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Well, Guess It’s Time To Talk About Pedro Strop

Sam Fels July 23, 2019 0

Generally I would leave this kind of thing for a series recap, but the heat from last night’s loss–which definitely had the feel of one you’ll look back on in September and kick something (or this team will make it moot and prove to be worth something, but we’ll

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Series Preview – Cubs vs. Giants: So You Think You Can Dance?

Sam Fels July 22, 2019 0

vs. RECORDS: Cubs 54-45   Giants 50-50 GAMETIMES: Monday and Tuesday 8:45, Wednesday 2:45 TV: WGN Monday, ABC 7 Tuesday, NBCSN Wednesday THEY CAN’T AFFORD IT EITHER: McCovey Chronicles PITCHING MATCHUPS Alec Mills vs. Shaun Anderson Yu Darvish vs. Madison Bumgarner Jon Lester vs. Tyler Beede PROBABLE CUBS LINEUP Kyle Schwarber – LF Javier Baez – […]

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It’s Silly Season – Let’s Run Through Some Cubs Trade Targets

Sam Fels July 22, 2019 0

With there being only one trade deadline this season, and for some reason MLB not moving it back to between where the two used to be, there’s some added zeal to July 31st this time around. Teams not only have to scramble to plug holes and needs, but have to plan for any eventuality that […]

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Series Recap – Cubs Take Two Of Three From Padres: That’ll Do, Pig

Sam Fels July 21, 2019 0

Game 1 Box Score: Cubs 6, Padres 5 Game 2 Box Score: Cubs 6, Padres 5 Game 3 Box Score: Padres 5, Cubs 1 Huh. The Padres scored five runs in every game. Only won one. That’s weird, right? Anywho, the temptation is to bitch that the Cubs didn’t get the last one of the […]

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Series Preview – Padres vs. Cubs: Heat Death

Sam Fels July 19, 2019 0

vs. RECORDS: Padres 46-50   Cubs 52-44 GAMETIMES: Friday-Sunday 1:20 TV: NBCSN Friday, ABC 7 Saturday, WGN Sunday FISH TACO ENTHUSIASTS: Gaslamp Ball PITCHING MATCHUPS Eric Lauer vs. Jon Lester Joey Lucchesi vs. Jose Quintana Cal Quantrill vs. Kyle Hendricks PROBABLE PADRES LINEUP Fernando Tatis Jr. – SS Eric Hosmer – 1B Manny Machado – 3B […]

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Did Monday’s Trade Have Anything To Do With Anthony Rizzo?

Sam Fels July 18, 2019 0

Cubs fans have a tendency to go a bit looney, as you well know. So Monday’s trade started a bunch of conspiracy theories about how Martin Maldonado would allow Victor Caratini to be used as part of a bigger deadline trade, or that Willson Contreras would find himself more in the outfield to boost the […]

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Series Wrap – Cubs Take Two Of Three From Reds: Like They Deserve

Sam Fels July 17, 2019 0

Game 1 Box Score: Reds 6, Cubs 3 Game 2 Box Score: Cubs 4, Reds 3 (1o) Game 3 Box Score: Cubs 5, Reds 2 Seems pretty simple, when you get quality starts you’ll get wins. The Cubs have gotten six of them in a row. They’ve won five. Arguably should have won all six, […]

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Cubs Make Strange Yet Kind Of Nothing Trade

Sam Fels July 16, 2019 0

I remember Joe Sheehan (who had an interesting and misguided angle on last night’s trade) writing about this the night after THE NIGHT in Cubs history. It was about how random it was for Mike Montgomery to be on the mound to get the last out. How he had been traded three times, never really […]

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Series Preview – Reds vs. Cubs: Bogey Bogey Bogey, Can’t You See?

Sam Fels July 15, 2019 0

vs. RECORDS: Reds 42-48   Cubs 50-43 GAMETIMES: Monday and Tuesday 7:05, Wednesday 1:20 TV: NBCSN Monday and Wednesday, WGN Tuesday CHRIS SABO APPRECIATION SOCIETY: Blog Red Machine PITCHING MATCHUPS Luis Castillo vs. Kyle Hendricks Anthony DeSclafani vs. Alec Mills Sonny Gray vs. Yu Darvish PROBABLE REDS LINEUP Nick Senzel – CF Joey Votto – 1B […]

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Series Wrap – Cubs Sweep Pirates: I’ll Have More Of That, Please

Sam Fels July 14, 2019 0

Game 1 Box Score: Cubs 4, Pirates 3 Game 2 Box Score: Cubs 10, Pirates 4 Game 3 Box Score: Cubs 8, Pirates 3 That’s about as perfect of a start out of the All-Star Break as you could have asked for, aside from one Pedro Strop two-seamer that still hasn’t landed. And even that […]