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• 2025 NL Central Power Rankings: Week 12

Katie Stratman-Imagn Images Brewers can’t gain on Cubs as teams match wins and losses this week Welcome to the 12th week of our NL Central Power Rankings! We’ll release these rankings each week to grade all five teams and place them one through five. As everyone knows with power rankings, these should be taken as gospel and they’re obviously 100% accurate. Without further ado, let’s rank s...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 70

Matt Marton-Imagn Images The Cubs offense comes up empty in a 2-1 loss to the Pirates. Last things first, the Cubs lost in extra innings, dropping their record in such games to 3-5. On a Saturday morning ahead of another day game, I won’t waste a lot of words on my thoughts on ghost baserunners. Across every team who entered play Friday night at .500 or better, teams were 56-55 in extra i...2025
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• Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (6/13/25): Pirates 2, Cubs 1 F/10 – Hitters Fail to Produce in Extras Loss
The Cubs and Pirates got together for the second game of their series at a soggy Wrigley Field Friday afternoon. Chicago could never get their offense into gear and would eventually come up one run short in extra innings. Both heralded starters, Cade Horton and Paul Skenes, lived up to the hype in this one … The post Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (6/13/25): Pirates 2, Cubs 1 F/10 – Hitt...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Friday 6/13, 1:20 CT

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs go for two in a row over the Bucs. Friday notes... FRIDAY, NOT UNDER THE LIGHTS: This is the Cubs’ sixth Friday afternoon home game of the season. They won the first four before losing to the Reds on May 30. Since Aug. 8, 1988, when the lights were turned on at Wrigley Field, the Cubs are 253-204-1 in Friday day games, a winning pe...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: June 13

On this day 117 years ago, the White Sox won their 10th straight and stormed into first place. | Chicago Tribune The South Siders’ win streak hits 10, and first place is their reward 1908 Not to upstage the next Ed Walsh item on this day, but in a 5-1 win over the New York Highlanders (Yankees) the hurler not only tossed a complete game six-hitter, but stole home! The run was part of a dou...2025
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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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• Baseball history unpacked, June 11

Malcolm Emmons-Imagn Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content. Adolfo Phillips* is in the news, and other stories. 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 various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of time. Here’s a hand...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies preview, Monday 6/9, 5:45 CT

Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images The Cubs open a three-game series at Citizens Bank Park. Monday notes... RISPy BUSINESS: The Cubs made only two hits with runners in scoring position in their three games at Detroit. Their previous low in a three-game series this year was four, at San Diego. They had five at New York vs. the Mets, six at home vs. the Marlins and Rockies, and seven at home...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, June 9

Dennis Wierzbicki-Imagn Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content. *Tyler Colvin’s disappearing home run and other stories. 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 various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of time. Here’...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Tigers series preview

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images A matchup between the two Central division leaders. DETROIT — Yes, I’m in the Motor City for this series. First time I’ve seen the Cubs at Comerica Park since 2001, and an important series for both teams. As you likely know, BCB’s Ashley MacLennan also writes about the Tigers at our SB Nation Tigers site Bless You Boys. Here’s Ashley with some info on t...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals preview, Wednesday 6/4, 5:45 CT

Brad Mills-Imagn Images The Cubs go for the series win in Washington. Wednesday notes... STREAKING: The Cubs are 15-4 in their last 19 games. Since 2000, they have been better only in seven spans of 16-3: two that overlapped in 2015 and five, four overlapping, in 2016. They were last 15-4 from July 18-Aug. 6, 2023. They also had 15-4 spans Sept. 12-Oct. 2, 2022, and May 14-June 2, 2021. ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 60

Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images The Cubs continue to roll with an 8-3 win in Washington. I talked over the weekend about the Cubs and answering challenges. The Washington Nationals are still rebuilding. They aren’t Mt. Everest. Also, winning on the road is hard. The Nationals are under .500 at home, but they aren’t the Rockies. Also, even the Rockies have six wins at home (and a two-...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 59

Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images The Cubs take the series from Reds with a 7-3 win. It’s always funny to me when finding my story feels like a visit to the psychiatrist. I’ve been flipping things over for a while and I feel like I’ve had a very patient psychiatrist who just patiently just kept asking for me to tell them more. Maybe scribbling a few notes, but not particularly interjec...2025
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• Cub Tracks’ Brown outs

