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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 99

Matt Marton-Imagn Images It was close for quite a while... and then it wasn’t. Reminder: Thomas Smith is on vacation and will return next Monday to cover the final game of the White Sox series. As the great Sarah Langs might say... Wheeeeee! (Not in a good way for the Cubs, though.) Fangraphs The Cubs had as much as an 80.5 percent chance of winning this game in the sixt...2025
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• Watch Ronald Acuña, Jr.’s perfect outfield throw (over and over again)

Photo by David J. Griffin/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images “The Throw” was one of the greatest outfield assists in baseball history. Last night against the New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves right fielder Ronald Acuña, Jr. made an absolute perfect throw to third baseman Nacho Alvarez, Jr. resulting in one of the most stunningly amazing outfield assists in the history of the game. That’s no h...2025
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• National League wins All-Star game in swing-off, 4-3

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images After the game was tied at 6-6 through nine innings, Kyle Schwarber won the game for the National League with three home runs in the swing-off The National League won a tightly contested All-Star Game in the first-ever All-Star swing-off, as Kyle Schwarber was named All-Star Game MVP. Paul Skenes started for the National League, making his second All-Sta...2025
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• Cubs 11, Cardinals 0: After actual rain, the Cubs rained down hits and runs

Matt Marton-Imagn Images The Cubs waited out a rain delay and then unleashed a storm of runs. Matthew Boyd was named a 2025 All-Star and went out Sunday evening and showed why, shutting down the Cardinals for five innings. Meanwhile, his teammates put together a 13-hit attack, including a home run from All-Star snub (at least for now) Seiya Suzuki, and shut out the rival Cardinals 11-0, ta...2025
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• Cubs 5, Guardians 4: You keep me hangin’ on

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images The Cubs survived a ninth-inning Cleveland rally and won the second game of the series. Wednesday night’s game was not Shōta Imanaga’s finest hour. He served up three home runs. Wednesday night’s game was not Daniel Palencia’s best save opportunity. He issued a walk and threw a wild pitch and allowed a run. Despite all that, the Cubs managed just enough ...2025
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• Red Sox’s Wilyer Abreu joins rare MLB list

Bob DeChiara-Imagn Images Wilyer Abreu joins Roger Maris on a rare MLB list Wilyer Abreu had himself quite a night as the Boston Red Sox knocked off the visiting Cincinnati Reds by a final score of 13-6. The Red Sox outfielder went 2-for-5 with both a grand slam and a home run, knocking in five runs in Boston’s victory. But it was how those home runs came about that saw Abreu accomplish so...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Young guns

Photo by John Fisher/Getty Images Wander Franco is sentenced. The injured lists keep growing. A look back at the first half and ahead to the second. And other MLB news. Good morning. I think we have the All-Star Game balloting covered around here already. So I’ll skip that. Rays infielder Wander Franco was found guilty of the sexual abuse of a minor in the Dominican Republic and sentenc...2025
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• Outside The Confines: New White Sox ownership. Eventually.

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images It’s been a long time coming, but it’ll be still be a long time happening. Happy Friday, everyone. The big news around baseball right now is that the White Sox might finally be seeing a change in ownership, but it won’t be happening any time soon. The plan will see billionaire Justin Ishbia take a controlling stake in the Sox by... 2029. So while hope ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 22, 2025

Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images Is Salvy a “hot streak imminent” candidate? David Lesky reacts to the MJ Melendez demotion. I think that’s fair, honestly. I’ve said this before, but of all the options in AAA and the big leagues, I’m not sure there’s a player who can become a middle of the order big league bat who isn’t Melendez. Now some guys are starting to get closer in AA, so that’s...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2025

Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Have they tried turning the bats off and then on again? Kansas City Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. and manager Matt Quatraro talk about a rough series opening against the New York Yankees. “You like to swing the bats a little bit better. Sometimes, you have to give credit to the opposing pitcher, too,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said. “...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Good as Goldschmidt

