Yay, more divisional baseball! (physically drags axe away from grindstone). The Cubs face the Reds for their first series of the year this weekend, and will turn around to host them at Wrigley next week. While the Cubs are in their stretch of relatively weaker opponents, the Reds are definitely one of the tougher customers. Despite playing half their games …
Off Day Reset (5/22)
We were hoping on the last Dreamcast that the Cubs would make a sort of a run, and so far so good (albeit could’ve swept but for some dumb baseball things and the usual bullpen grumblings). As I revisited the preview I did before the season started (which still includes Japan even if we pretend that didn’t happen), I think …
Dreamcast 109: How Sweep It Is
With the Cubs having finally engineered a sweep of another team, albeit a bad one, we return to talk about: You can check out the podcast page or just click on the embedded players below. You can also use the sidebar to get to our Apple Podcast pages and leave a nice review and rating if it pleases you.
Things to Think on Another Cubs Off Day
I tend to think that, whether it was by design because the Cubs slipped someone a few dollars in the scheduling committee, or if they just got lucky, the regular Thursday off day has been pretty amazing to help keep players and pitchers fresh amidst the rash of injuries the team has to weather. I suppose we should be thankful …
Cubs 5, Marlins 4
OSS: Yukon Cornelius walks it off! Three up: Three down: Next up: The Cubs go for the sweep with Jameson Taillon on the mound, facing lefty Ryan Weathers at 6:40 CT.
Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson Reinstated—And Really Different
Commissioner Rob Manfred throws a bone both to fellow trash former human and to a different guy who probably actually loved baseball On Tuesday, Rob Manfred sent a letter to a lawyer to let lawbreakers loose after leaving the land of the living, leaving lifetime bans limited to the length of the lives against whom they are levied by the …
Cubs 6, Mets 5
OSS: Cade Horton makes a solid debut Three up Three down Next up: Matt Boyd takes on asbestos collar robber baron Griffin Canning at 11:05 AM CT. It’s a Roku game, so enjoy Pat Zach and Ron I guess. Or don’t. I can’t tell you what to do. (though I still maintain that Zaidman is better than Alex Cohen. Or …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (22-16) at New New York Mets (24-14)
I was told that the Cubs had no hard series for the rest of the year, this is some bullshit. The Mets may have had one of the easiest strength of schedules on the year, but they are still quite a good team even with new signing Juan Soto “slumping” by his standards. The Mets rank sixth in offense, twentieth …
Welcome (Soon) to the Cubs, Cade Horton
So Shota Imanaga is on the shelf for probably a month or so, and Justin Steele is out for the year, which means someone has to take over that open spot in the rotation. It appears that someone is top Cubs pitching prospect Cade Horton: Horton, Chicago’s No. 2 prospect and No. 46 overall per MLB Pipeline, will join the team this …
Dreamcast 108: Keep the Line Moving
In this Dreamcast after the Cubs’ relatively successful division road trip, we talk a bit about… You can check out the podcast page or just click on the embedded players below. You can also use the sidebar to get to our Apple Podcast pages and leave a nice review and rating if it pleases you.