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Reds 5, Cubs 1: A tale of two plays Share this story Photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo/Getty Images The first happened in the first inning. The Reds were already up 1-0 with two out and runners on first and second. Your browser does not support HTML5 video. KB fumbled the ball, but recovered and flipped to Javier Báez covering second base. Tyler Stephenson was called out on the field, but the Reds challenged and the call was overturned. If that play had stood (and personally, I thought there wasn’t enough evidence to overturn), the inning is over with the Cubs down 1-0.

Next man up. Cubs keep winning.

I am on my way to Chicago for the game today, and I’m starting to get that annoying anxiety feeling – not about the game, itself, or even the pandemic stuff. Instead, I think it’s just that it’s my first time back to Wrigley Field in so long that I want it to be such a good experience – I’m almost certainly overhyping it in my own mind, and so you get that anxiety feeling that it’s gonna get mucked up somehow. I’ve been waiting for this for a year and a half, you know? Nothing mess it up for me!

The hip club for night owls, early-risers and Cubs fans abroad asks which rookie pitcher are you most excited about so far.

Cubs Bullpen Love, Rizzo's Back, KB's Pocket Full of Candy, Trout's Out, and Other Cubs Bullets Social Navigation Cubs Bullpen Love, Rizzo’s Back, KB’s Pocket Full of Candy, Trout’s Out, and Other Cubs Bullets One thing you’ll never have to question: David Ross will always have his own players’ backs in any situation. That’s a given. You’d  think it would be a given with most teams, but, well. Anyway. •   The Cubs are back over .500 again, are one of just five teams in the NL with a positive run differential (wut), and are alone in second place in the NL Central, 2.5 games ...