Joe Maddon officially done as Cubs manager
Theo Epstein and the Cubs are hoping whatever they lose by letting Maddon walk is outweighed by a new voice.
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Cubs fan in bleachers is a hat balancing master
Yogi is the man.
The National League’s troublingly wide middle class
Five teams within 3.5 games of the two NL Wild Card spots.
Reds rookie Aristides Aquino is launching dingers at a ridiculous rate
Seven homers in his first 10 MLB games, including three homers in his first three at-bats on Saturday.
Atlanta Braves get out of bases loaded jam in a rather bizarre way
The Cubs' strategy didn't go according to plan.
Q&A with Cubs 1B Anthony Rizzo, who still pays for food & drinks in Chicago after winning the World Series
A conversation with the 2016 world champion and 3-time All-Star.
Cubs pitching prospect Javier Assad literally kicks the baseball for an amazing out
Usually "kicking the baseball" is describing an error, but not on this play.
Cubs closer Pedro Strop gets save vs Dodgers while his car is stolen and involved in police chase
Chicago Cubs closer Pedro Strop had a very eventful Wednesday night, featuring some good and bad news. Let’s...
Javy Báez drops an ankle-breaking move on David Freese to turn a routine out into a hit
El Mago strikes again.
With his wife about to give birth, David Bote hit a walk-off for the Cubs then went straight to the airport
The Cubs are playing better baseball than they demonstrated at the start of the year, heading into today’s...
The Cubs committed another avoidable gaffe with a 1945 “No women allowed” press box credential and a glasses excuse
The Cubs just keep tripping on rakes.
Rick Porcello somehow stays in after taking a Willson Contreras rocket line drive to the head
Boston Red Sox pitcher Rick Porcello is lucky to still have his head intact after Chicago Cubs catcher...
Tom Ricketts, billionaire family chairman of highly-profitable Cubs, says “we don’t have any more (money)” for free agents
The Cubs' estimated operating income last year was $102 million, highest in MLB.
Cubs fan pens 1,000-word apology to Brewers, might still have to write another one
Benjamin Franklin once said that “nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes, and the fact...
Javier Baez gave us the hug heard ’round the world, with Alex Rodriguez arguing “The rules are the rules”
This hug led to quite the debate, and quite the criticism from A-Rod.
Cubs tie wild-card game up in eighth, thanks to pinch runner Terrance Gore stealing a base and Javy Baez hitting a double
Rockies escape potentially-disastrous seventh after catcher’s interference call on Drew Butera
A catcher's interference call almost proved ruinous for Colorado.
Bartman flashbacks: Cubs fan knocks ball out of Anthony Rizzo’s glove in 9th inning, Pirates then tie the game
The Milwaukee Brewers were tied for first place in the NL Central with the Chicago Cubs after a...
David Bote couldn’t believe Addison Russell’s remarkable play in 9th inning of Cubs’ win over Brewers
That face is the correct reaction to Russell's play.
Javy Baez cranks mammoth dinger into rare territory at Wrigley Field
Technically *outside* Wrigley Field.
Daniel Murphy’s message to gay Cubs fans: “Oh dear. I hope you would root for the Cubs.”
Daniel Murphy didn't seem very prepared for the question everyone else knew was coming.
The National League playoff picture is complete chaos
A look at the NL standings and how the projections see the playoff races going.
Ben Zobrist picked up his first-ever pro baseball ejection after telling ump Phil Cuzzi “That’s why we want an electronic strike zone”
Comments about replacing umpires led to Zobrist getting tossed.
Did Alex Rodriguez and Joe Maddon “make peace” or have “a heated argument”? Probably both.
Two articles on the A-Rod/Maddon discussion were headlined quite differently, but both views of it can be true.
