Last night in a damp and cold Wrigley Field, the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds began their three game series with a pitching matchup that featured Tyler Mahle squaring off against Alec Mills. The Cubs were once again without the services of Jason Heyward, who left a game this weekend feeling dizzy and ill. He […]
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PANIC IN DETROIT: Cubs 9, Tigers 3
BATTLE CRIES AND CHAMPAGNE JUST IN TIME FOR SUNRISE: Cubs 5, Team Covid 4
WASTED EFFORT: Team COVID 3, Cubs 1
Today the Chicago Cubs played their first doubleheader of the 2020 season, meeting up with the St. Louis Cardinals for a twinbill necessitated by the Cardinals lack of leadership and discipline resulting in a casino outing that led to 18 different members of the organization testing positive for COVID-19. Kyle Hendricks was scheduled to take […]
Yu. That’s it. That’s the Title. Cubs 4, Milwaukee 2.
Cubs won. Again. 4-2. They’re 13-3. Best record in MLB by a game and a half. I think. Math is hard, Darvish threw 7 innings of 1 hit, 1 run ball. 104 pitches. According to Statcast, Darvish threw 7 different pitches tonight. There is an average velocity but that might be the most meaningless stat […]
SINGING IN THE RAIN: Cubs 2, Pirates 1 (11)
The Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates met this afternoon at Wrigley Field for the finale that has seen the Cubs survive bullpen meltdowns to win the first two games. How would today’s game go? The Cubs rode solid pitching, both from Jon Lester and the much (and rightfully so) maligned bullpen to a 2-1 win […]
GO DO THAT VOODOO THAT YU DO SO WELL: Cubs 6, Pirates 3
After last night’s game in Cincinnati was postponed – one of the few to be postponed by rain rather than COVID-19 – Yu Darvish got to face the Pittsburgh Pirates instead of the Reds, which is extraordinarily good luck. Pittsburgh was in town tonight for the first of three games to face the Cubs. How […]
PROFESSOR HENDRICKS AND MR. HYDE: Reds 12, Cubs 7
The Other Rockie
The Rockies are in a bit of a precarious situation. The contract extension they gave to the face of their franchise (and the 3rd or so best 3B in the NL) has put them in a bit of a payroll pickle. They are committed to paying four of their players a combined $88MM in 2020, […]