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In his last 10 games, through Friday, Cody Bellinger is batting .500, with 19 hits in 38 at bats, among them 2 doubles and 2 homers. That is very impressive -- but far from the highest average by...
How often does a pinch runner score? For the Cubs, in the Modern Era, the answer is 29.3 percent of the time, according to my analysis of data and play-by-play at baseball-reference.com, plus...
After perusing my recent post about games that the Cubs won a strikeout/throwout doubleplay, constant reader Ernaga commented, in part, "how many Cubs losses have ended either by a pick-off at...
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In the History Watch, posted as a comment in each Game Preview, I have been documenting where the 2021 Cubs rank in team history in total hits to that point in the season. For a long stretch, they...