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Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo Is Concerned A Late Start To 2020 Could Negatively Impact Next Season

Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo Is Concerned A Late Start To 2020 Could Negatively Impact Next Season

Chicago Cubs’ first baseman Anthony Rizzo wants to play the 2020 season as much as anyone, but he has some concerns about what a late start means. More specifically, he talked on Friday about what a season that goes into November or December means for the 2021 season. Mike Chiari of Bleacher Report noted that […]

4y ago

Chicago Cubs Are Heating Up At The Right Time

Chicago Cubs Are Heating Up At The Right Time

Do not look now but the Chicago Cubs are surging. Winners of four straight games against the New York Mets, the Cubs find themselves right in the middle of the National League Central race. According to ESPN, Javier Baez’s steal of home plate sealed the deal for a 2-0 Cubs’ win over the Mets. The […]

5y ago

Chicago Cubs’ Catcher Miguel Montero’s Controversial Comments Sparks Team Departure

Chicago Cubs’ Catcher Miguel Montero’s Controversial Comments Sparks Team Departure

Miguel Montero’s comments after the Chicago Cubs suffered a tough loss to the Washington Nationals has officially cost him a spot on the team. The Cubs have designated Montero for assignment (courtesy of ESPN) Wednesday afternoon. If an MLB team does not trade for Montero in 10 days, Montero would become a free agent. The […]

6y ago

Chicago Cubs: Has Joe Maddon Sealed First-Round Induction Into Baseball Hall of Fame?

Chicago Cubs: Has Joe Maddon Sealed First-Round Induction Into Baseball Hall of Fame?

Congrats, folks; you now get to tell your children you stayed up on a work or school night to watch a sports curse end. By now, we all know what happened on Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. The Chicago Cubs, after 108 long years of waiting, broke a World Series drought with an 8-7 […]

7y ago

2016 MLB Awards: Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers Set To Dominate Trophy Season

2016 MLB Awards: Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers Set To Dominate Trophy Season

Goodbye, regular season and welcome, award season. With only eight teams remaining in the hunt for the World Series, people with no vote for any of the major baseball awards — Most Valuable Player, Cy Young, etc. — can now take to the internet to give their useless thoughts about who should win what award. […]

7y ago

Major League Baseball All-Star Game Rosters Announced, Chicago Cubs Lead The Way With Seven Representatives

Major League Baseball All-Star Game Rosters Announced, Chicago Cubs Lead The Way With Seven Representatives

The 2016 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, to be held at the San Diego Padres’ Petco Park, is just one week away and baseball fans around the world now know who they’ll be watching next Tuesday night on Fox as rosters for the game were announced on Tuesday evening. What is known is that the […]

7y ago

Chicago Cubs First-Half Breakdown: Take Your Hand Away From The Panic Button

Chicago Cubs First-Half Breakdown: Take Your Hand Away From The Panic Button

The Chicago Cubs officially ended the first half of their 2016 season on Sunday with a brutal 14-3 loss to the New York Mets, their fourth straight in a sweep at the hands of their 2015 National League Championship Series opponents. Chicago has lost 12 of their last 20 and Cubs fans around the world […]

7y ago

2016 Chicago Cubs: The Best Team Ever? Team Has A Chance To Eclipse All-Time Wins Record

2016 Chicago Cubs: The Best Team Ever? Team Has A Chance To Eclipse All-Time Wins Record

Are the 2016 Chicago Cubs the best Major League Baseball team ever? It’s possible, given their current league-best 37-15 record, which puts them a comfortable 8.5 games ahead of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Central. The San Francisco Giants, who lead the National League West with a 34-22 record, have the second best […]

8y ago

Anthony Rizzo Confident In Being Cup-less And Coming Out Of Slump

Anthony Rizzo Confident In Being Cup-less And Coming Out Of Slump

ESPN 1000 recently asked Anthony Rizzo and a few other players for the Chicago Cubs if they wore cups on the field for protection, perhaps in light of Steven Adams (Oklahoma City Thunder) getting “racked” by Draymond Green (Golden State Warriors) during their game on Monday night. Rizzo said he doesn’t wear one. “I don’t. […]

