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The title says "Cubs game," but there are actually two different games in this video.

Second in a series of posts about uncommon suspended games involving the Cubs. .......... After their first suspended game in 1934, described in the previous post, the Cubs did not have another...

With 2 out and nobody on base in the top of the sixth inning on Sunday at Texas, Rubicio Dubon of the Astros hit a home run, tying the score at 4 Jose Altuve, up next, also homered, breaking the...

Since the Modern Era began in 1901, the highest batting average in any month by a Cub who had at least 50 plate appearances is .491, by Cliff Heathcote, in August of 1927. It's likely that some of...

Elly De La Cruz, the Reds' rookie sensation, dazzled the baseball world on Saturday. In the eighth inning, at Milwaukee, he lined a single on an 0-2 pitch to give his team a 6-5 lead. On the next...

Many people consider July 4 to be our nation's most important holiday. However, it is the birthday of perhaps the most obscure group of Cubs imaginable. According to data at...

As each new season begins, every batter hopes to get off to a strong start. Some achieve their goal. Others are bitterly disappointed. Using tools at baseball-reference.com, I developed lists of...

It's never too early to set batting records. Here are marks that the Cubs can shoot for on Opening Day, based on analysis of box scores from each of their first games of the Modern Era, 1901-2022. ...

Cubs batters have hit 344 grand slams in regular-season games since 1876. Only 1 of them came on Opening Day. It happened in the 77th of their 147 season debuts, on Tuesday, April 15, 1952, in...

Second of 2 posts .......... During the 122 regular seasons of the Modern Era, the Cubs employed a pinch runner 3,074 times. The first was Frank Chance, at Brooklyn, on June 6, 1902; the most...