Matt Marton-Imagn Images The #1 source for #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news and notes. The Cubs go for the meatloaf today after Brown’s excellent outing, where he was aided by a spotless bullpen. The going is weird. Cub Tracks™ turned pro a long time ago. Cub Tracks™. Where the great ones run away. A victory straight out of the old school. Ben Brown did okay, huh? I mean, a whole hit in six fu...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 57

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs drop the series opener 6-2 to the Reds. Before Friday, the Cubs had won every series opener that they had played at Wrigley Field. On the last homestand, they finally broke the streak of losing every Sunday. Do you know what those things are? Totally arbitrary outcomes. There is no reason to believe either thing will continue. Consi...2025
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• This Day in Braves History; Braves trade Deion Sanders to the Reds

Photo by George Gojkovich/Getty Images Prime Time gets moved from Atlanta to Cincinnati Braves Franchise History 1916: Christy Mathewson pitches a 3-0 shutout over the Boston Braves, leading the New York Giants to their 17th consecutive victory, all on the road. In spite of their impressive winning streak, the Giants will finish second to the Brooklyn Robins in the National League pennant...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 12

Borowy chalks up another one. A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Hank Borowy* chalks up another one and other stories. 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 various narratives to follow as they unfold o...2025
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• Hanshin Tigers 3, Cubs 0: Welcome to Japan, Cubs fans!

Photo by Masterpress/Getty Images The Cubs offense was mostly silent in this exhibition game. But there were lots of other things to see and do in Tokyo. TOKYO — The Cubs took the field at the Tokyo Dome Saturday afternoon (Japan time) against the Hanshin Tigers and fell flat. The Tigers’ top prospect, 20-year-old lefthander Keito Mombetsu threw five perfect innings against Cubs hitters, l...2025
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• MLB should consider starting the regular season later

Getty Images Weather in northern cities is just bad in late March/early April. Monday’s Cubs home opener was played in conditions not really suitable for baseball. It was 43 degrees at game time — bad enough — but then around the sixth inning it started raining, making conditions miserable for fans and players alike. The weather forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday isn’t any better, in fact,...2024
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• Wrigley Field will need some changes before MLB awards the Cubs an All-Star Game

Looking west down Addison Street past Wrigley Field, January 17, 2024 | Mike Bojanowski It has to do with ballpark security. The Cubs last hosted an All-Star Game at Wrigley Field in 1990. The only current MLB park that previously hosted a Midsummer Classic that’s had a longer hosting drought is the Oakland Coliseum, which last hosted one in 1987 — and I’m pretty sure you can understand wh...2024
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• Cubs 7, Blue Jays 5: At last, a win in Canada
Photo by Mark Blinch/Getty Images The Cubs ended a 14-year losing streak north of the border. TORONTO — It required six relievers (seven, if you count Luke Farrell on what was a bullpen day) and some timely hitting, but Wednesday night the Cubs ended a losing streak in Canada that had lasted more than 14 years. Sure, it was only a five-game Canadian losing streak (three in 2014, the first ...2022
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"Then, just as they did in Friday’s crazy game at Wrigley Field, this Cubs team came back."

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"A-Ram also gave us some magical moments at Wrigley Field; perhaps the best of them was this two-run walkoff home run against the Brewers in 2007 [VIDEO]."

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"Mark Grace and Shawon Dunston in 1997 | VINCENT LAFORET/AFP via Getty Images They’ll be honored at Wrigley Field September 8-10."

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"In any case, I was very happy to see Contreras in the lineup the Tuesday before the trade deadline so the Wrigley Field faithful could give him a sendoff, and they did that in tremendous fashion, as I wrote in the game recap."

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"Fans visiting a newly approved sportsbook will be able to enter Wrigley Field from inside, but they won't be required to be attending the game to make bets."

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"The city of Chicago has approved Wrigley Field rooftop stands for 25% capacity setups and tickets have gone on sale at one viewing venue for $350."

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"The Cubs’ reported lack of spending capacity has been the offseason’s main storyline out of Wrigley Field, though in a recent radio interview on 670 The Score (partial transcript here), president of baseball operations Theo Epstein dismissed the idea that the Competitive Balance Tax is “dictating any of our actions or inactions this winter at…"

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"A 20-year-old Cubs fan is suing team owners to force them to provide better wheelchair access at Wrigley Field."

