The Chicago Cubs have been on…dare I say it?…a bit of a roll lately. They rode a streak of winning three straight series into Pittsburgh to face the Pirates for a three game set. The Pirates have been every team’s punching bag this season, and the Cubs came in with their hands wrapped and ready […]
With a week to go until Opening Day, Cubs manager David Ross is faced with some tough decisions in choosing the 26 players that will break camp with the big club. Let’s take a quick gander where things stand: CATCHER: I took the easy one first. With Austin Romine still hurt, Willson Contreras will start […]
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, […]
The Chicago Cubs and Kansas City Royals moved their home-and-home series to Kaufmann Stadium in KC for the third game of this four game set. The Cubs, having won the first two, came in rocking a five game win streak, and the Royals had have a losing streak of the same length. How would tonight […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]