We are back again! And not at 4am! Hopefully the results are a little better than Tokyo. The Cubs face a less daunting task than they did against the Dodgers, but the Dbacks are also a very good team. Somehow the Dbacks lined things up such that their big free agent signing, Corbin Burnes, is *not* starting in this four …
Series Preview: Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles (0-0) “at” Chicago Cubs (0-0)
Baseball! It’s back! At 4am (my time)! It’s been a pretty cool vicarious experience to see the Cubs in Japan, maybe I should try to spend less than a decade before I return next time*. Everyone seems to be enjoying themselves, including Shota and Seiya in their unofficial roles as hosts. Both teams were shut out by the Hanshin Tigers …
Series Preview: Cubs (75-71) at Rockies (55-92)
I’m on mini-vacation to catch this series, so I figure the least I could do was actually write a post for once (dying laughing). The Rockies were eliminated some time ago, obviously, but at least I still get some vaguely relevant Cubs baseball. Since it’s pretty much just the Barves and Mets that the Cubs are chasing now, here’s the …
Cubs 5, Cardinals 1
OSS: The newly resurgent Cubs win their fifth in a row. Three up: Three down: Next up: Doubleheader tomorrow, Hayden Wesneski and TBD (Assad?) in some order face Lance Lynn and Kyle Gibson, also in some order, at 1:15 and 7:15 PM CT.
Series Preview: Milwaukee Brewers (19-11) at Chicago Cubs (19-13)
It’s our first divisional series, more than a month into the year! Grumble grumble. The Cubs and Beers have both been peppered with injuries but are succeeding despite it – maybe it’s Pat Murphy magic that Counsell inherited? It’s been fun seeing the Brewers-Cubs rivalry ramp up from where it was when I lived in Wisconsin *mumble* years ago, but …
Cubs 3, Mets 1
OSS: Cubs break up a no-hitter, Mets be Metsing Three up Three down Next up Game two of the four game series kicks off at 6:10 CT, with Javier Assad facing Sean Manea.
Cubs 5, Dbacks 3 and Series Preview: Miami Marlins (4-15) at Chicago Cubs (11-7)
Combined post, cuz we need a new one OSS: Hayden Wesneski gives the pen a shot in the arm Three up: Three down: Next up: See below The Cubs head into another series with a team that gave them a bunch of crushing losses last season. The Marlins are struggling, to say the least. Pretty much their entire rotation is …
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (7-5) at Seattle Mariners (5-8)
The Cubs west coast trip continues with a trip to Seattle. The Mariners are yet another team that’s in the mix for a playoff spot this year, which says less about the Cubs relative scheduling than it does about the relative strength of the league, where there are only four, maybe five truly awful teams, and none of them are …
Cubs 5, Padres 1
OSS: The Cubs bullpen will never blow a lead again confirmed Three up: Three down: Next up The Cubs go for the series win at 5:40 PM CT. Cyle takes on former Cubs prospect Dylan Cease, he of the trade I’ll defend to my dying breath (dying laughing).
Cubs 9 Dodgers 7
OSS: Playoff baseball, in April? Three up: Three down: Next up: Jordan Wicks takes on Yoshinobu Yamamoto at 3 PM CT, should be another exciting one! Now go root for Iowa and Caitlin Clark. Or don’t. I can’t tell you what to do.