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Ian Happ was hit by a pitch thrown by Bryan Abreu of the Astros in the seventh inning Wednesday afternoon. It was the 5th time a Cub was plunked at home this season -- and the 2,000th in the team's...

This is the 32nd season since 1901 in which the Cubs have started 4-2. But it is just the third in which they lost their first 2 games, then won 4. One can only hope that 2024 will turn out more...

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1:20 is an iconic time for Cubs home day games. But that hasn’t always been the case.

On Sept. 19, in the eighth inning, with 1 out and nobody on base, Nico Hoerner and Dansby Swanson singled. On an 0-2 pitch, Cody Bellinger homered to center. After the Cubs' concluded their 14-1...

You may have read or heard that the amazing catch, throw and relay by the Braves against the Phillies on Monday night was the first 8-5-3 double play ever to end a post-season game. Let's go a bit...

In 1919, three years after National League officials stepped in to stop the Chicago Cubs’ plans for a Ladies Day promotion, the team ran an advertisement over the signature of the club’ s president asking:. Charles Weeghman used Ladies Day to promote the Chicago Whales, his team in the Federal League, an upstart rival to the National and American Leagues that lasted...

These were the batting lines for Julio Rodriguez, Mariners center fielder, on Aug. 16-17 at Kansas City, then Aug. 18-19 at Houston: 6 AB, 1 R, 4 H, 2 RBI 5 AB, 1 R, 5 H, 5 RBI 5 AB, 1 R, 4 H, 1...

The Cubs have had only 1 walk-off win this season, on April 10, when they beat the Mariners, 3-2, on a 1-out, 10th-inning single by Nico Hoerner that scored Nick Madrigal from third. Today is the 1...

Today is June 13. The season began on March 30 -- roughly 2 1/2 months ago. Yet tonight is the first time that the Cubs will take on the Pirates, one of their division rivals. The Cubs have...