Chicago Cubs
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Can Cubs' Bryant bounce back from brutal 2020 batting slump?Oct 15, 2020 11:00 am - Maybe you didn't hear, but things didn't go particularly well for Kris Bryant in 2020. The former rookie of the year and MVP hit .206 with 4 home runs and 11 RBI. Two of...
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Cubs seek cure for Baez's batting slumpOct 14, 2020 1:00 am - Theo Epstein didn't mention any names during this postseason critique of Cubs hitting, but it was easy to imagine video footage of Javy Baez strikeouts playing over his ...
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Should Cubs stay out of Hoerner's way at second base?Oct 13, 2020 1:00 pm - If the Cubs have too many options at second base, do they have no second baseman at all? Well, maybe the philosophical approach isn't the best way to analyze the Cubs' s...
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Hard to imagine Cubs removing Rizzo from first baseOct 11, 2020 2:00 pm - Is it time for the Cubs to pull out the hand sanitizer and remove all traces of Anthony Rizzo from first base? Well, that's a question Theo Epstein and Cubs management w...
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Contreras belongs in Cubs' big pictureOct 10, 2020 12:00 pm - If you went back and logged topics of discussion in all of the Cubs Zoom interviews this season, Willson Contreras' pitch-framing probably ranked in the top five. Yeah, ...
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Go Figure: Los Angeles is a lock to win World SeriesOct 10, 2020 1:00 am - The last time I made a published prediction about the Los Angeles Dodgers' World Series chances, it was a colossal whiff. In the Oct. 6, 1988 edition of The Daily Northw...
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Baseball Way Back: Plenty of vicarious World Series thrills for Chicago baseball fansOct 10, 2020 1:00 am - COVID-19 has brought baseball fans a different kind of baseball season. For Chicago baseball fans, however, the pandemic season has delivered a familiar result - yet ano...
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Cubs, Sox out but there's still local flavor in MLB playoffsOct 06, 2020 1:00 am - The Cubs' playoff run again ended before it even got started. The White Sox managed to win Game 1 of the wild-card round in their first postseason appearance in 12 years...
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State of the Cubs: Epstein focused on improving dismal offenseOct 05, 2020 1:00 pm - Theo Epstein delivered his State of the Cubs Monday, and one message was to slam the breaks on the theory he might leave before his contract expires next season. In fact...
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Epstein expects to remain with Cubs at least for next season
Oct 05, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Theo Epstein appears to be gearing up for one more go-round as the Chicago Cubs' president of baseball operations. Epstein said Monday his expectation is ...