With the 2023 Major League Baseball season only 51 days away, on Tuesday, the Cubs released the schedule of promotional items set to be given away at home games throughout the year. These items include bobbleheads of Cubs legends, various special-edition hats, items only available through special ticket offers and more. Here is the full promotional item schedule for 2023:…
The end of the 2022 season didn’t go as Justin Steele would’ve liked, but you can’t deny the impressive results. Without pitching the entire last month of the season due to a lower back strain, and even with a 4-7 record that doesn’t look good at first glance, Steele took a big step in his development. By the end of…
It’s not hyperbole to say Dexter Fowler may be the most important leadoff hitter in the long history of the Chicago Cubs. Other past leadoff hitters have arguments, too. But Fowler was the leadoff man when the Cubs won not just the biggest championship in franchise history, but the biggest championship in Major League Baseball history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DzcTtAiv3Q In that 2016…
When we look back on the 2016 Chicago Cubs, Dexter Fowler is not the first name most fans will remember. He might be the most important, though. That season was storybook, of course. Kris Bryant had an MVP season. Anthony Rizzo was considered one of the best first basemen in the NL. Jake Arrieta won the NL Cy Young award…
As various recruiting sites have rolled out their preseason lists of baseball’s top prospects, Pete Crow-Armstrong continues to see his stock rise. One of latest examples comes from MLB Pipeline’s top 100 prospect list that was released last Thursday. The 20-year-old outfielder was by far the highest ranked Cubs prospect, coming in at No. 28 in the top 100 (ahead…
In 2016, the Cubs had an all-time defense. As they made the run to the World Series title that season, they led all of baseball with 107 defensive runs saved (DRS). The next highest team, the Astros, saved 77 runs that year. Three years later, when the Cubs failed to make the playoffs for the first time in four seasons,…
Chicago sports are in a bit of a rut if you haven’t noticed. It’s been 37 years since the Bears won a Super Bowl and 25 since the Bulls won an NBA championship. The White Sox are just behind them with an 18-year old drought. In the old days, we used to blame things like farm animals and baseball players…
Dylan Cease and Dansby Swanson are now the stars of the Crosstown rivalry. But before they were big leaguers, they faced off in high school. And Cease is still a little salty about the call.
The Cubs and White Sox can’t keep playing the cheap card if they want people to keep paying attention.
Let’s just start with the obvious. The year 2022 was a disappointing one for Chicago sports. From tanking teams to underachieving ones, our franchises let us down early and often. But every good story needs a humble beginning and there is no shortage of possibilities when it comes to first chapters. From the Bears finally looking like they have their…
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