Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 20, 2025
I don’t know why Easter strikes me every year as the first check-in point for how I think the Cubs are shaping up in a given season, especially since its date floats around in tandem with the floating start to the season. Sometimes a lot has happened by Easter, sometimes very little. It’s probably just that it’s a big holiday, and those kinds of arresting movements predispose us to thought….
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 20, 2025
I hope you have a happy Easter today with family and friends, or whatever you do to celebrate the day. We’ll see some family, hunt some Easter eggs, and eat some home-cooked food. Then, like Halloween, I do my parental duty and steal whatever candy I can … Justin Steele’s elbow surgery was a success, and thankfully it did not come with a full Tommy John procedure, which would’ve been…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 20, 2025
For the second straight game, the Cubs had a righty at the back of their rotation facing (1) a lineup that is the best in baseball by far against righties, and (2) an opposing starting pitcher at the front of the other team’s rotation. And for the second straight game – albeit less bonkers this time – the Cubs pulled out the win thanks to plenty of offense and a…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 19, 2025
For the second straight day, the Cubs entered the 8th inning with a big lead, and for the second straight day Just kidding. It was a more traditional end to this one, albeit requiring Daniel Palencia to throw two innings. And when you have a five run lead, you challenge hitters and let a guy hit a solo homer if he can. Well done, Daniel. That lead came courtesy of…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Apr 19, 2025
CUBS LINEUP — On April 8, 2024, the Cubs blew an 8-0 lead to the Padres, and it felt like a defining moment for that team. Something about fate or luck (… or talent) just not being on their side. And yesterday nearly had the same vibes. And then it was different, because this team is different. Or at least that’s what I told myself when I was going to…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 19, 2025
Last call! The watch party is today (free food, free drinks, free goodies), so if you’re in Chicago and want to participate, see the details here! I’m still humming from that game. That’s the kind of game that you think of as a gift from the baseball gods – not for the team, but for you as a consumer of entertainment. That game didn’t have to be as wildly absurd…
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 19, 2025
I can’t believe the Cubs won that game. I mean, I can’t believe they almost LOST that game, too, but let’s keep it happy. Because that game was, outside of one half-inning, fun as heck. Ultimately, the Cubs won 13-11 over the Diamondbacks, having blown a six-run lead (and then some) within a single inning. How on earth does that happen? Well, enjoy the highlights to see it again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNbuQ_4vpEk
Chicago Cubs
Brett Taylor
•Apr 18, 2025
Oh my god. From a “really solid win” to a “unbelievably terrible loss” to a “WTF JUST HAPPENED?!” to a “OMG FLY THE W HOLLLLLY SHIIITTTTTTTTT” game. I’m buzzing. This is one of those EBS’s that I write, erase, re-write, erase, and then have to COMPLETELY scrap. That 8th inning was one of the craziest innings of baseball I’ve ever seen. Forgive any insanity here within. So, the Cubs had…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Apr 18, 2025
[Feldco] This is the drunkest game in a LOOOOOONG time. I won’t belabor it, but here’s the short version: After entering the top of the 8th inning with a 7-1 lead (thanks to Ian Happ’s grand slam), the Cubs absolutely imploded. The bullpen, the defense, all of it. And by the end of the half inning, they were down 11-7 to the Diamondbacks and spirits were VERY low. And then…
Chicago Cubs
Michael Cerami
•Apr 18, 2025
[Feldco] Although the Cubs offense, as a whole, has been one of the hottest in baseball, one usually consistent figure had been mostly left behind. Before today’s game, Ian Happ was slashing just .233/.320/.311 (88 wRC+) out of the leadoff spot with only one homer in 103 PAs. So I have to imagine that swing felt VERY very good. Ian Happ Grand Slam With the bases loaded and one out…
