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MLB News: Yordan Alvarez Triple Crown, Paul Skenes, Blake Snell, Max Scherzer
Happy Wednesday, everyone! I hope you’re all having a wonderful week and enjoying the waning weeks of summer. Are we in the “dog days”? Or is that September? What does that even mean, really? Anyway, in baseball news, we’ve got lots of little tidbits for you for a midweek news catch-up, and finally not all […]
Chicago Cubs history unpacked — August 12
Free of charge for the discerning reader. Happy birthday to Matt Clement, and a mighty host of others. Today in baseball history, in 2018 – After another great performance by Max Scherzer, the Nationals go into the bottom of the 9th with a 3 – 0 lead in a Sunday night game against the Cubs at Wrigley Field, only to see rookie David […]
Cubs Minor League Wrap: Is this Heaven? No, it’s Iowa 6, Saints 3
A lot of movement in the system tonight. Iowa right-hander Paul Campbell was released. Right-handers Noah Edders and Anhuar Garcia were promoted to High-A South Bend from Low-A Myrtle Beach. The following players were all promoted to Myrtle Beach from the ACL Cubs. Shortstop Juan Cabada Right-hander Chase Meyer Left-hander Victor Zarraga Right-hander Luis Mata […]
Cubs BCB After Dark: Grade Craig Counsell
It’s Tuesday night here at BCB After Dark: the grooviest hang for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in out of the heat. There are cool people in here. There’s no cover charge. We have a few tables still available. The hostess will seat you now. Bring your own […]
Cubs vs. Nationals, Tuesday 8/11, 5:45 CT live!
Go get ‘em, Shōta.
Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals preview, Tuesday 8/11, 5:45 CT
Tuesday notes… Cubs lineup: Nationals lineup: Shōta Imanaga, LHP vs. Jake Irvin, RHP Shōta Imanaga continues his excellent run of starts. Last seven: 1.77 ERA, 1.180 WHIP, only six walks and five home runs in 40.2 innings. He faced the Nationals at Wrigley Field March 29 and allowed four runs in five innings, striking out […]
Cubs vs. Nationals Tuesday 8/11 game threads
Cubs vs. Nationals, Tuesday 8/11, 5:45 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. Washington Nationals preview, Tuesday 8/11, 5:45 CT
On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Nationals series preview
The Nationals were the Cubs’ first regular season opponent this year, way back in March. The Nats took two of three at Wrigley Field. Much has changed for both teams since then. The Cubs have solidified their claim on a postseason spot and could still win a division title. After playing over .500 for quite […]
The Clay Holmes trade by the numbers
Clay Holmes made his Cubs debut against the Royals on Saturday. It probably wasn’t the box score line he was looking for, but seeing as it was his first start since taking a comebacker that broke his leg in mid-May, it was perfectly fine. He threw four innings, giving up four runs (all earned) on […]
SB Nation Reacts survey: Who starts the Cubs’ postseason opener?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Cubs fans and fans across the country. While nothing’s certain until it’s clinched, the Cubs seem headed to a postseason spot, whether it’s a Wild Card berth (and they currently have the first Wild […]
Chicago Cubs news — Happ, Boyd, Amaya, Busch
Today’s Reflections The Cubs know not to count on anything that has to do with injury recovery regarding their pitching staff. But if it does work out (for the most part) as planned, there are a couple of moves that give me widely different feelings. Because he has options, it appears that Javier Assad may […]
Cubs BCB After Dark: Who will be the second Wild Card?
Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the hippest gathering of night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and cool off with us. We’re so glad to see you. There’s no cover charge. We’ve saved a special table for you. The hostess will seat you now. Bring your own beverage. […]
The Braxton Garrett trade by the numbers
Mea culpa for the delay in getting to the rest of the “By the Numbers” series for a busy Cubs trade deadline. While the deadline was moving fast and furious, I was moving out of my old apartment of 10 years and into a new place a few blocks away. Something had to give to […]
MLB announces 2026 postseason schedule
The Cubs have, at this writing, a 98.8 percent chance of making the postseason, per baseball-reference.com. I concur with that! And so, I present to you the schedule of postseason games. Hopefully the Cubs can go on a nice run and they’ll need many dates in October. The schedule, though, begins in late September with […]
Chicago Cubs update: Pete Crow-Armstrong, Michael Busch, Jacob Webb
The Cubs had an exceptional week, ending a 17-game stretch without an off day with a 12-5 mark. That included six wins in the seven games since last Monday against the Dodgers, Blue Jays and Royals. They came from behind in five of the six wins and performed well offensively, defensively and on the mound. […]
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Ian Happ is the Superhero vs. the Royals (again!)
Challenge completed. Challenge overcome. Mission accomplished. The mission was to survive a stretch of 17 games in 17 days with several tough teams thrown in the mix and a couple of division rivals in their home stadiums. You just had to stay in the rear view mirror of the Brewers if you were going to […]
MLB News Outside The Confines: Field of Dreams week is here
Good morning. I wanted to take a moment to mention that the Iowa Cubs will play the St. Paul Saints at the Field of Dreams in Dyersville, Iowa, on Tuesday at 6:35 CT. That game will be on MLB Network. Since Netflix has the major league FoD game between the Twins and the Phillies, that […]
Chicago Cubs history unpacked — August 10
Free of charge for the discerning reader. Happy birthday to Larry Corcoran and a mighty host of others. Today in baseball history, in 1930 – Before 45,000 fans, the Cubs sweep two from the Boston Braves at Wrigley Field to move a game back of Brooklyn. Hack Wilson drives home seven runs on three homers, the last his 39th, to back up Charlie Root‘s three-hit shutout in […]
Cubs Minor League Wrap: Ethan Conrad busts out
The Cubs activated right-hander Ethan Roberts off the injured list and assigned him to Iowa. Right-hander Vince Reilly was moved from Triple-A Iowa to Double-A Knoxville. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs were one-hit by Indianapolis (Pirates), 2-0. Josh Fleming started for the I-Cubs and took the loss after allowing one run on four hits over […]
Cubs 10, Royals 2: The story of Matthew Boyd’s pitching and good RISP hitting
The Cubs finished up a stretch of 17 games without an off day with a 12-5 mark, which is likely better than any of us had hoped for when this run began. And they did it emphatically, with yet another solid outing from Matthew Boyd and the bats going strong. All of that resulted in […]
Cubs vs. Royals, Sunday 8/9, 1:10 CT live!
Go get ‘em, Matthew.
Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City Royals preview, Sunday 8/9, 1:10 CT
Sunday notes… Cubs lineup: Royals lineup: Matthew Boyd, LHP vs. Randy Dobnak, RHP Matthew Boyd has pitched at ace level since his return from the injured list. Eight starts since his June 25 return: 2.40 ERA, 1.192 WHIP. Some of the peripherals are a bit concerning, but the Cubs are 7-1 in those eight starts […]
Cubs vs. Royals Sunday 8/9 game threads
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Ian Happ is the Superhero vs. the Royals (again!) Cubs 10, Royals 2: The story of Matthew Boyd’s pitching and good RISP hitting Cubs vs. Royals, Sunday 8/9, 1:10 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. Kansas City Royals preview, Sunday 8/9, 1:10 CT
2026 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Ian Happ is the Superhero vs. the Royals
It is prudent by starting out with a big thank you to Al for filling in for me for the last week plus while I vacationed with my family. Midseason vacations are never optimal, but with one of my adult children and her significant other both deriving employment from Penn State University, summer was the […]
Royals 6, Cubs 3: Clay Holmes struggles in Cubs debut
One day after Kevin Gausman had a strong debut in a Cubs uniform, Clay Holmes hoped to match that effort against the Royals. Welp. Back to the drawing board. Holmes allowed four runs in four innings, including a home run by Jac Caglianone, and the Royals evened up the series by defeating the Cubs 6-3, […]
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