Chicago Cubs
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Maybe left field is the spot for Cubs to add a contact hitterOct 17, 2020 10:00 am - Kyle Schwarber set his own expectations high by belting 5 home runs in the 2015 playoffs, including the renowned “Schwarboard” shot that landed on top of the Big Board i...
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Baseball Way Back: Pierce-Ford matchups epitomized Sox-Yankees rivalryOct 17, 2020 1:00 am - I wish I could hate the Yankees. I'm talking about hating the Yankees the way the late Sox pitcher and broadcaster Ed Farmer said he did when growing up a Sox fan in Eve...
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Go Figure: 'Three True Outcomes' take center stageOct 17, 2020 1:00 am - How very "2020 Baseball" of the Houston Astros, belting the first and final pitches for home runs in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series Thursday. Former W...
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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...