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, […]
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THE BEAT GOES ON: Cubs 6, Royals 1
HAD THEM ALL THE WAY: Cubs 8, Reds 7
The Chicago Cubs went into Cincinnati to face the Reds with the knowledge that the Reds have had players miss games over the weekend due to being COVID-19 symptomatic, as well as the debacle that is the Miami Marlins’ 14 positive tests, to begin a four game series. Was it wise to play tonight? Probably […]
FLY THE…UH…T? Cubs 4, Cubs 4
After Tuesday evening’s first-televised intrasquad game at Wrigley Field, featuring a pitching matchup of Kyle Hendricks and Yu Darvish, there was a Wednesday afternoon tilt featuring the back of toe rotation, Tyler Chatwood and Alec Mills. It’s a good thing they didn’t sell tickets to this one, boy…you’d pay for the whole seat, but only […]
FROM THE HOME OFFICE: Leading Off, Puig Rumors Persist
Cubs manager David Ross (yeah, that still sounds weird) confirmed that Kris Bryant will be the Cubs’ leadoff hitter to start the 2020 season. He didn’t dance around the issue, saying it made sense to him to have his best hitter getting the most at bats. Of course, having a leadoff hitter whose worst on […]
BLOWIN SAVES: Cubs Bullpen Revamp Continues With Strode Firing
Today, a couple Cubs beat writers let it be known that Cubs bullpen coach Lester Strode was given his walking papers. Strode had been with the Cubs for 31 years, and had been the bullpen coach since 2007, having served in that capacity under Lou Piniella, Mike Quade, Dale Sveum, Rick Renteria and Joe Maddon. […]
CUBS HIRE DAVID ROSS: Cubs Twitter Reacts Accordingly
News broke via the usual suspects (Jesse Rogers & Dave Kaplan) that the Chicago Cubs have decided to hire David Ross to manage the team, replacing Joe Maddon, who has already found a new home next to Disneyland. Of course, if you ever want to know just how much anything sucks there’s no better place […]
Maddon Hired By Angels, Cubs to announce soon?
The Angels announced, to nobody’s real surprise, that they were hiring Joe Maddon for three years to be their manager. It really doesn’t seem like Joe spoke to any other teams (surprising, since the Padres certainly look like they’re the closest thing to the Cubs team he took over), and the Angels had Buck Schowalter […]