Okay, Let’s Try to Clarify This Manny Machado Trade Offer Business Again
I really didn’t want to cover this any further, but there’s nothing else going on and I’ve got 30 minutes on the elliptical so let’s talk about the Manny Machado...
Daily Archive: December 27, 2017
2017 Cubs victories revisited, June 29: Cubs 5, Nationals 4
After the Cubs’ pen blew a lead, a ninth-inning comeback highlighted this win. The Cubs had lost two straight to the Nats and needed this win to split the series....
Cubs sign LHP Kyle Ryan
Yes, it’s a slow news day. We are all waiting for big Cubs news. We’re not getting big Cubs news. Thus I bring you minor Cubs news: The Cubs have...
Thanks, Congrats to Unsung Hero Leaving Cubs Front Office
Between the dearth of Cubs news and hangovers both actual and metaphorical, I’ve had a hard time getting back into the whole writing thing. I’m not self-important enough to think...
Jessica and Kris Bryant surprise Jessica’s mom with Jeep for Christmas
Cubs star Kris Bryant helped his wife Jessica pull off a Christmas surprise for her mother: A new Jeep. In a video Jessica tweeted Tuesday, Yoko Delp opens a package...
Wrigley Field construction update: Special aerial edition
Here are some more views from above the ballpark. Courtesy of Curtis Waltz, who runs the @WrigleyAerials Twitter account and who often flies over the ballpark, we have seven more...
Offseason Prospect Profile: Jose Albertos Looking Like Next Big Thing
When thinking about 2018 in the Cubs’ system, I get pretty excited about seeing Jose Albertos pitch. He’ll start out at low-A South Bend and since most of the teams...
Cubs’ series clincher over Nationals was one for the books
What words best describe how you felt after the Cubs outlasted the Nationals 9-8 last October in Game 5 of the National League Division Series? Relieved, exhilarated or exhausted? Inspired...
If the Cubs do sign Yu Darvish, what’s their next biggest need?
Who would you go after, after Darvish? It’s a slow news week. A very slow news week: *scans the internet for baseball news. Sees nothing.* [Two hours pass] *Starts trying...
The Rundown: Cardinals Close Gap on Cubs, Machado Rumors Linger, Bryant Roasts Twitter Troll
Yesterday may have been the slowest baseball news day of the offseason. I guess we can point the blame at the effects of a holiday hangover of sorts, but the...
MLB Bullets had a holiday miracle
An Astros coach had a medical miracle. It’s OK to hate the Yankees again. Some great baseball presents. It’s been pretty quiet in the baseball world since last we met....
Has St. Louis’ offseason splash closed gap in Cubs-Cardinals rivalry?
St. Louis has taken a bold approach to the hot stove season while Chicago has focused on filling holes. Will that shake up the state of the NL Central? …Read...