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images The Yankees’ leadoff man has been unexpectedly clutch for the team. The Yankees are a team built on a lot of money and superstar power, but still, no one would have pointed at Paul Goldschmidt in the lineup and thought he might be the most productive member of the team. Yet, in a recent series against the Tigers, and in fact all through the early part of th...2025
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 11 thread: Tyler Alexander vs. Antonio Senzatela

Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images Zac Veen is back in right field for his 2nd MLB game Antonio Senzatela has had a delightfully surprising — and lucky — start to 2025 after missing most of the last two seasons with injuries. After two starts, Senzatela has a 0.00 ERA, but has given up 19 hits in 9 2⁄3 innings. He has struck out three batters, walked only two, and given up one unearned ru...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Is Mookie Betts trading strike-outs for strikes?

Photo by John E. Moore III/Getty Images (It’s a very clever joke because he bought a bowling league franchise.) It’s not mystery that baseball players, being athletes, are often fond of more than one sport. Plenty of baseball players were on multiple teams in high school and college, lots of guys play golf (some, like Justin Verlander were actually semi-pro, at least according to his old T...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 7, 2025

I was just searching for random stuff and came across a grinning Salvy from 2021 | Photo by Ed Zurga/Getty Images Pitchers and catchers report next week! Guys (and gals), we’re to this point of the offseason: Here’s three minutes and twenty-seven seconds of Vinnie Pasquantino hitting sacrifice flies.Because why not? pic.twitter.com/c9WhyjG0mh— Kansas City Royals (@Royals) February 6, 202...2025
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• Outside The Confines: LA Story

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images The Dodgers break out to a 2-0 lead in the World Series thanks to Freddie Freeman’s dramatic home run. The Yankees and Aaron Judge search for answers. And other news from the World Series and baseball. Good morning. Has anything in baseball happened since Friday? I’m going to assume you know how Game 1 ended and who won Game 2 and that Los Angeles has a two...2024
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 99
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• Match the song title: Paradise Theater

One of the interesting elements of returning to listening to current music over the last four or five years is the realization that bands from when I was young are still making music, albums even. When I stopped keeping up on new releases I guess I just assumed all those '70s and '80s bands and singers stopped playing, too. But, yeah, some of them are still going -- like did you k...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Good as Goldschmidt
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• Tuesday was an historic night of offense for MLB
Patrick Wisdom sparked the Cubs offense on Tuesday night | Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images And the Cubs were right in the thick of it Tuesday night, along about the fifth or sixth inning of the Cubs game I started seeing baseball friends all over social media commenting on pitcher blow-ups around the league. I didn’t think much of it. Baseball is a game of variance, and it’s not uncom...2023
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"co/fmRpEPaP22— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) June 13, 2025 Taillon retired the Pirates 1-2-3 in the fourth and fifth, and issued a one-out walk in the sixth, but the Cubs maintained their 2-0 lead."

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"co/HNCR2O3dLX— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) August 23, 2024 More on the IP HR from BCB’s JohnW53: The Cubs’ previous inside-the-park home run was by Seiya Suzuki, on July 4, 2022, at Milwaukee."

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"co/dJHyrt3QsP— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) August 19, 2023 De La Cruz is a walking human highlight reel on the field."

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"According to journalist Sarah Langs, only one player has led the league by more than 18 home runs in a season: Babe Ruth."

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"“It can’t help but feel different,” said Alanna Rizzo, who will be part of the crew for an Orioles-Rays game alongside Melanie Newman, Sarah Langs, Heidi Watney and Lauren Gardner."

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"com’s Sarah Langs puts his early-season numbers into perspective for us: The 2019 campaign is Castillo’s third in the big leagues and second full season."

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"CSN Bay Area showed some of his highlights from Friday: Once one of the sport's elite pitchers, Lincecum has struggled mightily over the past four seasons, per Sarah Langs of ESPN Stats & Info: He had hip surgery in September."

