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Cubs BCB After Dark: Make your World Series picks
It’s Wednesday night here at BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. We’re so glad you stopped by. Come in out of the chill. Let us check your coat for you. There’s no cover charge and the dress code is casual. The hostess will seat […]
The Short Porch is looking at an all-time performance from Shohei Ohtani
We’re two days away from the first game of the 2025 World Series between the Dodgers and the Blue Jays. The best-of-seven series will open in Toronto Friday night. As we wait for the first pitch, the baseball world is still buzzing about the Shohei Ohtani’s Game Four performance against the Brewers. The two-way player […]
Pete Crow-Armstrong, Kyle Tucker and Nico Hoerner are Silver Slugger finalists
The Cubs might take home a few Gold Gloves this year, as six Cubs players are finalists for those awards, as announced last week by Rawlings. Even more hardware could be going home with Cubs batters for 2025, as three Cubs players, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Kyle Tucker and Nico Hoerner, were named finalists for Silver Slugger […]
Cubs contracts: An extension proposal for Michael Busch
This is the first in a short series about potential contract extensions for young Cubs players. Let me preface all of these by saying that it’s unlikely any of them will happen. Because of a potential lockout after the 2026 season and uncertainty about what’s going to happen beyond Dec. 1, 2026, when the MLB/MLBPA […]
MLB News Outside The Confines: The Blue Jays go to the World Series
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Chicago Cubs history unpacked, October 22 — Three-Finger Brown*, Javier Baez, Jon Lester
On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline, to help you follow the various narrative paths. “Maybe I called it wrong, but it’s official.” — Tom Connolly, HoF Umpire. Today in baseball history: Cubs Birthdays: Jimmie Foxx HOF, Frank DiPino, Michael Barrett, Eli Whiteside, Chris […]
Cubs BCB After Dark: Who’s first on your starting pitching wish list?
It’s Tuesday night here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and join us for a while. We can check your coat for you. There’s no cover charge. We still have a few tables available. Bring your own beverage. BCB After […]
SB Nation Reacts survey: Which young Cub would you most like to see signed to an extension?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Cubs fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Tomorrow, I’m going to begin a five-part series in which I examine the possibilities of contract […]
Cubs contracts: Shōta Imanaga’s complicated contract options
Josh covered this topic in After Dark last week but I thought I’d weigh in on Shōta Imanaga’s deal myself, as we don’t have much Cubs news these days and are awaiting the World Series to begin three days from now, Friday evening in Toronto. The Cubs left-hander from Japan signed a complicated deal with […]
Chicago Cubs news and notes: Tucker, Imanaga, Shaw, Hoyer.
We cover the coverage like PCA covers center field. Life will be commencing shortly — the World Series will be over, and the Free Agency Freezer will open once again. MLB execs will be more close-mouthed than Edward Teller, or even Raymond Joseph Derickson Teller, and will probably shave their expectations closer than Penn Jillette […]
Cubs BCB After Dark: Should the Cubs bring back Kyle Schwarber?
Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the hippest hangout for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. It’s good to see you to start the week out right. Come on in and join us. The dress code is casual. We can check a coat for you if you need to. There are […]
ALCS Game 7: Mariners at Blue Jays, Monday 10/20, 7:08 CT
The Blue Jays jumped out to an early lead and held on to win Game 6. Now, one game to decide whether the AL World Series team will be the team that hasn’t been there in 32 years, or the team that’s never been there. The World Series begins Friday. If the Blue Jays win […]
Cubs in the AFL: Mesa Solar Sox Week 2 update
The Arizona Fall League has now finished their second week and the Mesa Solar Sox won three and lost three over the past week. That gives them an overall record of 4-6, which puts them in fifth place in the six-team AFL. However, they’re just three games out of first and a game and a […]
The Cubs should have more promotional giveaway items
I’ve written on this topic previously, but now I’ve got some new information that I wanted to pass along to you. As you know if you attend Cubs games when there are promotional gate giveaways, the team limits those to the first 10,000 (or “up to” that number, as they generally say) who come to […]
MLB News Outside The Confines: Shohei Ohtani makes history
Good morning. With apologies to Blue Jays and Mariners fans who are pulling out their hair right now, the two most beautiful words in baseball are “Game Seven.”
Baseball history unpacked, October 20
The Cardinals have always been that way, and other stories. Plus ‘poetry’. A LOT happened today, historically-speaking. Read on! Happy birthday to Jose Veras and other former Cubs. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline, to help you follow the various […]
ALCS Game 6: Mariners at Blue Jays, Sunday 10/19, 7:03 CT
The Mariners blew open Game 5 with Eugenio Suárez’s grand slam off former Cub Brendon Little. Now they can punch their ticket to their first-ever World Series with a win in Toronto tonight. Here’s all the info you’ll need for tonight’s ALCS Game 6. Mariners at Blue Jays, 7:03 CT Mariners lead series 3-2 Logan […]
Cubs historical sleuthing: 1950s edition
You might not think there are enough clues in this photo to narrow down the date, but not only do I have the date, I can tell you exactly when this photo was taken. First, let’s look at the photo again (click to enlarge): So this is clearly old-style Wrigley Field — no lights, small […]
Cubs historical sleuthing: Crosley Field edition
Since it’s the offseason, it’s time to resume my photo/video historical sleuthing series. Before I begin, this is a call for you to send me photos or videos you’ve found that you think I could sleuth for you. Hopefully these are finds that I haven’t previously sleuthed. Or maybe you have personal photos from Wrigley […]
Chicago Cubs news and notes: Imanaga, Tucker, Alcantara, Thompson
We cover the coverage like PCA covers center field. Keegan Thompson won’t be back, several sources say. El Jaguar had sports hernia surgery and is expected to be able to play in the spring.. The various options for Shōta Imanaga and Kyle Tucker are surely being explored, as are the possibilities of extending a few […]
ALCS Game 5: Blue Jays at Mariners, NLCS Game 4: Brewers at Dodgers
The Dodgers are on the cusp of their second straight World Series after defeating the Brewers in Game 3. No National League team has ever come back from a three games to none deficit to win a best-of-seven series. Meanwhile, the Blue Jays blew out the Mariners for the second straight night, so that series […]
Former Cub Nate Pearson signs with the Astros
For the last couple of years, the Cubs have acquired former Houston Astros relievers, notably Hector Neris and Ryan Pressly. As you know, neither one of those worked out for the Cubs and both were unconditionally released by the team mid-season. Now, the Astros are going to try the reverse signing move by acquiring a […]
An update on MLB no-hitter streaks through 2025
There’s a reason this article is headed by the photo of Shōta Imanaga, Nate Pearson, Porter Hodge and Miguel Amaya, the pitching/catching group that threw a combined no-hitter against the Pirates on Sept. 4, 2024. It’s because that’s the most recent no-hitter thrown in the major leagues. That’s right, not a single no-no was thrown […]
A look at the Cubs’ free agents (besides Kyle Tucker)
We’ve talked a lot about Kyle Tucker’s free agency here over the last few days. The Cubs have eight other players who will officially be free agents after the World Series is over, plus four other players with various types of options. So let’s have a look at all of them and discuss whether the […]
MLB News Outside The Confines: The Los Angeles Dodgers juggernaut?
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