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Alfonso Soriano is Suddenly Relevant and Other Bullets
Aug 16, 2013
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- Nico Hoerner’s Extremely High Hit and Two Even Higher Ones in Recent Memory
- Luck Turning? 10% and 100-Win Pace, Neris Bounces Back, Madrigal for Morel, and Other Cubs Bullets
- The Cardinals Couldn’t Challenge a Play Because a Security Guard Got in the Way
- Wake Up and Watch the Cubs Win an Extra-Innings Thriller in Arizona
- STUD: Nico Hoerner Won That Game for the Cubs With Sheer Will
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Nico Hoerner’s Extremely High Hit and Two Even Higher Ones in Recent Memory
By now you've seen Nico Hoerner's jarringly-high game-winning hit from last night's game against the Diamondbacks, and I've kinda been chuckling about it all morning. I thought Sarah Langs offered some fun context for just how high that pitch was:...
Apr 16, 2024
NO WAY! Michael Busch Ties Cubs HR History with Yet ANOTHER Home Run
Coming into tonight's game, Michael Busch had homered in four straight contests. The streak was notable enough for all the obvious reasons, but it was especially interesting because all four long balls came with two strikes and all four came...
Apr 15, 2024
STUD: Nico Hoerner Won That Game for the Cubs With Sheer Will
In a game where a rookie pitching prospect makes the best start of his career, a key set-up man has a bounceback performance after a rough start to his season, and a formerly dominant reliever toiling away in Triple-A comes...
Apr 16, 2024
Luck Turning? 10% and 100-Win Pace, Neris Bounces Back, Madrigal for Morel, and Other Cubs Bullets
I won't say the Cubs luck has finally turned — not one day after they lost Seiya Suzuki to an oblique injury (while still playing without Justin Steele, Jameson Taillon, and Julian Merryweather) — buuuuuuuuut that's two wins in a...
Apr 16, 2024
The Cardinals Couldn’t Challenge a Play Because a Security Guard Got in the Way
Although challenges have become a staple of Major League Baseball, the league is still working on the optimal timing. The timing of doing the whole "hang on a minute, we're checking" thing, the timing of when you've got to signal...
Apr 16, 2024
Wake Up and Watch the Cubs Win an Extra-Innings Thriller in Arizona
Although you'd always love to see more offense throughout a game, it's hard to argue with a thrilling, come-from-behind, late-innings, then-extra-innings win. That's what the Chicago Cubs pulled off last night against the Arizona Diamondbacks, with a great performance from...
Apr 16, 2024
Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 3, Diamondbacks 2 – April 15, 2024
Un-be-lievable. That game went from snooze-fest to nail-biter in a HURRY. And I don't think I'm too far off base saying the Cubs got pretty lucky in that one. Not only were they able to tie the game in the...
Apr 16, 2024
Pre-Gamin’: Cubs at Diamondbacks – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread
CUBS LINEUP — The Cubs are opening up a new series tonight in Arizona, and they'll do it without their ace, Justin Steele, their No. 3, Jameson Taillon, one of their top relievers, Julian Merryweather, and, their most important hitter....
Apr 15, 2024
Oh, No! Seiya Suzuki to the IL with an Oblique Injury
I hate Mondays. I hate the NL West. And I hate obliques. After losing their No. 3 starter before the season (Jameson Taillon), their ace on Opening Day (Justin Steele), and one of their best relievers a week ago (Julian...
Apr 15, 2024
The West Coast is Almost Behind Us (But Not Yet!) – Cubs vs Diamondbacks Series Preview
Cubs vs Diamondbacks — This West Coast nonsense is nearly at an end. Following this three-game road series against the Diamondbacks, the Cubs will head back home for four-straight games against the Marlins at Wrigley Field, followed by a schedule...
Apr 15, 2024
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Apr 16, 2024
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