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• MLB appears to have adopted an even less fan-friendly weather policy

During a weather delay April 2 at Rate Field | Matt Marton-Imagn Images It’s as if the league has nothing but contempt for its fans. Last week, I wrote about how MLB apparently botched a rain delay in a Phillies/Braves game in Atlanta. They made the teams wait two hours and 45 minutes even though this was getaway day for both teams. It was a divisional game and could have easily been suspe...2025
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• First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Padres, Monday 4/14, 8:40 CT

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• GDT: An AL East Bash

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• Red Sox 3, White Sox 1: Crochet’s nearly picture-perfect return

Shane Smith had another successful outing, but it wasn’t enough for the win. | Matt Marton-Imagn Images The South Siders drop the Sunday finale, 3-1 It was a near picture-perfect ending from Garrett Crochet in his return to Chicago, as the Boston Red Sox took the third game of this set to avoid the sweep, 3-1. In what we knew already was going to be a pitchers’ duel did not disappoint, as ...2025
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Guardians

Can Sean Burke spark slumping Sox? | Matt Marton-Imagn Images Chicago seeks snakebite cure as Burke looks to halt six-game skid Prior to the game, the White Sox tweeted out a few roster updates. The Chicago White Sox have agreed to terms with OF Travis Jankowski on a minor-league deal.— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) April 9, 2025 Chicago DFA’d Jankowski three days ago when they acti...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Best sign tonight?

Matt Marton-Imagn Images The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks what was the most encouraging part of tonight’s win. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the grooviest get-together of night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Thanks for stopping by. Come in and get warm. We can check your coat for you. We still have a couple of available tables. Bring your own be...2025
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• Gamethread: White Sox at Guardians

Shane Smith is looking to help the Sox find some winning ways. | Matt Marton-Imagn Images Seeking solace in Cleveland, Chicago aims to snap five-game losing streak The South Siders made a couple of moves prior to this afternoon's contest. First off, we've got Tyler Gilbert coming up and Brandon Eisert going down. Prior to today’s series opener at Cleveland, the Chicago White Sox retur...2025
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• Cubs 7, Padres 1: Pitching, defense and three-run homers

Matt Marton-Imagn Images And a catch for the ages by Ian Happ. If you’ve been around baseball long enough, you probably remember today’s recap headline as a statement from longtime Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver when asked what wins baseball games. “Pitching, defense and three-run homers” was always Weaver’s response, and the Cubs got all three on another chilly Saturday afternoon a...2025
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• Braves News: Sean Murphy bounceback, Braves on TBS, more

Matt Marton-Imagn Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Wednesday Sam took a look at why Sean Murphy could bounce back this year and that is perhaps an underrated tertiary variable (behind the recoveries of Strider and Acuna) for the Braves’ 2025 season. Murphy was fantastic in 2023, but dramatically fell off in 2024 both offensively and to a lesser extent defensively. It is easy to po...2025
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• Vikings Links: Offseason Planning Has Begun

Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images Will the team be able to build a championship roster? This offseason is off to a great start. The debates are going to be fierce but great. What will and should they do at QB? When will they extend KOC and KAM? What positions will they target in free agency and then the draft? Will they trade for or away anyone? Will someone answer the dang phone? How ...2025
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• Braves News: Rumor mill, Braves remain quiet, more

Matt Marton-Imagn Images Atlanta Braves news and notes from Saturday Spencer Strider is a huge swing point of the 2025 season for Atlanta. There is a world in which he returns just as he left and immediately slots in early in the season as an ace level starter again and coasts at that level into the playoffs. There is another world in which he is never the same after his injury and settles...2025
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• Who should the Brewers target for a bullpen upgrade?

Matt Marton-Imagn Images The Brewers have regularly developed internally for the bullpen, but there are external options to consider When it comes to relief pitchers, the Brewers have preferred to look at internal candidates as much as possible. Additions to the relief core have come mainly through trades and minor league deals, with a few smaller contracts here and there. Spending on outs...2024
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• 3 bold predictions: Kyren Williams gets another hat trick

Matt Marton-Imagn Images Special teams earns LA’s second win of the season The Los Angeles Rams will take on the Green Bay Packers with hopes of avoiding a 1-4 start to the season. It will not be an easy task. Sean McVay has lost his last four matchups against his former offensive coordinator, Matt LaFleur, including a playoff loss in 2021. Nothing is impossible though, which brings us to...2024
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• Fantasy football running back rankings: Top 60 RBs in standard leagues for Week 5

Matt Marton-Imagn Images Kate Magdziuk shares her Week 5 running back rankings for standard scoring leagues and highlights several streaming options. The fantasy football season has had its ups and downs through the first four weeks, but running backs have certainly had their moments. Consider the fact that seven different RBs scored 20 or more fantasy points in Week 4, with two of them (D...2024
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• Winners & Losers: Anemic offensive outing sinks Rams in Chicago

Matt Marton-Imagn Images Matthew Stafford commits two, nearly three, turnovers as Rams fall short in Chicago It’s been a theme for the Los Angeles Rams over their last six games or so: field goals won’t get the job done and the team needs to be more effective in the red zone. That theme was ever important against the Chicago Bears as LA settled for five attempts by rookie kicker Josh Karty...2024
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"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!"

