Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 27, 2025
Waited so long for ‘Andor’ to return, and … it still has the juice. It just makes me very happy to be reminded of the range of stories you CAN tell within the ‘Star Wars’ universe. Today is it. The final game in the opening gauntlet for the Chicago Cubs, playing the toughest month-long stretch that any team in baseball will play in any monthlong period this season. That is…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 26, 2025
I suppose the Cubs were due – overdue, really – for a real clunker. Ben Brown got caught up in a perfect swirl of his own mistakes, some flukey balls that found grass, and some genuine hard contact, the result of which was a six-run 4th inning that ended his day, and severely dented the Cubs’ chances. Even then, the Cubs did have some opportunities to come back, at one…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Apr 26, 2025
CUBS LINEUP — The Cubs took the opener against the Phillies at Wrigley Field yesterday. And that means they have a chance to win yet another series against a good team today. It won’t be an easy one, though, as Jesus Luzardo is on the mound for the Phillies and has been absolutely nails all season. Here’s a look at the Cubs lineup for Game 2 at Wrigley Field. Chicago…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 26, 2025
Farewell, Gage Workman. The Chicago Cubs won’t be able to keep their Rule 5 Draft pick in the end. Now the Chicago White Sox will take a crack at it. Prior to today’s game at the Athletics, the Chicago White Sox acquired infielder Gage Workman from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for cash considerations and designated infielder Nick Maton for assignment.— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) April 26, 2025 Recall, this…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 26, 2025
I was getting an early (for me) start on thinking about Mother’s Day stuff, but somehow that led me to this random knick knack Father’s Day page at Amazon, where I’m now scrolling through all these little household things that I want. This is an #ad, but I’m serious. Oh yeah, I guess also I could try to find some Mother’s Day stuff … Just noticed that on the list…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 25, 2025
The Cubs and Phillies waited out a long rain delay before kicking off today’s game, which featured some particularly ugly conditions for the offense (the gusts coming in from left reached 50 mph at times). Still the Cubs found a way to get on base a ton, and to score here and there, despite leaving 12(!) on base through eight innings. Some days are like that, and you just have…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 25, 2025
[danleys] With the Cubs clinging to a 3-0 lead in the 7th, and with Brad Keller trying to wriggle out of a jam, Trea Turner hit one up the middle. Sure, Dansby Swanson could get to it – he’s got that range – but you could tell immediately that he’d have no play on Turner, what with his speed. And because the grounder had taken him so deep up the…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Apr 25, 2025
CUBS LINEUP — Friday, 1:20, Wrigley Field, and a winning record. All we need is about 20 more degrees of warmth, and it doesn’t get much better than that. Here’s a look at the Chicago Cubs lineup for the first of three games against the Phillies at Wrigley Field. Chicago Cubs Lineup: Ian Happ, LF Kyle Tucker, RF Seiya Suzuki, DH Michael Busch, 1B Dansby Swanson, SS Nico Hoerner, 2B…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 25, 2025
Due to the nature of oblique injuries in baseball players, I’m generally pessimistic anyway when it comes time to find out or calculate or reflect upon how much time a player will miss or has missed. But when it’s a setback as a guy was already on his way back from an initial oblique injury, I get all the more dour. It’s just such a slow process to get back…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 25, 2025
I’ll never hate Willson Contreras, no matter how much time he spends with the St. Louis Cardinals. He’ll always be a Cubs hero to me. But I will admit, when he was transitioning to the Cardinals a couple years ago, it did really rub me the wrong way when Contreras said that he was joining the “better organization.” Time has not exactly borne that out, and it certainly made it…
