Look, we’re going to get some weirdness this season. It’s baseball. Sometimes a really good team gets cold, and another team is just good enough to catch them before they can get things sorted out and steal a game or three. That’s how the Chicago Cubs won three games from the Los Angeles Dodgers, by […]
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 […]
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, […]
There are very few players in the long history of the Chicago Cubs more revered than Jake Arrieta. His 2015 season was the stuff of legends, going the second half of the season without a loss, including a no-hitter. He then took on the entire city of Pittsburgh prior to throwing a complete game shutout […]
After six years in a Cub uniform, arguably the most successful six year run in franchise history, Jon Lester signed a one-year deal with the Washington Nationals. It’s going to be hard to see Big Jon in another uniform, despite his wearing two other ones before coming here, because he left it all on the […]