OSS: Jake Marisnick leads the offense in a blowout Three up: The whole offense was straight fire today, but Jake Marisnick was the big standout with a 5 RBI day. He got things going with a bases-clearing double in the first, knocked in the elusive runner on third in the second inning, and added a solo shot for good measure …
Cubs 4, Mets 3
OSS: Ron Santo (mostly) approves. Three up: The Cubs completed their sweep of the Mets, and are no longer in the red wins-wise. Jason Heyward capped the sweep with a bases loaded walk-off single in the 10th. I was sure going into the PA that with Javy on third base, the Cubs would squeeze to win. I guess I have …
Cubs 3, Mets 1
OSS: Cubs grind out a win on the frozen tundra. Three up: There wasn’t a ton of hard contact today due to the cold weather, but the Cubs managed to make the most of it, working six walks and a ROE off Mets starter Taijuan Walker, including a BBRBI by Contreras and some hustle by Eric Sogard on a throwing …
Cubs 13, Braves 4
OSS: The sleepers have awakened Three up: The Cubs offense finally burst out of its shell today, and it was Willson Contreras who set the tone. He started the scoring with a solo shot in the first inning, and hit another shot in his next plate appearance. Kris Bryant also had a multi-homer day, and now has more home runs …
Cubs 5, Brewers 3
OSS: Nice to bust out my favorite recap header pic for the first time this year. Three up: After a slow start for both teams, the Cubs had a homer party in the fourth inning. Contreras, Baez, and Bote all went yard off of sometime Cub Brett Anderson. Following in the footsteps of Zach Davies, Trevor Williams had a solid …
Cubs 4, Pirates 3
OSS: Cubs score early and often, hang on to win it. Three up: Zach Davies looked pretty good in his Cubs debut, cruising through his first five innings while never allowing more than one baserunner at a time and striking out five. He ran out of gas in the sixth and gave up a two run homer, but overall everything …
2021 Opening Day roster and roundup
Baseball is back tomorrow, and so is OV’s erratic coverage of the 2021 Cubs season. Baseball has certainly been far from my mind since the weirdness that was the 2020 season. However, listening to the occasional radio broadcast during the spring has re-stoked some of that fan energy that I had forgotten I had. For the rest of you who …
Postseason Series Preview: Miami Marlins (31-29) at Chicago Cubs (34-26)
Shockingly, MLB managed to make it to the end of the season without things falling all the way apart, though it looked like a close one for a while. As a reminder, this first round of the playoffs is a three-game series at the home park of the higher seeded team, before things move to a neutral site/bubble for the …
Alec Mills no-hits the Brerrors
OSS: Just the guy we expected (dying laughing). Three up: Early in the game, it looked like the big story would be the Cubs offense finally waking up this weekend. But as the game went on, Alec Mills kept rolling and made it look easy, keeping the Brewers bats as off balance as their gloves were today. Offensively, it was …
Where we stand now: 2020 post trade deadline
Baseball has somehow managed to roll along far enough to get past the midway point of the season, against at least *some* odds. It’s been nice listening to a Cubs game or two on the radio but this bizarre and awful dumpster fire of a year has really put a damper on anything it touches, at least for me. Anyway, …