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ESPN Has Added Another Cubs Game to Sunday Night Baseball

Brett Taylor Brett Taylor
Jun 08, 2021
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It may be good news or bad news, depending on your perspective, but the Cubs are gonna hit up ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball yet another time in June.

In addition to this weekend’s tilt with the Cardinals, the Cubs and Dodgers game later this month will also be on Sunday night:

On the one hand, when the Cubs are competitive, they’re going to be desirable for more national exposure, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing (especially if you don’t otherwise have access to watching Cubs games!). On the other hand, those national broadcasts of Cubs games – for hardcore Cubs fans – can be such a dang slog.

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Brett Taylor

Brett Taylor is the Lead Cubs Writer at Bleacher Nation, and you can find him on Twitter at @BleacherNation and on LinkedIn here. Brett is also the founder of Bleacher Nation, which opened up shop in 2008 as an independent blog about the Chicago Cubs. Later growing to incorporate coverage of other Chicago sports, Bleacher Nation is now one of the largest regional sports blogs on the web.

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