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• The Rundown Lite: Busch Faced Lefty, Turner Flashes Fake Nuts, Misiorowski Shoves ,Pressly Saves
Okay, let’s see if we can knock this one out in a quicker fashion than usual. Friday home games mean the editorial cycle is more compressed, and I’ve got at least three pieces to publish before 1:20pm CT. The Cubs are coming off a tight victory in the opener that we’ll get to in a … The post The Rundown Lite: Busch Faced Lefty, Turner Flashes Fake Nuts, Misiorowski Shoves ,...2025
• The Rundown Lite: Jed Hoyer’s Neon Vacancy Sign, Players Think Highly of North Side, Wade Miley Again Named as Tyler Skaggs Drug Source
You ever have one of those weeks where you just can’t figure out what day it is? That’s me this week. My sense of time is all out of whack because the typical touchstones I rely upon have been moved around more than once over the past month. I suppose that’s fitting with The Life … The post The Rundown Lite: Jed Hoyer’s Neon Vacancy Sign, Players Think Highly of North...2025
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• The Rundown Lite: Ian Happ Bouncing Back, Potential Trade Chips, Injury Updates
Frequent readers have probably noticed that our regular Rundown feature has ostensibly disappeared, but I’ve been reluctant to usurp the name for even a one-off piece here and there in hopes that we’ll get it back. While hope remains for that eventuality, I figured I’d leverage it to get out a few nuggets ahead of … The post The Rundown Lite: Ian Happ Bouncing Back, Potenti...2025
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• The Rundown Lite: Cubs Channeling Rocky Balboa, Aggressive Baserunning Paying Dividends, Justin Turner’s Struggles
The immortal Rocky Balboa told us in the eponymous 2006 film that it ain’t about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done. Based on how the Cubs have played this season, it … The post The Rundown Lite: Cubs Channeling Rocky Balboa, Aggressive Baserunning Paying Di...2025
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• The Rundown Lite: Happ’s Hard-Luck Liner, Horton’s Future, Cubs 4th in MLB Power Rankings

If you’re reading this, you managed to survive yet another wild weekend of Cubs baseball. Friday’s game was particularly anomalous, with both teams combining to score 21 runs in the 7th and 8th innings. It was the first time in Wrigley Field’s history that 10 or more runs were scored by each team in two … The post The Rundown Lite: Happ’s Hard-Luck Liner, Horton’...2025
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• The Rundown Lite: PCA Now Team WAR Leader, Softer Schedule Coming, I-Cubs Explode for 20 Runs
Our intrepid Rundown writer is spending the next couple days moving, so I’m going to pinch-hit in the meantime. Since I can’t adequately replicate either his volume or cadence, this will just be a collection of three topics that don’t necessitate stand-alone pieces. I’ll warn you up front that I’ve spent too much time lately … The post The Rundown Lite: PCA Now ...2025

2025
"I’ll warn you up front that I’ve spent too much time lately … The post The Rundown Lite: PCA Now Team WAR Leader, Softer Schedule Coming, I-Cubs Explode for 20 Runs appeared first on ."

2024
"However, I did want to have something here in honor of our longtime tentpole writer because it looks like Mike made it out the … The post The Rundown Lite: Cubs Mount Comebacks, Ohtani Crushes Skenes, Canter Pulls Through appeared first on Cubs Insider."

2023
"As such, we’ll have three editorials and a few bullets with a … The post The Rundown Lite: Cubs FO Building Lego Kits, David Ross 4th-Handsomest Manager, Correa May Finally Have New(ish) Home appeared first on Cubs Insider."

2022
"We’re still a little ways out from having automated strike zones, but the Cubs are already using robots to help … The post The Rundown Lite: Cubs Using Advanced Pitching Robots, Updated Prospect Rankings, Reyes Raking appeared first on Cubs Insider."

• The Rundown Lite: Dansby Swanson’s Mental Health Journey, Robert Stock Lands with Brewers, Mets Extend Jeff McNeil for Cheap
For a variety of reasons, I’ve come to appreciate the Dansby Swanson signing to an increasing degree in the time since the deal was announced. It started with the contract looking better on paper than those signed by other top shortstops — and I don’t mean that I’m glad the Cubs “saved” money — then … The post The Rundown Lite: Dansby Swanson’s...2023
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• The Rundown Lite: Recap of CubsCon ’23 Opening Ceremonies
“I wish my parents and Ron Santo were alive to see this.” – Pat Hughes Good morning, Mr. and Mrs. America and all ships at sea! It’s Cubs Convention weekend and I’ve got to get over to the Grand Sheraton so this will be a quick one. I’ll write something more significant this evening. The … The post The Rundown Lite: Recap of CubsCon ’23 Opening Cerem...2023
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• The Rundown Lite: Recap of CubsCon ’23 Opening Ceremonies
“I wish my parents and Ron Santo were alive to see this.” – Pat Hughes Good morning Mr. and Mrs. America and all ships at sea! It’s Cubs Convention weekend and I’ve got to get over to the Grand Sheraton so this will be a quick one. I’ll write something more significant this evening. The … The post The Rundown Lite: Recap of CubsCon ’23 Opening Ceremo...2023
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• The Rundown Lite: Cubs FO Building Lego Kits, David Ross 4th-Handsomest Manager, Correa May Finally Have New(ish) Home
Our inimitable Rundown scribe is attending to family matters today, so you’re stuck with me. I’ll be dispensing with the traditional format of this column because Michael has a better feel for the flow when it comes to the various sections and bullets. As such, we’ll have three editorials and a few bullets with a … The post The Rundown Lite: Cubs FO Building Lego Kits, Davi...2023
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• The Rundown Lite: Busch Faced Lefty, Turner Flashes Fake Nuts, Misiorowski Shoves ,Pressly Saves
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• The Rundown Lite: Jed Hoyer’s Neon Vacancy Sign, Players Think Highly of North Side, Wade Miley Again Named as Tyler Skaggs Drug Source
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• The Rundown Lite: Ian Happ Bouncing Back, Potential Trade Chips, Injury Updates
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• The Rundown Lite: Cubs Channeling Rocky Balboa, Aggressive Baserunning Paying Dividends, Justin Turner’s Struggles
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• The Rundown Lite: Happ’s Hard-Luck Liner, Horton’s Future, Cubs 4th in MLB Power Rankings
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• The Rundown Lite: PCA Now Team WAR Leader, Softer Schedule Coming, I-Cubs Explode for 20 Runs
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• The Rundown Lite: Cubs Mount Comebacks, Ohtani Crushes Skenes, Canter Pulls Through

I’ve got neither the time nor the ability to put together the type of column you’re used to seeing from the inimitable Michael Edward Canter, so I’m not going to try. However, I did want to have something here in honor of our longtime tentpole writer because it looks like Mike made it out the … The post The Rundown Lite: Cubs Mount Comebacks, Ohtani Crushes Skenes, Canter P...2024
• The Rundown Lite: Morel’s Mercurial Performance, Bellinger’s Knee, Taillon’s BABIP, Fulmer’s Future, Contreras Catching Again
It’d be much easier to operate this site and the dormant Rant Live podcast if the responsibilities of life didn’t keep getting in the way. We’re still planning to get the pod back up and running at some point and we’re really hoping Mr. Canter is back for his regular column soon, but you’re stuck … The post The Rundown Lite: Morel’s Mercurial Performance, ...2023