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Tag: Chicago Cubs

  • TGS 2020 MLB Preview

    TGS 2020 MLB Preview

    Better late than never, right? Nearly four months later than expected, the 2020 MLB season is about to begin. The season’s first pitch will take place Thursday, July 23, at Nationals Park, when the New York Yankees visit the defending World Series champions in Washington D.C. Most teams will begin play the next day. A […]

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  • Javier Baez Is Having An MVP Season, Will He Be The MVP?

    Javier Baez Is Having An MVP Season, Will He Be The MVP?

    The MVP talk is starting to heat up and somehow Javier Baez finds himself right in the middle of it. You look in every direction of any Chicago sports media, Baez is there. He is exceeding most expectations of his young career thus far this season but is it good enough to be the NL […]

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  • These Cubs Are Finally Who We Thought They Were

    These Cubs Are Finally Who We Thought They Were

    The Cubs are finally who we thought they were. It took some time but things are finally starting to gel.

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  • An Open Letter to Mike Matheny and the St Louis Cardinals

    An Open Letter to Mike Matheny and the St Louis Cardinals

    To the St Louis Cardinals manager, coaches and front office, We seem to have hit a hard spot as a franchise. I don’t see us dog-piling on the pitchers mound at the end of October any time soon, and I don’t see us amidst a rebuilding project full of promise for the future either. The […]

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  • A World Series hangover

    A World Series hangover

    Minutes into Sunday’s game, the Cubs’ last before the All-Star break, the tweets started rolling in.

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  • Early Cardinals Observations

    Early Cardinals Observations

    After twelve games this season, the St. Louis Cardinals were in unfamiliar territory. Their record sat at an abysmal 3-9, their worst start to a season since the 1988 team (also 3-9). The worst part about it was, they were losing these games in ugly fashion. Through those first twelve games, the team committed ten […]

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  • Hungover in Wrigleyville

    Hungover in Wrigleyville

    Wrigleyville and hangovers go hand in hand.

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  • Welcome to the World Series.  At Wrigley Field.

    Welcome to the World Series. At Wrigley Field.

    We have talked before.  I’m a Cubs fan.  I’m a die hard Cubs fan.  I’m obsessive.  You think my obsession for UNI was bad, you have no idea. I fell in love with the Cubs when I went to Wrigley Field and saw Andre Dawson hit homers in BP.  It was the first “hero” athlete […]

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  • RECAP: The Game of a Lifetime

    RECAP: The Game of a Lifetime

    The 7-2 result on the scoreboard wasn’t quite what 101-year-old Avon Burt had hoped for heading into Saturday’s game with the Cleveland Indians, but the experience she had at her first Cubs’ World Series game will remain with her and her family for generations. As we brought you last week, Avon and her daughter Andy […]

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  • The Game of a Lifetime

    The Game of a Lifetime

    The 2016 Chicago Cubs have set the baseball world by storm this season, shattering the 100-win mark in the regular season and waltzing into the World Series following playoff wins over San Francisco and Los Angeles. For many Cubs fans, this has been a drastic change of pace following difficult seasons and heartbreaking finishes to playoff […]

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