This was a very frustrating game to cap off a frustrating weekend. Yu Darvish was really good in innings 3-6. He gave up a couple runs in the 1st and 2nd, yet wrangled out of trouble in both innings. He was his ace self in the middle innings and ended his night by giving up […]
TWIN KILLING: Twins 8, Cubs 1
Tonight the Chicago Cubs and Minnesota Twins met in the second game of a three game series at Wrigley Field, with the Twins sending the massive Michael Pineda against Alec Mills, coming off his no-hitter last Sunday. How did it go? Well, for starters, Johnny Vandermeer can rest easy. Mills gave up a towering home […]
HOME RUN DERBY — White Sox 5, Reds 0
If the 2020 edition of the White Sox have become known for one thing, it’s hitting home runs, and they did that plenty in the bandbox that is Cincinnati’s Great American Ballpark on Saturday night in a 5-0 win. THE GOOD: All the dingers. Four Sox hitters combined to hit five solo home runs, highlighted […]
THE PROFESSOR SCHOOLS THE TWINS: Cubs 1, Twins 0
Tonight the Minnesota Twins came up to Wrigley Field to begin a three game series following their series on the South Side. As both the Twins and Cubs look to be playoff-bound, this series shapes up for both teams to get a handle of what they’re made of. The series began tonight with a pitching […]
PLAYOFFS? YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT PLAYOFFS? White Sox 4, Twins 3
Yep, we’re talking about White Sox playoff baseball. At least, we will be in a couple weeks when the postseason begins, because the White Sox 4-3 comeback victory over the Twins Thursday afternoon officially clinched the Sox a spot in the playoffs. THE GOOD: Jose Abreu keeps being Jose Abreu. The Sox first baseman went […]
2020 DRONES ON: Cubs 3, Indians 2 (10 innings)
Tonight the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians finished their season series at Wrigley Field. The Cubs sent Jon Lester to the hill, while the Tribe countered with Aaron Civale. How did it go? The Indians did everything in their power to giftwrap this game for the Cubs until Javier Baez hit a bases-loaded single in […]
NO LAUGHING MATTER — White Sox 6, Twins 2
When you’re in the midst of a run of 22 wins over 27 games like the White Sox are in, you’re bound to have a lot of fun, which makes it easy to laugh in the dugout when your teammate does this while sliding into third: Predictably, the internet had some fun with this, and […]
Yu Will Survive. Cubs – 6; Indians – 5
A lot of shit happened in this game. Some of it pretty weird. In the end, the Cubs shaved a game off their magic number and got their 29th win of the year. The Cubs took a 5-3 lead into the top of the ninth. The Cubs scored the winning run on a pair of […]
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER — White Sox 3, Twins 1
Two potent offensive ballclubs collided at 35th and Shield’s on Chicago’s South Side Monday night in the first of a crucial 4 game series, and the Twins and White Sox combined for *checks notes* a whopping zero home runs, and four total runs scored. The good news is, three of those four were scored by […]
Cubs Legend Alec Mills: Cubs 12, Brewers 0
As you can see, my prognostication skills are unparalleled. Alec Mills threw 6 scoreless innings in his last start, and I’m sure everyone in blue today would have been pleased if he could give them another 6 with under 4 runs. See, the damndest thing happened. Alec Mills threw the 16th no-hitter in Cubs history […]