2017
"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."

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"The Cubs are headed to the World Series for the first time since 1945 after they defeated Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers, 5-0, in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series on Saturday night at Wrigley Field in Chicago."

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"PHOTO: Wrigley Field showing Stanley Cup Final on big screen during rain delay"

2014
"SAN DIEGO — Suddenly, in the middle of the night on the East Coast, construction on the Chicago Cubs’ roster dramatically blew past the construction that is remodeling Wrigley Field."

• Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates preview, Friday 6/13, 1:20 CT
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• The Short Porch is looking at Cubs series losses

Kyle Schwarber hits a home run against the Cubs in Philadelphia | Kyle Ross-Imagn Images There haven’t been many, but they do have a pattern. The Cubs are five games ahead of the Cardinals in the National League Central as they begin their lone home stand at Wrigley Field in June tonight. With a 41-27 record, they’ve had an excellent start to the season, but diving into the series wins and...2025
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• 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 68

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images The Cubs lose 7-2 to the Phillies and so, lose the series and the road trip. For the first seven games of this road trip, the Cubs were pretty good at not getting behind on pitching. Last night, going after the win in the eighth game, they got behind. So we knew going into this game that if Ben Brown didn’t start strong, they might have some trouble. He...2025
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Detroit Tigers preview, Saturday 6/7, 12:10 CT

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images The Cubs look to even up their series in Detroit. DETROIT — Saturday notes... ALMOST FAMOUS: The Cubs had a chance Friday night to tie their record for the earliest date on which they won their 40th game. They were 40-16 after winning on June 6, 2016. A 40th win today will come on the second earliest date. The Cubs were 40-24 after winning on June 8, ...2025
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• 2025 Cubs attendance watch: A look at ticketing trends and pricing

Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The team is doing well, so secondary market pricing is on the way up. Welcome to our first look at Cubs attendance and ticket pricing for this year. With the Cubs in first place in the NL Central, attendance has been up recently. Overall, for 26 home dates at Wrigley Field the Cubs have sold 997,088 tickets, or 35,610 per date. The total numb...2025
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• This Day in Braves History; Braves trade Deion Sanders to the Reds
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• Today in White Sox History: June 13
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• Cubs 3, Pirates 2: Seiya Suzuki and Pete Crow-Armstrong go deep
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• Phillies 7, Cubs 2: Back to the drawing board for Ben Brown

Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images The Cubs’ road trip ended on a sour note. After Ben Brown’s last two excellent outings, one with an opener and one without, there were high hopes for him to continue along those lines. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen Wednesday afternoon in Philadelphia. Brown was touched up for three runs in the first inning and the Phillies cruised to a 7-2 win over t...2025
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• This Day in Braves History: Hank Aaron passes Willie Mays on all-time home run list with his 649th homer

Braves Franchise History 1918 - Dick Rudolph tosses a one-hitter beating Rube Bressler and the Reds 3-0. Hal Chase recorded the lone hit. 1931 - Rabbit Maranville scores five runs as the Braves beat the Cardinals 13-4. 1961 - The Braves tied the National League record with 14 homers in three games as they beat the Cubs at Wrigley Field 9-5. 1972 - Hank Aaron hits his 649th home run which moves ...2025
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• Tigers 3, Cubs 1: Give it away, give it away, give it away now

Lon Horwedel-Imagn Images The Cubs could have, and possibly should have, won this game. DETROIT — If you can’t quite place the song I took this recap’s headline from, here it is: The Cubs lost the series opener to the Tigers 3-1 in front of a raucous crowd that made Friday evening feel like a postseason game. (And wouldn’t it be great to see these two teams in this year’s World Series?) B...2025
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• The Short Porch has a look at Cubs rookie walkoffs

Matt Shaw and Pete Crow-Armstrong celebrate last night’s walkoff win | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images Matt Shaw notched the first walkoff of his career last night at Wrigley Field. The 2025 Cubs are relentless, especially at scoring runs. That characteristic has been on display time and time again through this early season that has them leading the league in runs per game ...2025
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• Baseball history unpacked, May 28

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images A M-W-F digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, Happy birthday, Craig Kimbrel! 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 various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of time. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline, ...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Rockies series preview