• Watch Ronald Acuña, Jr.’s perfect outfield throw (over and over again)
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• Outside The Confines: Shohei Ohtani keeps getting better

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images He just achieved a new personal best. Happy Monday, everyone! We’re getting awfully close to the All-Star break, which feels impossible to say, because surely the season just started a month ago, but that also means we’ve got all sorts of fun news and speculation. For starters, bona fide double-threat Shohei Ohtani just outdid himself, setting a new personal best...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Young guns
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• Match the song title: Paradise Theater
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado Rockies preview, Wednesday 5/28, 7:05 CT

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs look to sweep the visitors from Colorado. Wednesday notes... WRIGLEY STREAKS: Tuesday night’s win was the Cubs’ eighth straight at home against the Rockies, going back to Sept. 22, 2023. A win tonight will tie their record in the rivalry of nine straight at Wrigley Field from Oct. 1, 2006, through April 13, 2009. Nine games is the ...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Here comes the Judge

Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Aaron Judge is doing things no one has seen before. So are the Rockies, only that’s bad stuff. Trends over the first month and other news from around MLB. Good morning. Mike Axisa argues that over the last calendar year, no one has ever been as good at the plate as Aaron Judge and that includes Barry Bonds. Bryan Hoch notes that Judge ...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 22, 2025
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• Outside The Confines: Good as Goldschmidt
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• Colorado Rockies game no. 11 thread: Tyler Alexander vs. Antonio Senzatela
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• Cubs 3, Pirates 2: Seiya Suzuki and Pete Crow-Armstrong go deep

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs got some solid pitching and enough home runs to win. The wind was blowing in at Wrigley Field yet again Thursday evening, as it has seemingly for pretty much every home game this year. That didn’t matter to Pete Crow-Armstrong and Seiya Suzuki, who both launched baseballs into the bleachers. Suzuki’s homer wound up the difference in ...2025
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• Cubs 2, Rockies 1: Sweep!

Photo by Daniel Bartel/Getty Images The Cubs took care of business against a surprisingly tenacious Rockies team. It was another unseasonably chilly night at Wrigley Field Wednesday, with temperatures hovering in the mid-50s and the wind, again, blowing in. And the Cubs got what they needed to defeat the Rockies 2-1 and complete a three-game sweep: Pitching, defense and just enough hitting...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Here comes the Judge
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 22, 2025
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• Friday Rockpile: The Rockies need a torpedo-like solution to hitting problems

Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, April 4, 2025 When it comes to what weather will show up on Friday for the Rockies home opener, 9News warns fans of a “precipitation potpourri,” which could include the possibility of graupel, hail and/or rain turning into snow. Friday’s high is 47, so it shouldn’t threaten the 27-degree hom...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Is Mookie Betts trading strike-outs for strikes?
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• Paul Skenes’ dominant season worthy of Rookie of the Year

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images Skenes came in with big expectations and surpassed all of them. It’s hard to put into words how much one player could mean to a sports franchise. Patrick Mahomes to the Kansas City Chiefs, Steph Curry to the Golden State Warriors, Sidney Crosby to the Pittsburgh Penguins. In the same city as Crosby as past greats like Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, Joe...2024
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• Red Sox’s Wilyer Abreu joins rare MLB list
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• Outside The Confines: Young guns
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• Match the song title: Paradise Theater
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• White Sox Minor League Update: April 26, 2025

Luis Reyes had been playing peek-a-boo with his talent this April, but bloomed in a big way on Saturday night. | Kannapolis Cannon Ballers Two squeakers, for Charlotte and Kannapolis, including an outstanding start for Luis Reyes Charlotte Knights 8, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 7 (Statcast Box)Charlotte put on an extraordinary comeback after falling behind 5-0 on the road in the very ...2025
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• Rays 10, Yankees 8: So You’re Telling Me There’s a Chance..?

