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A previous post documented games that the Cubs won when the final play was a hit by the opposing team, but the batter or a runner on the bases was retired. The Cubs have recorded 16 such wins...

A previous post reported that the Cubs have lost 19 games that ended with a runner being thrown out on a straight steal attempts, and 6 that concluded with a tag on a pickoff. That's a total of 25...

"What followed was something I don’t think I’ve seen before," Al Yellon wrote in his recap of the Cubs' 6-3 win on Monday. "If that’s happened before, it’s got to be pretty rare -- a...

The Theater Barn is suspending the remainder of its 2022 season following the last performance on July 3 of its current production, Agatha Christies “Fiddlers Three.”

The Theater Barn, a family-owned summer theater in New Lebanon, New York has announced that it will suspend operations mid-season following the closing performance of the current production of "Fiddlers Three" by Agatha Christie on Sunday, 7/3. Allen, Joan & Abe Phelps Allen Phelps ...

New Lebanon-based company cites woes including audiences not yet returning to pre-pandemic levels

The Cubs have lost the first three games of this series.

NEW LEBANON, N.Y. — The Theater Barn begins its 37th season this weekend with something it’s never done before — a staged reading of a new play. The way producing artistic director Allen Phelps sees it, this first staged reading won’t be the last. The play, “We the People,” began Thursday, June 3, and continues Friday evening at 8, Saturday, at 4 and 8 p.m. and Sunday afternoon at 2. It’s the creation of 20-year-old novice playwright Harrison Zeiberg, a histor...

  A new play is a dramatic departure for the Theater Barn, but the company’s loyal...

share-square-1081114 CHICAGO -- The flags that fly atop the foul poles at Wrigley Field feature the most recognizable numbers in Cubs history -- digits no player will don again on the North Side. There is No. 10 for Ron Santo and No. 14 for Ernie Banks. Ryne Sandbergs No. 23 ripples in the Lake Michigan breeze, along with No. 26 for Billy Williams and No. 31 for both Fergie Jenkins and Greg Maddux. They took those numbers to great heights, but what about the other numbers worn throughout the Cu...