N=1, sample size etc.
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (17-12) at Pittsburgh Pirates (11-18)
The toughest* part of the Cubs schedule is finally behind them but they shouldn’t take their foot of the gas. And while the Pirates overall are a step down from the Dodgers et al., they do still have this Paul Skenes guy, who outdueled Yamamoto in his last start. The Pirates are coming off a double LA road trip, where …
Off Day Cubs Check-In 4/28
I was thinking about the season preview I did at the tail end of spring training, and as we look at the standings today, a day that the Cubs have off as they travel to Pittsburgh for another road trip that doesn’t suck as much as the last one (we hope), we find the Chicago North Side Baseball Club has …
What Would Bruján Do?
This link takes you to the play in question, and keep in mind this isn’t the play that lost the game, as Julian Merryweather had uncharacteristically walked the world in stupid extras and coughed up a go-ahead run already. Per my observation, Vidal Bruján was playing kind of deep possibly to prevent any ball that could get past him from …
Rain Delay Haiku 4/25
Rain during baseball Should be illegal except In the World Series 😉
Cubs 11, LADoLA 10 (10 innings)
OSS: Another wild comeback with the wind blowing out Three up: Three down: Next up: The Cubs go for the season series win against the Dodgers at 6:00 PM CT. Matt Boyd is pitching for the Cubs, but the Dodgers still haven’t announced their starter. Probably a bullpen and/or piggyback start game, I guess.
Series Preview: Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angels (16-7) at Chicago Cubs (14-10)
The slog through the NL West continues, and the Cubs get to close out their regular season games with the Dodgers. When I first saw that the Cubs were the ‘home’ team in Tokyo I was a little annoyed, both because of who the real home team would be with Ohtani in Tokyo, and because they’d wouldn’t have any ‘true’ …
Dreamcast 107: Easter Eggs
I forgot today was also 4/20 but I guess the Cubs came off their high already after the Friday and Saturday games. In this episode… 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 …
That Game Was Dumb as Hell, Laudatory
Especially that eighth inning, I mean what the hell (dying laughing) I was pretty annoyed at the top half like everyone else, but the bottom half made sitting in traffic seem not so bad after all. Elmo broke Twitter a long time ago, but yeah that is one hell of a wild swing and a wild game that I’m glad …
Series Preview: Arizona Sneks (12-7) at Chicago Cubs (12-9)
Luckily the MLB schedulers decided to get my Arizona-based blackouts out of the way by mid-April this year. The Cubs split their four game series in the desert, though they had the final game in hand until the Cubs bullpen melted down on getaway day. These are the last scheduled games but odds seem pretty good that they’ll face each …