The Rockies seem like a team that needs hugs | Photo by Casey Paul/MLB Photos via Getty Images Well, this ought to be interesting. I’ve been telling people for a few weeks that the Rockies would get to Wrigley Field with fewer than 10 wins. By losing their series finale to the Yankees at home Sunday, they accomplished that — they’re 9-44. Also, that Sunday series finale had a rain delay of...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Reds series preview

Photo by Kate Woolson/Cincinnati Reds/Getty Images A divisional matchup for the weekend. The Reds were hanging around second place in the NL Central, behind the Cubs, until an early May stretch where they lost nine of 11 dropped them into third. A five-game winning streak got them hot again, until they dropped the last two of a three-game series to the Pirates in Pittsburgh. For more on th...2025
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• Wrigley Field will be getting security bollards

Wrigley Field on April 9, 2025 | Patrick Gorski-Imagn Images This was one of the things asked for by MLB before awarding the Cubs an All-Star Game. A report by Bruce Levine on 670 The Score Thursday indicated the Cubs are likely going to be awarded the 2027 MLB All-Star Game, although this Paul Sullivan article in the Tribune says “hold on, not yet”: The Chicago Cubs denied a report from t...2025
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• Dodgers' Series dream ends with loss to Cubs
The Cubs are headed to the World Series for the first time since 1945 after they defeated Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers, 5-0, in Game 6 of the National League Championship Series on Saturday night at Wrigley Field in Chicago. The Cubs won the best-of-seven series, four games to two, to wrap up the 11th NL pennant in franchise history....2016
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• With first Wrigley clinch, Cubs move on to NLCS
For the first time in the history of Wrigley Field, the Cubs clinched a postseason series at home, edging the mighty Cardinals, 6-4, in Game 4 of the National League Division Series. The Cubs now can party as they wait to see whether they'll face the Mets or the Dodgers in the NL Championship Series, which opens on Saturday....2015
• Cards denied 5th straight NLCS appearance
For the first time in the history of Wrigley Field, the Cubs clinched a postseason series at home, edging the mighty Cardinals, 6-4, in Game 4 of the National League Division Series. The Cubs now can party as they wait to see whether they'll face the Mets or the Dodgers in the NL Championship Series, which opens on Saturday....2015
• Cubs sink Cards' 'pen after Waino-Lester duel
On Friday night, the Cardinals scored nine runs in the eighth inning to post a win over the Cubs. On Saturday, the Cubs got some payback. Kris Bryant hit a game-tying RBI single and scored on Anthony Rizzo's double, both with two outs in the eighth inning, to lift the Cubs to a 3-2 victory over the Cardinals at Wrigley Field....2017
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• 'Pen can't hold off Cubs after HRs back Waino
On Friday night, the Cardinals scored nine runs in the eighth inning to post a win over the Cubs. On Saturday, the Cubs got some payback. Kris Bryant hit a game-tying RBI single and scored on Anthony Rizzo's double, both with two outs in the eighth inning, to lift the Cubs to a 3-2 victory over the Cardinals at Wrigley Field....2017
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• Dodgers dealt NLCS blow; face must-win Game 6
The Cubs are one win away from their first World Series appearance since 1945 after their 8-4 win over the Dodgers in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series on Thursday night at Dodger Stadium. Chicago leads the best-of-seven series, three games to two, with Game 6 scheduled for Saturday at Wrigley Field....2016
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• Preseason Prep - February 28, 2025
Old Faces In New Places Thairo Estrada, 2B, Rockies Thairo Estra signed with the Rockies this offseason on a one-year contract worth $3.25 million. He was a huge disappointment in 2024, slashing just .217/.247.343 with 9 home runs and 2 stolen bases in 96 games. This was the follow-up to a 2023 season where he batted .271 with 14 homers and 23 steals. He suffered a wrist injury in May, and the in...2025
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• Cubs' Hype-Filled Roster Still at Least a Year Away from MLB Success
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• Pirates vs. Cubs odds, line, prediction, start time: 2025 MLB picks, June 13 best bets from proven model

