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Winning on the road is hard in Major League Baseball. In 2022, only 10 of the 30 teams -- 6 in the American League and 4 in the National -- won more often than they lost when playing at foreign...

A previous post looked at some of the longest batting streaks by Cubs other than hits and home runs, including Hank Sauer scoring runs in 15 games in a row, Stan Hack making singles in 22 straight...

On Saturday, with 2 out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, Oscar Gonzalez of the Guardians grounded a ball into left field that drove home 2 runs to beat the Yankees, 6-5. It...

Today is the 114th anniversary of the only time that the Cubs won a league or division title on the final day of the season: a 4-2 victory over the Giants at the Polo Grounds in New York. The game...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CNS) -- Yogi Berra, Gil Hodges, Derek Jeter, Babe Ruth, Whitey Ford and Connie Mack were among the first-place winners Catholic voters chose in online balloting for an all-time Catholic baseball all-star team. Nearly 2,000 Catholic baseball fans across the country cast their votes in a ballot hosted by Catholic Athletes for Christ. The Alexandria-based nonprofit organization hosted the online voting platform during June and July, and 1,969 fans selected their top choice at eac

Second in a series of posts about how Cubs have performed on their birthdays. .......... People typically look forward to their birthdays. Eddie Miksis may have done so more than most, at least...

If you are old enough to have had your 34th birthday, do you remember what you did that day? Hall of Famer Billy Williams probably does. On June 15, 1972, Williams ignited a 6-run fourth inning...

A previous post told the story of Phil Cavarretta, who was just 33 days past his 18th birthday when he went 5 for 6 in Game 2 of a doubleheader at Philadelphia on Aug. 21, 1935. Cavarreta remains...

From a standing ovation in his favorite cafe to a tearful ring ceremony at Truist Park, heres how Freemans homecoming became overwhelming.

A previous post described an 1886 game in which the Cubs (then known as the White Stockings) received 14 walks. They won that game, 15-2. Twenty years later, the Cubs drew 14 walks again -- and...