Category Archives: Chicago Cubs

Did The Cubs Miss Their Chance To Be A Dynasty?

By Neil Paine of FiveThirtyEight – In addition to being one of the great sports stories of the 21st century — breaking a 108-year championship drought in extra innings of World Series Game 7 — the 2016 Chicago Cubs were legitimately one of … Continue reading

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The Nationals, Yankees, Dodgers And Cubs Can’t Possibly Be This Mediocre … Right?

By Neil Paine of FiveThirtyEight The 2018 MLB season may not even be a month old, but it’s never too early to start overanalyzing how teams have looked so far. That’s especially true this season, when many of the clubs … Continue reading

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The State of the Black Manager in Major League Baseball Would Disgust Jackie Robinson

By Rhiannon Walker It took Gary Jones absolutely no time to find success as a baseball manager. At 30 years old and in his first season as skipper of the Madison (Wisconsin) Muskies, he led the Class-A ball club to … Continue reading

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The ultimate skybox

by Ken Feltman Let’s play two today! – Ernie Banks (“Mr. Cub”) Dennis Mascari, 63, the man who created the ultimate final resting place for die-hard Chicago Cubs fans, is dead. He died of cancer a few days ago in a … Continue reading

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