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Cubs BCB After Dark: Should the Cubs sign Teruaki Sato?
It’s the end of another week here at BCB After Dark: the grooviest hot spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and join us for a while. There’s no cover charge. We still have a few tables available. The hostess will seat you now. Bring your own […]
National League Championship Series Game 3: Brewers at Dodgers
The scene in the NLCS shifts west to Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers have looked very beatable so far, and for the Brewers, this is the first time they have ever had a 2-0 lead in a best-of-seven postseason series. There were rumors that the Dodgers might bench Shohei Ohtani, who hasn’t been hitting at all […]
Three Cubs are nominees for the MLBPA’s Players Choice Awards
Pete Crow-Armstrong has begun to receive awards for his fantastic 2026 season. Last week PCA was named Baseball America’s 2026 Player of the Year. Today, the MLB Players Association announced nominees for three awards they present every season. PCA, along with Yordan Alvarez and Shohei Ohtani, are finalists for the MLBPA’s Player of the Year. […]
Pete Crow-Armstrong and four other Cubs are 2026 Gold Glove finalists
The Cubs are known as an elite defensive unit and today, Rawlings announced the “finalists” for their Gold Glove Awards for this year. In reality, these aren’t actually “finalists,” which is why that’s in quotes — there isn’t another election. The players named today are simply the top three vote-getters at every position in the […]
A few thoughts about the Cubs and Clay Holmes
Many Cubs fans were happy when the team acquired Clay Holmes (and Tyrone Taylor) from the Mets for Jefferson Rojas. Even though Rojas was a top Cubs prospect, Holmes seemed a really good fit for the Cubs as a ground-ball pitcher coming to a team with elite infield defense. It didn’t work, obviously. Holmes did […]
MLB News: ALCS, NLCS, Shohei Ohtani, Mariners, Joe Espada, Victor Mesa Jr., Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
The postseason dramatics continue this week as we barrel towards finding out which two teams will square off in the World Series. Will it be a battle of the small-market champs with the Brewers and the Rays, or will the Guardians finally get another shot at winning their long-awaited championship? Or will it be another […]
Chicago Cubs history unpacked — October 14
Free of charge for the discerning reader. Happy birthday to Carlos Marmol, and a mighty host of others. Today in baseball history, in 1908 – Before the smallest crowd in World Series history (6,210), the host Detroit Tigers are tamed on three hits by Orval Overall, who strikes out 10 in a 2-0 triumph. The […]
Cubs BCB After Dark: Should the Cubs pick up Colin Rea’s option?
Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the hippest spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and join us. It’s always good to see a friendly face. There’s no cover charge. The dress code is casual. There’s a two-drink minimum, but it’s bring your own beverage. BCB After […]
American League Championship Series Game 2: Guardians at Rays
The Guardians’ late-inning rallies gave them a come-from-behind victory in Game 1. Can they keep it going and upset the favored Rays? 7 p.m. CT: Guardians at Rays (Guardians lead series 1-0) TV: TBS. Announcers: Brian Anderson, Jeff Francoeur, Ron Darling and Lauren Shehadi. Parker Messick, LHP vs. Freddy Peralta, RHP MLB.com Gameday Baseball-reference.com preview
A Cubs fan guide to the Championship Series
The Championship Series are underway in the National League and the American League. Milwaukee has taken a commanding 2-0 series lead against the Dodgers, which has the Dodgers beat panicking that maybe the best team money can buy can’t actually beat the best team analytics can build. Meanwhile, two small market darlings are squaring off […]
A few thoughts about the Cubs and Ian Happ
Ian Happ is one of the most underappreciated Cubs — maybe ever. He’s played 10 seasons with the team, producing 25.3 bWAR. That ranks 27th among all Cubs position players — ever. He has hit 197 home runs with the team, which ranks 11th in team history — one behind Hank Sauer for 10th. He’s […]
Chicago Cubs news— Cabrera, Shaw, King, Detmers, Gray
Today’s Reflections YAY! Cleveland made the ALCS and won Game 1! Go Cleveland! (This is SO HARD to say, but) YAY! The Brewers won! They beat the Dodgers twice, the Evil Empire, Part II! GO Brewers! (ouch) There’s an article below that describes a major change to baseball that is being tested in the AFL […]
Cubs BCB After Dark: Who is the Cubs’ Pitcher of the Year?
