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  • Umpires practicing their ejection moves for June 10-13 18 Comments

    Temperes flared in yesterday's Cubs game after Reds starter Johnny Cueto threw a pitch over David DeJesus's head in the sixth inning. Cueto was visibly pissed with DeJesus at ...

    Cubs at Reds gamethread 5.26 32 Comments

    The Reds go for the sweep in what is easily the best pitching matchup of the series. Here are the lineups  Cubs wOBA wOBA Reds CF David DeJesus .365 .413 CF Shin-Soo Choo SS ...

    Series Preview: Cubs (18-28) at Reds (29-18) 33 Comments

    The Cubs are back in the basement of the NL Central following their winless series against the Pirates. If the season ended today, they would have the fourth pick in the 2014 draft. ...

    The Ghosts of Free Agency Future 149 Comments

    In the aftermath of the recently announced deal with the city to renovate Wrigley Field, Theo Epstein spoke to the media about its potential benefits to the team: Our payroll now is ...

    NLCS Series Preview: San Francisco Giants (94-68) vs St. Louis Cardinals (ugh) 78 Comments

    I guess I really should title this SF (3-2) vs StL (4-2), since all regular season stats somehow don't matter anymore. It drives me nuts that all the graphics in the postseason ...
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    Series preview: San Francisco Giants (94-68) vs Cincinnati Reds (97-65) 73 Comments

    The Reds jockeyed with several other NL Central teams (including the Pirates!) for the divisional lead for the first half of the season, but after July 19 they moved into first place ...
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    Series Preview: Iowa Cubs of Chicago (46-70) at Cincinnati Reds (71-47) 40 Comments

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    Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (66-45) at Chicago Cubs (43-66) 20 Comments

    Riding an eight game losing streak and consecutive sweeps on the west coast, the Cubs continue their upset bid to take the number one pick away from the Houston Astros. The Reds, meanwhile, ...
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    Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (5-8) at Chicago Cubs (3-10) 38 Comments

    The Cubs aren't the only NL Central team that's scuffling early on. The Reds were a somewhat populat favorite to win the central this year with Pujols gone and Carpenter hurt ...

    Cubs open to trading Matt Garza 28 Comments

    We learned awhile back that the Cubs would listen to offers on any of their players so I had really wanted to avoid writing about specific players until a credible rumor surfaced. However, ...

    Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (64-82) at Cincinnati Reds (71-75) 172 Comments

    The Cubs played the Reds just last week, and five of the six starters from that series are pitching this series. I’m just going to make a few minor tweaks to the last preview ...
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    Starlin Castro Year 1 and Year 2 210 Comments

    All numbers updated through games ending on August 6th. Starlin Castro has nearly had as many plate appearances this season as he did last so it seems a good time to compare the two ...

    Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (54-57) at Chicago Cubs (47-65) 147 Comments

    BREAKING NEWS: I heard the 49ers are shopping Taylor Mays Just 18 more wins in a row until the Cubs are back at .500! It’s Gonna Happen. Where have things gone wrong with the ...

    Series preview: Chicago Cubs (17-21) at Cincinnati Reds (23-17) 312 Comments

    It hasn’t been too long since we saw the Reds, but in that span of time they’ve gone from a mediocre record to the top of the NL Central division. A big part of it is that ...

    Series Preview: Cincinnati Reds (16-15) at Chicago Cubs (14-16) 23 Comments

    The Cubs went 4-3 on their trip out west, and a winning record on any such trip is a nice feat no matter the quality of the teams played. Today they start a 2 plus week stretch of games ...