's Day! pic.twitter.com/lPgb9qw1Ce— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) May 12, 2024 Happy Mother’s Day to all of the amazing mothers out there. The biggest gift that you coul...2024
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• Monday Rockpile: The story of the Colorado Rockies’ rally ski helmet
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• Royals 2, White Sox 1: How bad can it get?
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• BCB After Dark: Who will be the King of K?

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who will lead the pitching staff in strikeouts Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the grooviest get-together for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Please come on in and sit with us. There’s no cover charge. We still have a few tables available. Bring your own beverage. BCB After Dark is...2024
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• Money talks: Craig Counsell will be the next manager of the Chicago Cubs

Craig Counsell and David Ross shake hands on Opening Day at Wrigley Field in 2022 | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports There are some really interesting financial elements informing this decision In early December 2021 I was grumbling to myself about free agent signings and deals right before the lockout as I was walking to get coffee. It was right after now World Series champions Marcus Semien ...2023
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 156
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• Monday Rockpile and Pebble Report: The inevitability of 100
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 144
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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 4, Rockies 3: Sweep!

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs just need to keep winning, and good things will follow. Another day, another comeback win for the Chicago Cubs, and they continue to control their own destiny for the postseason. Patrick Wisdom’s two-run homer in the sixth gave the Cubs the lead, and they held on for a 4-3 win over the Rockies, sweeping the three-game series. The one-run win moved the ...2023
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• Shawn Johnson gets engaged after throwing first pitch
As far as first pitches go, Shawn Johnson’s has to be one of the more memorable ones. No, it’s not because she sailed one wide like 50 Cent or failed to make it anywhere close to home plate like Carly Rae Jepsen. Instead, the gymnast’s first pitch was memorable for what happened after the actual throw. As the Olympic gold-medalist walked off the field after the first pitch Friday afternoon, her bo...2015
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• Cubs 10, Rangers 3: Clicking on all cylinders
Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs got excellent starting pitching again, and a varied offense. The complaint department is closed! I could get used to THIS kind of game, too. The Cubs got good pitching again — and this time offense that included a couple of home runs, as they routed the Rangers 10-3 for their third win in a row. One other thing I want to mention before going through al...2023
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• Windy City Gridiron: David Montgomery is ‘a true three-down back’
Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Breaking down everything about new Lions RB David Montgomery with the help of Bears writers. It’s official, Jamaal Williams is headed for New Orleans after two really fun years with the Detroit Lions. In his place is a very intriguing new Lion in former Bears running back David Montgomery. The hardest part about all of this is that Williams was such a fun guy ...2023
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• Five reasons I am thankful for the 2022 Cubs
Willson Contreras celebrates a walkoff single against the Brewers on August 20 | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports There were some really joyous moments amidst a middling baseball season. I’ve been a Cubs fan for the vast majority of my conscious life. My first major league baseball memory is the Sandberg Game, and that was really it for me. I was in love with the ivy, the bleachers and the blu...2022
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• Tigers 10, White Sox 0: Bad things happen to bad people

A double-digit loss to the third-place Tigers does not feel like a fresh start. | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Detroit rookie shuts down South Side offense Nothing about this season has made sense, and I don’t expect it to any time soon. That is why when a rookie with an ERA of more than five held the White Sox offense to exactly zero runs, I was not surprised. Even less surprising was th...2023
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• Atlanta Braves at Arizona Diamondbacks game thread
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 88 thread: Cole Ragans vs. Kyle Freeland
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• Astros 4, White Sox 1: The same old, same old
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• Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis Cardinals preview, Sunday 6/16, 12:05 CT
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• Cub Tracks’ no one here gets out alive
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• White Sox 7, Red Sox 2: Wait, they won?!

A small celebration between Andrew Vaughn and Paul DeJong after a fourth-inning rally. | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Are you standing up? Where do I even begin? The White Sox pulled off the unthinkable and broke their 14-game losing streak! Garrett Crochet, who was the starting pitcher in the last three wins, shoved tonight. He got through six innings with 91 pitches and 10 strikeouts. H...2024
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• Cub Tracks’ no one here gets out alive
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 156
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• South Side Sox Summary: Week 23

Chris Getz is all smiles, while the rest of us are steeped in anger. | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Off-the-field drama again grabs the headlines Welcome to the SSS Summary — a little review of what happened this past week in Chicago White Sox baseball, including on-the-field play, the front office jibber-jabber, and everything in between. Even if you don’t want to remember what happened,...2023
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• 2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 54
Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs win their second straight over the Rays It certainly isn’t a new phenomenon that good pitching is contagious. This has been observed as long as I’ve watched baseball. In reality, there are surely some good explanations that go with it. Some really good scouting/game planning against a particular team, catching a team at just the right time, or just bei...2023
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• 2022 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 121
Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports A pitchers’ duel was spoiled by an old foe; Cubs lose 1-0 I wish the outcome of this one was less foreseeable. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I didn’t see a 1-0 game or the Cubs only getting one hit while being “Maddux’d” coming. But did most of us see Albert Pujols hitting a key homer coming after he found the fountain of youth at 42? Somehow, the veteran slugger...2022
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• The terrible agony of hope
Dylan didn’t have his best, but the White Sox won. | Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Liveblogging how much every moment contains the universe As I start this article, on Tuesday, shortly before the (presumed) pitching match of the year and the latest in the Most Important Game of the Year for the White Sox, my dog scrabbling at the floor, desperately trying to retrieve a ratty tennis ball th...2022
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