NEWSLETTER
The Chicago Cubs are a very good team playing very badly right now, and that isn’t fun. It isn’t all that uncommon for good teams to have bad stretches, but that doesn’t help much when the team is in the middle of a bad stretch.
The nice thing about baseball, though, is that we have the minor leagues. It doesn’t matter how bleak things are looking, if only temporarily, at the major league level, you can pretty much bet that some team, somewhere in the system, is playing fantastic baseball. Taking a short vacation to the minor league side of things might be just the ticket for any fans in need of cheering.
Normally on Sunday I survey the standings across the minors, but that can wait. Last night the South Bend Cubs served up the kind of story book, come from behind win that is all but certain to put a smile on the face of the most terrified and depressed Cubs fan on the planet, and given how the team is Chicago is playing, I think we need all the smiles we can get.
The Cubs were trailing 7-5 in a poorly played game at the start of the ninth, and they were trailing 11-5 going into the bottom of the ninth.
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The highlight video is an assembly of clips with the radio broadcast included, and you can hear that the Cubs broadcaster doesn’t believe what he’s seeing as the Cubs catch pretty much every break in the books on their way to a seven run, game winning eruption. But don’t take my word for it; watch the video. The first half isn’t as much fun… too many Cubs’ misplays in that first half… but the comeback begins at the 2:57 mark, and that comeback is a thing of beauty. If you don’t watch anything else baseball related today, watch this.
Triple A: Iowa Cubs
Iowa 8, Colorado Springs 5
The Cubs took the lead in the top of the eighth to close out a very back and forth game.
Double A: Tennessee Smokies
Chattanooga 1, Tennessee 0
The Smokies had nine hits in this one.
High A: Myrtle Beach Pelicans
Myrtle Beach 8, Wilmington 7
Myrtle Beach rallied in the seventh to take the lead.
Low A: South Bend Cubs
South Bend 12, Bowling Green 11
Dewees drove in the first and the last run in that ninth inning rally.
Short Season A: Eugene Emeralds
Eugene 5, Hillsboro 2
The Emeralds’ starter recorded seventeen outs, and ten of them were strikeouts.
Rookie: Arizona Cubs
Rangers 6, Cubs 0
The Cubs also committed three errors.
Other Notes
@DexterFowler coming in clutch with steaks tonight after a comeback W. Thanks man.. We appreciate it @SBCubs pic.twitter.com/oyXMAVOrcQ
— John Williamson (@johnny_beisbol8) July 10, 2016
