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Gwinnett Stripers 4, Charlotte Knights 3The Knights seemed to be doing fine with their 1-0 lead, courtesy of an RBI double from Oliver Dunn in the fifth, but then Luke Bell took the mound. After seven strong games in High-A, the decision to advance Bell to Triple-A and bypass Birmingham turned out to be a […]
Welcome to Noah Schultz Night! And quite a late night it is, with the White Sox back on the West Coast, taking on the high-flying Padres. Basically beyond his first inning in the major leagues, Schultz has been spectacular, certainly better than advertised for a 22-year-old whose 2025 wasn’t terribly impressive/marred by injury. A new […]
Chicago White Sox (14-17) at San Diego Padres (19-11), May 1, 2026, 6:40 p.m. PST Watch: Padres.TV Location: Petco Park – San Diego, Calif. Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines.
For much of this early season, two of Jed Hoyer’s key bullpen acquisitions had not done well. Phil Maton spent time on the injured list and didn’t throw well when he pitched. Jacob Webb had not had good outings most of the year to date. Friday, both of them pitched well when the Cubs needed […]
The San Diego Padres have had a streakier bullpen than usual lately. The two runs they combined to give up on Wednesday afternoon ended up costing the Friars incredibly in their 5-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs. It was their first series loss in the entire month of April. And here’s the thing. As much […]
Game Summary The Diamondbacks rough road trip continued with this 1-run loss on a cold, windy day in Wrigley, but at least the Snakes showed us some life by fighting back after falling down big early again. Zac Gallen was not sharp at all, continuing the trend of D-backs’ starters not being able to find […]
1901 In the dead ball era, homers were sparse. In fact, the White Sox went their first four official American League games without one. But on this day, the offense exploded by banging out 16 hits to bury Detroit, 19-9. The onslaught marked the first time in the AL that the White Sox hit two […]
He doesn’t. End of article. I’m kidding. We’ve been spending the week looking at the Bears’ draft picks and how it impacts the room and the future of the room. We talked about the lack of additions on the defensive line, we’ve talked about the cornerback room, and we’ve talked about the linebacker room. Let’s […]
Go get ‘em, Colin.
Today’s Lineups DIAMONDBACKS CUBS Geraldo Perdomo – SS Nico Hoerner – 2B Ildemaro Vargas – 2B Moises Ballesteros – DH Corbin Carroll – RF Alex Bregman – 3B Adrian Del Castillo – DH Ian Happ – LF Gabriel Moreno – C Seiya Suzuki – RF Jose Fernandez – 1B Michael Busch – 1B Nolan Arenado […]
Cubs 6, Diamondbacks 5: Phil Maton and Jacob Webb come through Cubs vs. Diamondbacks, Friday 5/1, 1:20 CT live! Chicago Cubs vs. Arizona Diamondbacks preview, Friday 5/1, 1:20 CT
The Cubs just completed a 17-9 April and have won 12 of their last 15. The Diamondbacks come to Wrigley having lost six of their last nine. The Cubs just finished taking two of three from the Padres, whose previous series was in Mexico City against… the Diamondbacks. That series was split. Arizona stopped off […]
The Cubs and the Diamondbacks are possibly rivals for a wild-card berth into the playoffs. On 27 April, FanGraphs projected them to win 86 and 82 games. This series could possibly decide which team reaches the playoffs. The Cubs were recently playing hot, with a 10 game winning streak through 24 April. It ended with […]
Welcome Jackson Heiden, Contributor In 2015, the Milwaukee Brewers hired Jeff Levering as the newest member of their broadcast team. On September 23, 2017, I was outside listening to the Brewers Radio Network, helping my father re-side the house, when Travis Shaw hit a two-run walk-off home run against the Chicago Cubs in the 10th […]
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Free of charge for the discerning reader. Happy birthday to Marcus Stroman* and a mighty host of others. Today in baseball history, in 1991, Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers pitches the seventh no-hitter of his major league career, and other stories as well. Today in baseball history: Cubs Birthdays: Marcus Stroman*, Rudy Meoli, Paul Carter. Today in history: *pictured.
THE DAILY SPONGIE SPECIAL BEARSSSSSS Schedule Rumor: Bears to Open 2026 Season Against Seattle Seahawks Chicago will face the NFC South and AFC East this upcoming season, as well as some top franchises from each conference, the Eagles and Jaguars. Chicago Bears Stadium Update: What to Make of Latest News Chicago executives met on Wednesday […]
The Arizona Complex League starts on Saturday, so there’s some movement in anticipation of that. The Iowa Cubs also got some (probably) temporary reinforcements. Right-hander Vince Velazquez has elected free agency. Right-hander Jace Beck was promoted to Triple-A Iowa from Double-A Knoxville. Outfielder Jeury Ramirez was promoted from the Dominican Summer League Cubs-Red to Iowa. […]
Gwinnett Stripers 9, Charlotte Knights 5Shane Smith, battered last time out, gave Charlotte (14-16) what they needed with two scoreless. He surrendered only one hit, two walks, and three Ks. Of course, the good times didn’t last long. Enter Chase Plymell, and cue the disaster reel. Three singles, then a meatball grand slam in the […]
Somehow, the White Sox have managed to meet the wildest of expectations in the first month of the 2026 season. Get embarrassingly swept? Check. Sweep the defending AL pennant-winner? Check. Lose several players for the season? Again, check. Be somehow one of the best but also worst teams in several hitting and pitching categories? You […]
The Chicago Cubs are 19-12 and sitting just a game back of the division-leading Reds despite running what has essentially been a rotating cast of relievers in the late innings for the better part of three weeks. Caleb Thielbar was Craig Counsell’s de facto closer in Daniel Palencia’s absence before landing on the injured list […]
The Chicago Bears have done a few facelifts to some of the position groups this past offseason, and one of those was linebacker. The Bears have brought in a few new faces via free agency and added another in the draft, so let’s look at this room and how it shakes out not just in […]
The NFL Draft is a year-round activity. Though we’re only a week removed from the start of the 2026 NFL Draft, teams are already doing research to prepare for the 2027 NFL Draft. If your full-time job is to work in an NFL organization and focus on the draft, your focus will obvious remain on […]
The NFL will release the 2026 regular season schedule at some point in May, and the Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks will be the curtain raiser on September 9. As for the opponent? We may have our answer. ESPN’s Michael Wilbon, lifelong Chicago Bears fan and one half of Pardon the Interruption, was on a […]
In 2025, the Cubs were relatively healthy. That’s easy to forget. The headline injuries, Justin Steele, Kyle Tucker and Cade Horton were to some of the team’s biggest stars. Nico Hoerner and a number of other offensive players had some various bumps and bruises. A couple of the starting pitchers missed some time. Javier Assad […]