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The theme of this weekend was confusing discord among the players, their union, and the league.
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- Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 7, White Sox 6 – June 5, 2024
- The Palatine Pounder Just Hit a Walk-off Home Run to Sweep the White Sox!
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If You Eject Nico Hoerner Over Balls and Strikes, You Probably Screwed Up
Nico Hoerner not only has a very good sense of the strike zone, he almost never beefs too much even when that strike zone gets expanded by a generous home plate umpire. Sure, he'll express some frustration about a bad...
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More Walk-Off Fun, Tauchman an All-Star, Morel, Wesneski, Neris, and Other Cubs Bullets
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Wake Up and Watch the Cubs Come Back (Again) to Beat the White Sox Late (Again)
Just like the night before, maybe the Chicago Cubs shouldn't have HAD to pull off a big comeback against the Chicago White Sox - quite literally one of the worst teams in baseball in the last 50 years - but...
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The Palatine Pounder Just Hit a Walk-off Home Run to Sweep the White Sox!
Well, it wasn't easy and it wasn't pretty, but at least they didn't make us sweat it out for long. Heading into the ninth inning of a tie game against the White Sox at Wrigley Field, Mike Tauchman (a.k.a. The...
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Enhanced Box Score: Cubs 7, White Sox 6 – June 5, 2024
Well, okay. LOL. The Cubs didn't so much win that game as the White Sox lost it. How do I mean? Well, the first five Cubs runs scored without so much as a hit. And the sixth was a broken...
Jun 05, 2024
James Triantos …. Hooooooome Ruuuuun!
James Triantos must've been miffed that Baseball America left him off their top-100 prospect rankings when the list was updated earlier today. Because tonight, in his first game since May 29 (I didn't even realize he was out to be...
Jun 05, 2024
Pre-Gamin’: Cubs vs White Sox (7:05 CT) – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread
CUBS LINEUP — Well, the Cubs pulled one out of their hat to take the opener against the White Sox last night. Now it's time to finish the job/sweep. Here's a look at the Cubs lineup for the short-series finale...
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2024 MLB All-Star Game Voting is Now Open, Which, Ah, Um
Fan voting for the starters in the 2024 MLB All-Star Game opened up this afternoon, which means you can vote for your favorite Chicago Cubs and/or other players, should you feel they are deserving of your support. https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/1798423694425113082 Such as...
Jun 05, 2024
BA’s Top-100 Update Features SEVEN Cubs Prospects (And So Much Youth)
When Keith Law refreshed his top-50 prospect rankings earlier this week, the Cubs found themselves with a new top prospect overall, Matt Shaw. Though that's mostly because Pete Crow-Armstrong graduated from the rankings, and not because Shaw surpassed him. In...
Jun 05, 2024
Brennen Davis Gets Back to Hitting Dingers
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Jun 05, 2024
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