What message could one of the most frequent advertisers on #Cubs broadcasts possibly have intended this shot to convey?
The new Player Comparison Tool at baseballsavant.com confirms what we all suspected: #Cubs infield defense is pretty damn good. Bush, Hoerner, Swanson, and Bregman rank in the 77th, 95th, 94th, and 81st percentiles in Fielding Run Value.
Aiden Moffett, the minor league pitcher the #Cubs sent to the A’s for Aaron Civale, has the kind of stats you’d expect to rack up in a video game. If you didn’t know how to play the game.
Wrigley Field air quality improving. AQI now level with Luis Valbuena's 2014 strikeout total. #Cubs
The Air Quality Index in the area around Wrigley Field right now is equal to the 2012 #Cubs’ winning percentage. Bad. Very bad.
I love the discrepancies between baseball language and soccer language when describing the same thing, e.g., shutout vs. clean sheet. And if you don’t think that the next time the #Cubs are holding an opponent scoreless I’ll write “The Cubs have not conceded a run,” prepare to be surprised.
Phil Regan died today. He led the ill-fated '69 team with 17 saves and saved 60 games over five seasons as a Cub. He was also part of a fantastic trade with the #Dodgers, which brought Regan and the outstanding Jim Hickman to Chicago for two guys I'm confident you've never heard of. RIP, Vulture.
Note the scoreboard on the rendering of the #Rays' proposed very-possibly-never-to-be-built new stadium. What the hell?! They must still be stinging from getting pantsed by the #Cubs in the Miles Mastrobuoni deal.
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Ambiguity has no place at our local Sport Clips.
Looks like a New York doubleheader may be in the #Cubs’ near future. On a positive note, if Cubs get rained out every day for the next couple weeks and Brewers lose their next 15 games in a row, Cubs could be ahead of Milwaukee by mid-July.
Hahahaha. Today I learned that among the things AI hasn’t learned to generate is the proper scoring of a #baseball game.
And don’t forget—Nate Pearson is in the Hall of Fame.
Among the items not related to the #Cubs that I was most taken by during yesterday’s visit to Cooperstown.
If I had known back in March that come June 15, this headline would would be a real thing, I’d have guessed—appropriately as it turns out—that the #Cubs were having pitching-staff depth issues.
STEVE STONE: Of course, we’re a long way away, but I’m thinking that’s just rotten wood.
CHIP CARAY: Let’s hope so.
#Cubs
Tonight: #Cubs (31-16) @ #Cardinals (29-25), 6:15 p.m. CT. Shota Imanaga v. Enrico Pallazzo.
A t-shirt I created in honor of the brawl. Sold it at Wrigley, out of a trailer my friend would set up on the parkway next to the 7-Eleven at Sheffield and Addison.
Heated? No, *this* was heated.
Well, this is awkward. Appears that the newest #Cubs starter stole teammate Javier Assad’s glasses.
MLB is into shitty AI, too!
#Cubs winning streak now at Asshole, er, I mean, Dave Kingman level.
The #Cubs winning streak has hit Paul Bako levels.
#Cubs’ winning streak is now Joe Pepitone games long.
With 5 career HR, Moisés Ballesteros is just 71 HR from tying the all-time #Cubs record for HR by a Moisés.