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2021 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 14 Share this story Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Saturday’s game was something that’s been coming for some time. Is it a dead cat bounce? We can’t know at this time. But even the worst teams sometimes beat up on the best teams. Baseball will give you those games for some time. Will the Braves right their ship and be a contender? Who knows? But they’ve gotten off to a slow start too and then with injuries to a couple of key players, maybe they don�...

2021 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 10 Share this story Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images I have by no means seen an exhaustive amount of Adbert Alzolay pitching. But for five innings Monday night, he looked the best that I’ve seen him look. He was pretty dominant. It was easy to see the pitcher he can be. Even when things went sideways in the sixth, there was a single through the shift and a lengthy at bat that ended in a walk. He certainly deserved better Monday night. But hopefully, Alzolay ...

2021 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 9 Share this story Photo by Justin Berl/Getty Images This photo is, of course, Willson Contreras standing at attention for the Star Spangled Banner before the game on Sunday. But it could just as easily be him standing and mourning for the hopes this Cubs team surely had of getting off to a strong start to a season. Through baseball history there are plenty of teams that stumbled out of the gate and went on to win championships. Even teams that didn’t have a l...

Cubs, Davies buried by seven run second inning

2021 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 6 Share this story Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images It’s not quite all bad news. Kyle Hendricks looked much better in his second start of the season. Al wrote this article last month suggesting that the Cubs‘ starting pitching might be better than a lot of people have anticipated. Certainly, the Cubs don’t have pitchers with an overwhelming amount of stuff, but they do have a number of guys who excel at getting people out. That’s an important skill ...

2021 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 4 Share this story Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images Spoiler alert, not only does today’s picture have our usual picture of the Superhero, this one captures the Hero too. On the left? He shut down the Brewers offense. On the right? He ignited the key rally. Trevor Williams, the brand-new Cub, making his first-ever start as a Cub. On the right? Willson Contreras, one of the veteran leaders of this Cubs team. Willson’s two-run homer in the fourth kickstarte...

2021 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 3 Share this story Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images I look at today’s photo and my brain immediately goes to any old random season from the 1990s. Perhaps one of the 95ish-loss teams on a September afternoon. A handful of fans left in the park by the end to watch the Cubs nail down a rare win. Obviously, we all understand the need for the caution and concern around the ballpark, but regardless how long this drags on, I don’t think I’ll ever be used to ...

Safety upgrades amid recent incidents. last month a woman was left bloodied by a foul ball in chicago. in may, a cubs player was visibly distraught after his foul ball struck a 2-year-old girl in the head fracturing her skull. and last season a 79-year-old woman died from head injuries after being hit in dodger stadium. >> you want to have a good interaction with the fans, getting autographs and stuff. but at the end of the day we want to make sure everybody comes out of the games healthy. >> re...

Flying or on regular buildings. steve: while you were speaking we just ran black and white video from 1976, you mentioned rick monday, a cubs player. who somebody was burning a flag, he just grabbed it. you also mentioned a fedex driver. what does a fedex driver do? >> well, matt yerin he s. a fedex driver. 2017 on a route doing his job and people were trying to burn three american flags they doused him with lighter fluid. the lighter fluid was running back down hill towards them if he hadnt got...