Jonathan Aranda’s eventful day caps off a four-run rally in the ninth What. A. Game. wheeeeeee! pic.twitter.com/hJnJOfPWJG— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) April 19, 2025 From start to finish, Tampa Bay had to gut today’s ballgame out. Chandler Simpson made his debut, as he started in centerfield and hit leadoff. Simpson had about 10 family and friends that he left tickets for, and a few more...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Is Mookie Betts trading strike-outs for strikes?
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• Royals Rumblings - News for February 7, 2025
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• An M.L.B. Game Will be Called Entirely by Women

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• Elly De La Cruz’s stunning inside the park home run is his most breathtaking moment yet

This might be the greatest moment yet for Reds rookie Elly De La Cruz. Elly De La Cruz hasn’t been in the majors for long, but he’s already one of the most electric talents in baseball. The 21-year-old has a special combination of size and speed, and it’s helped the Cincinatti Reds make a surprising turn into a postseason contender. At his best, De La Cruz is capable of stunning displays of speed,...2023
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• Cubs 6, Rockies 5: The sub Cubs come through
Brennen Davis | Photo by David Durochik/Diamond Images via Getty Images After all the regulars departed, some Cubs minor leaguers put together a ninth-inning rally. SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Wins and losses mean nothing in Spring Training, yet the Cubs’ come-from-behind 6-5 win over the Rockies at Salt River Fields Sunday afternoon felt... well, pretty good. Some guys who could be part of the ...2023
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• Shohei Ohtani is doing things baseball hasn’t seen in 130 years
Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports It’s Shohei’s world, we’re just living in it I don’t know if you’ve heard, but that Shohei Ohtani guy is pretty good at this baseball thing. The Los Angeles Angels all world pitcher/DH is one of, if not the best player in baseball, and he’s hit a completely different level this season. Through Friday, Ohtani is tied for the MLB lead in home runs, while also ...2023
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• Tim Lincecum Throws for Multiple MLB Teams at Showcase in Arizona
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• On Lou Gehrig Day, Mets show Sarah Langs that baseball loves her back
A writer and researcher for MLB.com, Langs has worked to raise ALS awareness...2023
• My best friend is baseball’s preeminent researcher. And she has ALS
An ode to Sarah Langs' bravery, in beat reporter Mandy Bell's words...2023
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• The ‘Shohei Ohtani did WHAT?!’ tracker
Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images Keeping tabs on the ridiculous things Shohei Ohtani does this season There is a joke around social media that “Twitter is not real life.” However, there are moments that cross the bridge from memes, to reality. One such moment comes to us courtesy of Shohei Ohtani. The incredible two-way player is doing things in major league baseball that we have not see...2023
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• Royals Rumblings - News for April 16, 2025
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• Cubs 11, Cardinals 0: After actual rain, the Cubs rained down hits and runs
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• Cubs 2, Rockies 1: Sweep!
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• Outside The Confines: A long-awaited debut for Kumar Rocker

Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images The player is poised to make history as he prepares to make his debut. Happy Friday, everyone! We’re halfway through September, which means we only have two full weeks of regular season baseball left. There are still some questions about who will slot in for the wild card spots, and some teams who are poised to win their divisions might want to worry a bi...2024
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• Outside The Confines: Opening Week is here!

Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The pre-season ends this week, real baseball is almost here! Well, friends, we have officially made it. This is the last Monday without baseball! (Well, regular season baseball. that is.) It’s so thrilling to realize that this is the week baseball begins in earnest and we can switch from saying “Spring training doesn’t count” to “it’s ...2024
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• The Postseason is quickly becoming the “Travis d’Arnaud Show”

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports The Braves catcher has estabilshed himself as one of the best postseason performers in baseball. When the trade for Sean Murphy proved to be the most significant move of this past offseason for the Braves, it likely was a surprise move to many. Atlanta was coming off a 2022 season in which it featured arguably the best catching duo in baseball with Travis d’Ar...2023
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• Outside The Confines: We were on an (All-Star) break!
Photo by Sam Navarro/Getty Images MLB heads into its last games of the first half. It’s the last Friday before the halfway mark of the season hits. With that in mind, and so-called experts predicting the award winners already, let’s have a little fun and try to predict some of the biggest stories of the second half. I think the Luis Arraez .400 story will go on until at least early Septemb...2023
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• Outside The Confines: Let’s talk about Aaron Judge for the rest of the winter
Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Are there other free agents? With the major awards of the season all given out, it’s now time for us to look ahead to the 2023 season. There will be plenty of speculation ahead about where free agents will sign and which teams will make major trades. Who is poised to make a push for winning next season and who is going to sink into the depths of rebuilds ...2022
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