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Arizona 4, San Diego 5: Blowpen Whiskeycap Share this story Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports Good evening,and welcome to the Snakepit’s whiskey recap of the Arizona Diamondbacks at the San Diego Padres. Today, Zac Gallen toes the mound for the Diamondbacks, while Yu Darvish will start for the Friars. In a rather surprising turn of events, the Diamondbacks haded the Pads a rather convincing defeat, and on the road no loess. Merrill Kelly pitched six solid innings and the offense managed to ban...

Andy Burns was called up to the majors at age 30 for the first time since 2016. He got his first major league start, first major league hit with the Dodgers on Saturday, and even pitched an inning in his first game back. "I don’t know how many guys got their first major league hit and pitched in a major league game in that same game," manager Dave Roberts said.

Cubs as spoiler in pennant races, Part 2 By JohnW53 on Jun 12, 2021, 5:13am CDT + .......... Pirates won by 1.5 games over Cardinals The Cubs were just 65-92 and wallowing in last place in the East Division, 19 games behind co-leaders Pittsburgh and St. Louis (both 84-73), when they hosted the Cardinals in the middle game of a weekend series on Saturday, Sept. 28. Cubs starter Rick Reuschel was yanked in the fourth inning after issuing back-to-back 2-out walks. Dave LaRoche walked t...

When Patrick Wisdom and Javier Baez each homered twice against the Padres on Monday, it was widely reported that they were the first Cubs third baseman and shortstop to hit multiple homers in the...

He has gone from a bench player to a potential Rookie of the Year candidate.

BCB After Dark: Who’s first on first? Share this story Welcome back to fans abroad. Glad to see you again this week. Bring your own beverage. Be sure to tip the waitstaff. BCB After Dark is the place for you to talk baseball, music, movies, or anything else you need to get off your chest, as long as it is within the rules of the site. The late-nighters are encouraged to get the party started, but everyone else is invited to join in as you wake up the next morning and into the afternoon. The...

Cubs who led NL in offensive categories By JohnW53 on May 9, 2021, 5:52am CDT + 45 different offensive categories. A Cub has led or tied for the National League lead in at least 1 category in 101 of Hack Wilson led in 17 in 1930; Heinie Zimmerman (1912) and Rogers Hornsby (1929), in 16; Derrek Lee (2005), in 14; and Billy Williams (1972) in 13. At the other extreme, Walt "Moose" Moryn and Lee Walls led the NL only once each while with the Cubs -- tying for most times hit by pitch...

Steals by Cubs first basemen and pitchers By JohnW53 on May 6, 2021, 7:20am CDT + A previous post documented the 10 steals of home by Cubs catchers since 1920. That post also noted that the Cubs have had exactly 500 steals of any base by their catchers during the entire Modern Era, which began in 1901. That got me thinking about 2 other positions not usually associated with stolen bases: first base and pitcher. .......... MISSING SPLITS Finding the number of steals at a specific fie...

The Cubs look to even up their series against the Reds.

Oh, I’ll get into the Zach Davies stuff in a bit, but I gotta psyche myself up to it. Lots to say. Let me hit the other stuff here, though … •   For example, let’s enjoy a great Trevor Megill big league debut to dream on. The giant 2019 Rule 5 pick ( that is to say, he’s a giant dude who was a Rule 5 pick, not that he was picked from the Giants or that the pick was, itself, large) never got a chance to pitch in the bigs with the Cubs last year, but they were able to hang onto him vi...