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Good Oakland A’s fans almost got treated to a no-hitter on Friday, as Sean Manaea carried one into the 8th inning against the Tampa Bay Rays. Unfortunately it was broken up by Mike Brosseau, Manaea’s former high school teammate. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the majors that same night, another lefty starter was making a similar bid and managed to finish it off. Wade Miley threw a no-hitter for the Cincinnati Reds, in a 3-0 victory over the Cleveland Indians. Miley issued just one walk, and in...

Cubs who led NL in pitching categories, Part 1 By JohnW53 on May 11, 2021, 6:38am CDT + 431 times, an average of more than 3 per season. They have led in at least 1 of the 36 categories shown at Baseball-Reference.com in 110 of the 120 seasons. Three of the 10 in which they had no leaders have come in the past 20 seasons: 2001, 2009 and 2014. In 1992, a Cub led in 16 categories; in every one, the leader was Greg Maddux. In 1938, they led in 18, with Bill Lee on top in 14. And in ...

2021 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 33 Share this story Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Keegan Thompson has to be thinking this Heroes and Goats thing is easy. He’s made two appearances since being recalled from the minor leagues. He had a Hero placement for his start against the Dodgers on May 4 and now for May 9 he finds the Superhero spot for the first time. That’s already enough to be hanging around near the top of the cumulative standings. Further, for whatever it’s worth, he picked ...

It’s never easy... but a win is a win

2021 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Games 29 and 30 Share this story Kamil Krzaczynski-USA TODAY Sports Statisticians will continue to tell us that clutch isn’t a thing. Well, let me say that isn’t right. Obviously, in every sport we see clutch performances. Be it a superstar or just an ordinary guy on the team, sometimes they rise above the moment and come through spectacularly at exactly the right time. We canonize those people. No one can ever forget Michael Jordan’s shot against the Cavaliers...

2021 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 28 Share this story Sam Greene via Imagn Content Services, LLC Sunday afternoon’s game was a wild one. Both teams ended up using nearly their entire roster. There were 10 homers. There was a player carted off the field. There were lead changes. There was a catcher playing third (after the injury) and a pitcher pinch hitting. Unfortunately, there was also a Cubs loss. There have been too many of them already in this early season. I certainly didn’t follow sp...

2021 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 25 Share this story Dale Zanine-USA TODAY Sports The April theme for the Cubs in 2021 has been feast or famine. Thursday night, it was feast for the Cubs. That makes this game the oasis in the desert after being shut out three times in four games on the way to a five-game skid. The Cubs did it in this one with a really balanced attack. Only 11 different Cubs batted in this one and 10 of the 11 had hits. eight different players scored runs and seven different pl...

The Minnesota Twins, picked by most analysts to make the playoffs before the season started, have the second worst record in baseball through their first 22 games. The big picture: After a 7-15 start, fans are debating whether the Twins are unlucky or just plain bad. Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.On the one hand: The team can't seem to catch a break. Injuries and a COVID outbreak have kept some of their best players sidelined for stretches, inclu...

2021 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 23 Share this story Michael McLoone-USA TODAY Sports Same old story, different day. The Cubs offense was impotent against the Braves. Sure, they had a talented young hurler on the mound. But it really doesn’t seem to matter much these days. Sure, every now and then the offense clicks. When a pitcher is throwing them just the right shape, speed, location, whatever of pitches. But most of the time, they just look over matched. The pitching wasn’t horrible, th...