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Cubs are in first place At least through Monday but hope It is forever [...]

These assholes again? Ugh. At least we only have to play once a year (plus playoffs hopefully) in this stupid ballpark, where I swear the stadium sound guy has a personal vendetta against me. I don’t know what it is that always rubs me the wrong way there. The fact [...]

The Cubs are off today, one of many this month of April which includes every Thursday up until their road finale against the Pirates in Pittsburgh on May 1. This after 15 games which includes a tough “home” (Japan)/road trip and a tough home stand prior to a tough road [...]

Baseball is a team game filled with personal milestones. In Saturday’s 7-1 win over the Padres, Ian Happ showcased some of both. Making his 1,000th career appearance for the Cubs, something only 31 other players in franchise history have done, Happ reached base twice and made a spectacular diving catch [...]

OSS: Nothing like a low stress win. Three up: Matt Boyd’s second start for the Cubs was even more solid than his first. Boyd pitched six shutout innings walking one and striking out five. Small sample size etc etc but the Cubs signing of Boyd might have been shrewder than expected. The [...]

The Cubs are on their fourth, and last, opener of the season as they play their first series at Wrigley in 2025. The weather looks slightly cooler than what they had in Phoenix/Sacramento, hopefully it doesn’t cool off the bats as well. Though if the bats cooled down to only [...]

Berselius is likely to have a series preview shortly, but in the meantime I thought I’d toss out some over/unders for you to have fun with. What’s your prediction? Are you also now singing an old Sesame Street song, one of Grover’s greatest hits? Added benefit is to see if [...]

This is partly inspired by a misunderstanding on the Facebook page… I usually try to write such that there is no pronoun ambiguity, but I mistakenly assumed most people who paid attention would know that the Cubs bullpen barely had to do anything while the A’s bullpen was ground into a [...]

I think I knew that the California League was traditionally a high offense environment but it seems the Cubs put that into practice. Anyway here’s the highlights. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlT3lo53jDg?si=faxtkN_BrRAe0BIl&w=560&h=315] [...]

Opening Day. Two of the sweetest words in the English language. A… [...]

Did the Tokyo Series really even count? “Domestic” opening day seems like the perfect launching point of the Kyle Tucker era for the Chicago Cubs. The 2025 season is officially upon us, but before we get started, I asked the CHGO Cubs staff a few questions heading into Opening Day. Here’s [...]

Under different circumstances, an 0-2 start to the season for the Cubs — especially against the defending World Series champion Dodgers — wouldn’t be cause for alarm. Frustration, yes, but not real concern. That should probably be just as true now, but the Tokyo series has amplified the attention on [...]

One down, 161 to go. In the same way that the first game or two of spring training prompts the temptation to overanalyze, the first look at games that actually count can lead to feelings of optimism or doom for the rest of the season. Game one of the Cubs‘ 2025 [...]

THE CUBS: TAKING BASEBALL GLOBAL BEFORE IT WAS COOL – WITH A BIT… [...]

What a Weekend at Sloan Park! This past weekend at Sloan Park was… [...]

And when I’m back in Chicago, I feel it Another version of me, I was in it I wave goodbye to the end of beginning -Djo, End of Beginning Chicago Cubs fans love to talk prospects and it’s known throughout the game about how driven this fanbase is discussing the entire organization. Cubs fans [...]

Well, we knew the Cubs’ undefeated run wouldn’t last forever, and that moment… [...]

MESA, Ariz. — The long-awaited spring debut of Matt Shaw came against the Reds at Sloan Park on Sunday. He has been out with an oblique injury since just before the first full-squad workout almost a month ago. Shaw’s ability to get back on the field is important because, as [...]

MESA, Ariz. — The Cubs took another step on Saturday toward the final 26 players who will break camp with the team for domestic opening day on March 27, reducing their major league roster to 54 players. The players optioned to Triple-A were all pitchers — Gavin Hollowell, Jack Neely, Cody [...]

MESA, Ariz. — The projected infield for the 2025 Cubs includes Nico Hoerner at second base and Matt Shaw at third. A month from the domestic opening day on March 27 against the Diamondbacks, both players are on target to be on the active roster. But both of them are [...]