Cubs reliever Trent Thornton suffers epic dugout meltdown after being removed from game
No ifs, ands or buts about it: Chicago Cubs relief pitcher Trent Thornton was not happy with his performance. During the top of the fifth inning of the Cubs’ 9-5 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night at Wrigley Field, Thornton was removed from…
Cubs set franchise record for most home runs in a single game with offensive outburst vs rival Brewers
The Chicago Cubs bludgeoned their National League Central rival Milwaukee Brewers and made all sorts of home-run history in the process. The Cubs blasted a franchise-record nine home runs in the victory, with star third baseman Alex Bregman clubbing…
Cubs legend Sammy Sosa speaks Pete Crow-Armstrong’s three-home run game against Reds into existence
Chicago Cubs superstar Pete Crow-Armstrong may have locked up National League MVP honors on Saturday with a monster performance against the Cincinnati Reds, and Sammy Sosa seems to have known it was coming. Crow-Armstrong began Saturday afternoon’s…
Umpire Bill Miller goes 0-for-8 on ABS challenges in Reds’ 10-8 win over Cubs at Wrigley Field
The Cincinnati Reds’ clubhouse was in a celebratory mood after a 10-8 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Friday. The Cubs, however, had little to celebrate after their bullpen struggled to contain Cincinnati’s late-inning surge. Much of the postgame…
Pete Crow-Armstrong goes ballistic after umpire misses balk call in Cubs loss to Diamondbacks
Chicago Cubs superstar Pete Crow-Armstrong had to be restrained by the team’s third base coach while losing his temper after he believed an obvious balk went unnoticed, and it turns out he had a legitimate leg to stand on. In the top of the sixth…
Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo apologizes to Chicago Cubs after sign stealing controversy: ‘bush league’
It’s one of baseball’s oldest, and often most misunderstood, traditions: stealing signs from the opposition. Despite popular misconceptions, sign stealing in baseball is perfectly legal. If, say, a runner at second base is able to pick up…
Cubs vs. Diamondbacks pitching matchup favors the under 8.5 as Clay Holmes faces Brandon Pfaadt
Baseball betting has been interesting this year. The start of the year was mostly .500 play from me, and then we had a stretch where I was probably losing slightly more than I was winning. Before and after the All-Star break, I made it all back and then…