SportsLine's model simulated Paul Skenes and the Pittsburgh Pirates vs. Chicago Cubs 10,000 times and revealed its MLB picks for Friday afternoon's matchup at Wrigley Field in Chicago...2025
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• Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (6/12/25): Cubs 3, Pirates 2 – Taillon Tops Former Team at Wrigley
The Cubs and Pirates got their series underway at Wrigley Field on Thursday night. It was a low-scoring affair, but the home team hit a pair of home runs to give them just enough for a win Both starting pitchers, Jameson Taillon and Andrew Heaney, were very sharp early and neither team scored in the … The post Chicago Cubs Score and Recap (6/12/25): Cubs 3, Pirates 2 – Taillon Tops For...2025
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• On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Pirates series preview

David Frerker-Imagn Images The Cubs welcome an NL Central rival to Wrigley Field for just the second time this year. When the Cubs last played the Pirates, taking two of three in PNC Park in April, Derek Shelton was their manager. About a week after that series, Shelton was fired and replaced by bench coach Don Kelly. So that’s something new since these teams last met. For more on the Pira...2025
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• Phillies 7, Cubs 2: Back to the drawing board for Ben Brown
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• Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies preview, Wednesday 6/11, 12:05 CT

Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images The Cubs go for the series win. Wednesday notes... SEE YOU NEXT YEAR (OR MAYBE IN OCTOBER): Today’s game will be the last of the regular season between the Cubs and Phillies. June 11 will be the fourth-earliest date they have met for the final time in a full season. The rivalry began in 1883. The earliest by far was on April 18, 2001, when they met in a...2025
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• Cubs 8, Phillies 4: Ian Happ’s two homers lead a long-ball barrage

Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Cubs homered four times and evened up the series. Ian Happ appears to be starting one of his patented hot streaks. After a home run in Monday’s loss, Happ went deep twice Tuesday in Philadelphia. That, along with long balls from Dansby Swanson and Michael Busch, helped the Cubs to an 8-4 win over the Phillies Tuesday evening. The...2025
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• Cubs 6, White Sox 2: Sweep!

Photo by Griffin Quinn/Getty Images The Cubs got timely hitting, solid pitching and good defense and swept the South Siders. Perhaps now, the Cubs will go on a long winning streak, like the Cardinals and Twins have already this year. The Cubs defeated the White Sox 6-2 on a beautiful, if a bit chilly, May afternoon at Wrigley Field. That gave them a sweep of the three-game series and a 5-1...2025
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Cubs

Shane Smith and his 2.08 season ERA looks to shut down the North Siders Friday afternoon. | Abigail Dean/Getty Images Chicago kicks off the Crosstown Classic with Shane Smith on the mound looking to snap the South Side losing streak MLB has launched its very first “Rivalry Weekend,” where typical City rivals will face off all on the same weekend, and when you’re done rolling your eyes what...2025
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• BCB After Dark: Will Drew Pomeranz continue to be effective out of the Cubs bullpen?

Drew Pomeranz pitches at Wrigley Field | Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The 36-year old has been excellent since his call up last homestand Welcome to your late night, indie, pop-up coffee house where you can imbibe the beverage of your choice as we finish out the week. Maybe you’re looking for a glass of wine after a big event or are sticking to mocktails because you’ve g...2025
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• Today in White Sox History: April 29

After 21 losses, Frank Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles finally got a 1988 win — at the expense of the White Sox. Baltimore breaks a shameful streak, in Chicago 1901 Shortstop Frank Shugart hit the first home run in White Sox history. It came in the eighth inning of a 3-2 loss to Detroit, off of future South Side starter Frank Owen. Ironically, the 1901 season was the only one Shugart w...2025
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• Some Dodgers fans decided to try and take over Wrigleyville

W flags flying in the bleachers during the Rangers series | Photo by Kylie Bridenhagen/MLB Photos via Getty Images I hope they enjoyed being swept. The Cubs play at one of the destination ballparks in America, which is truly an amazing experience most of the time for Cubs fans. We not only get to watch our favorite team in a beautiful setting, we also get to interact with thousands of fans...2025
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• MLB botched Sunday’s rain delay at Wrigley Field

Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images It happened again. Do better, MLB. Just last week, I wrote this article about Major League Baseball and rain delays. In that article, I quoted this article by James Fegan at Sox Machine, in which he wrote: There was word near the end of spring that there will be an increased emphasis from MLB this season on waiting out weather delays whenever possible and avo...2025
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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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