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"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."

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• Game Thread: White Sox at Guardians
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• Pitching, miscues result in second loss for Padres

Nick Pivetta | Matt Marton-Imagn Images Nick Pivetta lasts just three innings in second start for San Diego For the second game in as many days, a San Diego Padres starting pitcher struggled with command, walked in a run and suffered a loss at the hands of the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Padres starter Nick Pivetta labored through three innings of work. He threw 76 pitches over that spa...2025
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• Cubs 7, Padres 1: Pitching, defense and three-run homers
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• BCB After Dark: Who should close for the Cubs?

Hodge pitches the ninth inning against the Reds in September | Matt Marton-Imagn Images The Cubs will head to Japan on Wednesday Welcome to your late week, late night indie coffee shop where we are listening to some easy going tunes while we serve up all your favorite beverages. If you’re looking for a local craft beer we’ve got you covered. If a cup of tea or decaf coffee is your pleasure...2025
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• Vikings Links: Offseason Planning Has Begun
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• Braves News: Rumor mill, Braves remain quiet, more
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• Who should the Brewers target for a bullpen upgrade?
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• Caleb Williams made history at the Rams’ expense on Sunday

Matt Marton-Imagn Images And the hits just keep on coming for the Rams’ struggling defense The Los Angeles Rams have had their fair share of problems on defense this season and those issues reared their ugly head again in Sunday’s loss to the Bears. Rookie quarterback Caleb Williams struggled throughout the first three games, yet in Chicago’s 24-18 win, the top overall pick managed to piec...2024
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• The 2024 Brewers are winning with balance

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Milwaukee’s squad has as many positive contributors as any in team history The 2024 Milwaukee Brewers were not a team with high outside expectations. Most national pundits had them finishing fourth or even fifth in the division; we’ve heard this story a lot at this point in the season, but it was thought that the loss of the team’s two ace pitchers (Corbin Burn...2024
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• Pitching, miscues result in second loss for Padres
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• The 10 best Cubs photos of 2024

Getty Images There was a lot of fun in the 2024 Cubs season, despite missing the playoffs. Here are some photos to celebrate. As we approach the end of 2024, it’s time to post various year-end reviews. So as has been my practice in previous years, I am today posting 10 of what I think are the best Cubs photos of the past season. (There are a few more than 10 total photos here; consider the...2024
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• 3 bold predictions: Kyren Williams gets another hat trick
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• NFC West standings, Week 4: 49ers snap losing skid, Rams and Cardinals in danger

Matt Marton-Imagn Images It won’t take much more for this to be a two-team race in the NFC West between the Seahawks and 49ers. The Seattle Seahawks won’t play their Week 4 game until Monday against the Detroit Lions. Depending on the result, Seattle will either remain at least two games ahead of the rest of the NFC West, or hold just a one-game edge on the reigning NFC champion San Franc...2024
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• The future of the White Sox is bleak, with or without Pedro Grifol

Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images It was probably time to give the skipper his walking papers, but the woes of the Pale Hose run deep. On Tuesday night, the Chicago White Sox finally put an end to Major League Baseball’s longest losing streak this century. At 21 games, it tied the American League record held by the 1988 Baltimore Orioles, who infamously went 0-21 to start the season. That...2024
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• Game Thread #112: Milwaukee Brewers (62-49) @ Atlanta Braves (60-51)

Matt Marton-USA TODAY Sports Series in Atlanta begins tough stretch of schedule The Milwaukee Brewers and Atlanta Braves start a three-game set tonight at Truist Park, a week after the Braves took two of three from the Brewers in Milwaukee. Since then, the Brewers dropped two of three in Washington and the Braves split a four-game set with the Miami Marlins at home. The Brewers have been s...2024
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• Cub Tracks keeps on runnin’

Matt Marton-Imagn Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. De Padres fell prey to the agony of de feet and the goose laid an egg on their plans. 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...2025
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• 3 bold predictions: Kyren Williams gets another hat trick
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• The future of the White Sox is bleak, with or without Pedro Grifol
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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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• 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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• Red Sox 3, White Sox 1: Crochet’s nearly picture-perfect return
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• White Sox starting rotation surprisingly ranks top-three in the league

Sean Burke’s Opening Day performance was a gem. Let’s see if he can keep it going. | Matt Marton-Imagn Images Yep, you read that right — your eyes are not deceiving you The White Sox starting rotation has risen to the top of national media attention, and for once, it’s not in an insulting way. Coming off their 2024 season, when Chicago had the sixth-worst rotation ERA and fourth-worst WH...2025
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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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