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Cubs News, Rumors & Analysis
Cubs Getting Good at Meeting, Just Not When It Comes to Expectations
You know things have gotten sideways when teams start holding players-only meetings. That the Cubs held one such powwow just…
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Series Previews
Cubs vs. Braves Series Preview (June 24-27): TV and Game Info, Starting Pitchers, Insights
The Cubs just split their four-game series with the Mets and remain just a half-game ahead of the second-place Brewers…
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Low Expected Batting Averages in Houston Indicative of MLB’s Increased Homer Rate
As fans, we all love watching our favorite players hit home runs. Luckily for us, we are tuned into a…
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Doolittle, Too Late: Maddon Right to Protest Nats Reliever’s Illegal Delivery
There are times as a leader when you’ve got to stick up for your charges and prove a point. One…
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Why Javy Báez Taking More Called Third Strikes Could Be a Very Good Thing
Javy Báez is having another huge year so far in 2019, bashing 11 homers and slashing an impressive .323/.360/.627 through…
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Chicago Cubs News
Cubs Playing in ‘Another Dimension’ After Being Left for Dead at 2-7
Remember when the Cubs were dead in the water at 2-7, a moribund team that had gotten so bloated with…
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The Rundown: Cubs Bats Frigid, Jason Heyward Stays Hot, Chris Davis Remains Hitless, Whit Merrified Does Not
Digging on that Seuss-like title? One of my biggest pet peeves with the Cubs last year was how they made…
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Instead of Playing Overzealous Lifeguard, Maddon Should Let Darvish Sink or Swim on His Own
It’d be disingenuous to say that Yu Darvish was shoving Wednesday night, but the righty looked a lot better in…
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Bargain Pickup Daniel Descalso Paying Early Dividends with Hot Start
When the Cubs’ biggest offseason move turned out to be signing Daniel Descalso to a two-year $5 million deal, fans…
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Chicago Cubs News
Maddon Went to Struggling Bullpen to Make Sure Darvish Felt Good About Himself
Yu Darvish looked better Thursday night than he had in his disastrous first outing, but things were getting shaky toward…
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