Willson Contreras already had homered and doubled against the Reds last Wednesday when he smacked a pitch to deep left center in the eighth inning with nobody on base.
Contreras may have thought...
The temperature in St. Louis reached 97 degrees and felt like 106 during the Cubs-Cardinals game Saturday afternoon.
That sent me searching for the hottest weather in which the Cubs ever played.
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With 2 outs and the bases loaded in the second inning against the Padres on Wednesday night, PJ Higgins took a 3-1 pitch up and out of the strike zone.
Higgins thus became the 400th different Cubs...
A tie-breaking home run in the bottom of the eighth inning is like a dagger to the heart of a visiting team.
Suddenly, it has just 3 outs in which to stave off defeat.
Patrick Wisdom's solo shot...
When I began to follow baseball in the early 1960s, I devoured each issue of "Baseball Digest."
The small-format, monthly magazine regularly included stories about players who had batted in place...
Roseville, Calif. — PRIDE Industries has earned the designation of VETS Indexes 4 Star Employer, as part of the 2022 VETS Indexes Employer Awards. The acknowledgement recognizes the nonprofit social enterprise’s commitment to recruiting, hiring, retaining, developing, and supporting veterans and the military-connected community.
Joc Pederson was not a Cub for very long last year.
The outfielder signed as a free agent on Feb. 5 and was traded to the Braves on July 15.
He played in only 73 games, starting with the Cubs'...
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