Another exciting Krausencast. This one was as much about the Negro Leaguers playing in the Dominican as much as the current Cubs, which makes for a much better listen.
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NOT GOOD LAND: Cubs drop 2 of 3 in Milwaukee
The Chicago Cubs, having dropped two of three in Pittsburgh, went into Milwaukee needing 2 of 3 to get back to .500 before heading home for a tough homestand. They got good news before the series started, as Christian Yelich was scrubbed from the first game due to a bad back. The Cubs saw that […]
SAME OLD CUBS? Cubs Go 2-1 vs Pittsburgh
The Chicago Cubs started their season playing in front of fans at Wrigley Field for the first time since the end of the 2019 season. They dropped their Home Opener 5-3 before winning the next two by scores of 5-1 and 4-3. Their 2-1 start was matched by the Reds, as the Brewers, Cardinals and […]
PITCHERS AND CATCHERS: Cubs’ Season of mound gambles begins
Today as Chicagoans look at the mounds of snow that are everywhere, that first harbinger of spring – pitchers and catchers – appears in Arizona. The Cubs have been tying up their loose ends with some signings being announced or confirmed this morning – reliever Brandon Workman has been signed to a major league contract, […]
FROM THE HOME OFFICE: Epstein Makes His Exit
Today the Chicago Cubs announced what everyone had been expecting all along, President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein would be stepping down from his role, and General Manager Jed Hoyer would take over in Epstein’s role. The other thing that wouldn’t come as a shock would be Jason McLeod, who has been SVP of Player […]
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 […]
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 RUNS IN CREAM CITY: Brewers 1, Cubs 0
The Chicago Cubs began a three game road trip to Milwaukee with a pitching matchup featuring burly lefthander Jon Lester for the visitors against burly righthander Brandon Woodruff for the home team. How did it go? The Cubs should have filled the sunflower seed bucket with sugarless candy so they could get some runs, since […]
Yu’s Still Aces Cubs – 0; Reds – 3
Yu Darvish struggled through a 3 run first inning and that was enough. Put this one to bed and get ’em next time. The Good Of course Darvish was still awesome. He threw 98 pitches in his 6 innings on the mound. He struck out 9. 65 of his 98 pitches were strikes. Darvish didn’t […]
Northside KrausenKast Episode 3
We talk about a not very fun series. It was also the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues. We probably should have just done a whole episode on that.