It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the coolest club for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and sit with us. There’s a bit of a chill in the air and there’s a bit of a chill in the vibe in here. There’s no cover charge. The […]
NLCS Game 2: Dodgers at Brewers and ALCS Game 1: Guardians at Rays
The Brewers took a low-scoring Game 1. With the pitchers going in Game 2, that’s also likely to be low-scoring. And the ALCS begins this evening. One discussion thread for both games today. 4 p.m. CT: Dodgers at Brewers (Brewers lead series 1-0) TV: Fox-TV. Announcers: Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci. […]
Cubs AFL Update: Interview with outfielder Kade Snell
As mentioned in the Arizona Fall League update earlier today, we are fortunate that Kate Preusser, manager of our sister site for the Mariners Lookout Landing, was down in Arizona to do some interviews. She kindly offered to interview a Cubs prospect for us and this past weekend, she spoke with outfielder Kade Snell. Snell […]
AFL Mesa Solar Sox update: Dominick Reid stays strong
It’s Monday and that means it’s time for another update from the Boys of Autumn on the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League. In case you’ve forgotten what the AFL is all about, check out last week’s introduction. This year, the Mesa Solar Sox are a team consisting of players from the minor […]
A few thoughts about the Cubs and Seiya Suzuki
It’s been broadly hinted by Cubs President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer that the Cubs might be moving on from outfielder Seiya Suzuki after the Japanese star had five productive seasons on the North Side. Here’s what happened at Hoyer’s season-ending news conference: Hoyer did not go into detail on Suzuki’s situation. Hoyer simply acknowledged […]
MLB News Outside The Confines: Three Davids and one Goliath
Good morning. This is written before the end of last night’s Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, so there’s nothing on how that game turned out. I assume you know who won by now. Also, before we start (Bluesky link):
Chicago Cubs history unpacked — October 12
Free of charge for the discerning reader. Happy birthday to Glenn Beckert, and a mighty host of others. Today in baseball history, in 1907 – Chicago Cubs pitcher Three Finger Brown shuts down the Detroit Tigers, 2 – 0, to win the World Series. Chicago steals four bases for a total of 18 in the […]
National League Championship Series Game 1: Dodgers at Brewers
It’s a rematch of last year’s NLCS, which the Dodgers swept. What will happen this year? 7 p.m. CT: Dodgers at Brewers TV: Fox-TV. Announcers: Joe Davis, John Smoltz, Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci. Tarik Skubal, LHP vs. Jacob Misiorowski, RHP MLB.com Gameday Baseball-reference.com preview
Today in Cubs history: An incredible ninth-inning comeback in the 2016 NLDS
It’s been 10 years, as you know, since the Cubs won the World Series. On their way to that win, there were some memorable games and over the next few weeks, I’ll post some highlights from those games so we can all remember. The Division Series against the Giants had gone the Cubs’ way in […]
A few thoughts about the White Sox/Guardians division series
I can imagine some Guardians fans might have had a feeling of déjà vu Saturday night in Cleveland. It’s the deciding game of a postseason series. The visiting team is from Chicago. And… it’s raining. Well. It’s not the World Series and it’s not the Cubs in Cleveland, instead it’s an upstart White Sox team […]
Chicago Cubs news — Ramirez, Suzuki, Imanaga
Good morning! Welcome to Sunday’s Cub Tracks. *means autoplay on, (directions to remove for Firefox and Chrome). {$} means paywall. {$} means limited views. Italics are often used on this page as sarcasm font. The powers that be have enabled real sarcasm font in the comments. Please be reminded that Cub Tracks and Bleed Cubbie Blue do not necessarily endorse the content of articles, podcasts, or videos that […]
MLB Division Series Game 5: White Sox at Guardians
So far, the road team has won all four games in this series. Will that continue tonight in Cleveland? 7 p.m. CT: White Sox at Guardians (Series tied 2-2) TV: TBS, truTV, HBO Max (streaming). Announcers: Alex Faust, Ron Darling and Lauren Jbara. Sean Burke, RHP vs. Gavin Williams, RHP MLB.com Gameday Baseball-reference.com preview
Today in Cubs history: A five-run ninth inning rally wins a World Series game
We’re setting the BCB “Wayback Machine” pretty far back today, all the way back to one of the Cubs’ World Series wins in the early 20th Century. That win might not have been possible without the team’s tremendous rally in the top of the ninth inning in Game 1 in 1908. The Cubs had quite […]
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