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The last time the Cubs lost nine straight games was May 8-18, 2002. The skid dropped Chicago to (13-27), two wins fewer than this year’s team on the same date, and set the course for a (67-95) finish, third worst … Continue reading →...

A few days ago, I wrote about how the Ricketts family's political leanings could affect their Chicago Cubs. Since then, the controversy has swirled into something very real and concrete.

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PITTSBURGH–There’s always a first time for everything. I have attended baseball games at a lot of Major League ballparks, some of them dearly departed, many of them new, but I experienced a first the other night at PNC Park, home of the...

Player Position Date Status Injury Marcus Mateo RP April 4 60-Day DL Sore R Elbow Steve Clevenger C April 26 15-Day DL Tightness R Side Lendy Castillo RP May 12 15-Day DL Strained L Groin Carlos Marmol RP May 12 … Continue reading →...

The Cubs are on the brink of slumping to depths the 2011 team never sank to–losing nine straight games. Mike Quade’s club lost a season-high eight straight in early June, but also had five more wins at this point last … Continue rea...

Is it wrong to think Alfonso Soriano should be the Cubs leadoff hitter? “Don’t be surprised if Alfonso Soriano ends up in the leadoff spot this season. It won’t happen anytime soon, or necessarily come as a permanent change, but … Continu...

Serious reality check for the Cubs this past weekend. Being swept at home vs. the White Sox was about the worst thing that could happen to a team struggling to draw spectators. The cross town series has always meant more … Continue reading U...

One place we don't see sports come up too often is within mainstream politics. But recently the Chicago Cubs came up within a controversy surrounding the upcoming presidential race.

  May 20, 2012 Sox, Cubs,  NATO   The whole world is watching.  And now it knows how bad the Cubs really are. And how good the White Sox could be. If they keep playing the Cubs. On a hot spring weekend in Chicago when world leader...

NEW YORK—Outside of the obvious newness of the place, the first major difference I noticed on my first visit to Citi Field, current home of the New York Mets, compared to Shea Stadium, the old home of the New York Mets, was that it didn’t feel as...