8y ago

Chicago Cubs Beat Pittsburgh Pirates Behind Jake Arrieta And Anthony Rizzo

Chicago Cubs Beat Pittsburgh Pirates Behind Jake Arrieta And Anthony Rizzo

The Chicago Cubs defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates today 8-2, extending their major league-best record to 27-8. They won today because of two of their star players: defending National League Cy Young Award winner Jake Arrieta and slugging first baseman Anthony Rizzo. Arrieta, in his third full season with the Cubs (Chicago acquired him mid-season in […]

8y ago

Anthony Rizzo Is Red Hot, And So Are His Cereal Sales

Anthony Rizzo Is Red Hot, And So Are His Cereal Sales

Anthony Rizzo hit two home runs in his latest game for the Chicago Cubs. The red-hot first baseman led his red-hot team to yet another blowout win, and Anthony Rizzo hasn’t hit his stride yet. That should be a concern for the rest of the National League, who have watched Rizzo blast eight home runs […]

8y ago

MLB: Chicago Cubs Suffer 1st Cardinal Loss After 3-Hour Rain Delay In St. Louis

MLB: Chicago Cubs Suffer 1st Cardinal Loss After 3-Hour Rain Delay In St. Louis

The Chicago Cubs continued their dominance of the National League when they came to Busch Stadium and took the first two games of the series against their NL Central rivals on Monday and Tuesday. Improving their record to 11-3, the Cubs won decisively against the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night 5-0, and sneaked past […]

8y ago

Chase Utley Rumors: Six Teams Interested In Phillies’ Veteran

Chase Utley Rumors: Six Teams Interested In Phillies’ Veteran

Offense is coveted during a postseason hunt and several teams continue to look at Philadelphia Phillies second baseman Chase Utley as they attempt to improve their offense. Currently, six teams are in on the 13-year veteran — including the Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, and Los Angeles […]

8y ago

Chicago Cubs Look To Continue Momentum Against Brewers

Chicago Cubs Look To Continue Momentum Against Brewers

A week ago today, the Chicago Cubs sat behind San Francisco and Pittsburgh, looking as if though their sluggish hitting was getting the best of them. Having split with the Pirates and swept the Giants out of Chicago, the rejuvenated Cubs lineup can continue their upward climb behind Dan Haren, Jon Lester, and Jason Hammel, […]

8y ago

Chicago Cubs Face Two Wild Card Contenders In Crucial Week

Chicago Cubs Face Two Wild Card Contenders In Crucial Week

Finally tied with San Francisco for the second wild card spot, the Chicago Cubs will look to extend their winning streak to six games when they begin their pivotal week in Pittsburgh on Monday. After experiencing an unexpected sweep by a streaking Phillies team, taking two of three from Colorado and sweeping the offensively challenged […]

8y ago

2015 Home Run Derby Recap: Todd Frazier Brings The Title To Cincinnati

2015 Home Run Derby Recap: Todd Frazier Brings The Title To Cincinnati

The annual Home Run Derby took place on Monday, but it was much different than ever before. In previous Home Run Derbies, the rounds have involved each player hitting until they reached 10 outs. But for the first time, hitters raced against the clock, which halted the tedious process of hitters watching pitches as they […]

8y ago

Chicago Cubs Rumors: Ben Zobrist Is On Top Of Team’s Wish List

Chicago Cubs Rumors: Ben Zobrist Is On Top Of Team’s Wish List

As expected with such a young team, the Chicago Cubs 2015 campaign has been like a roller coaster ride with lots of ups and down. The Cubs, whose roster’s average age is 28.7 years old, enter the third month of the season with a 26-22 record. Chicago currently sits in second place in the National […]

9y ago

Chicago Cubs Rumors: Opening Day Lineup Teased For Cubs Vs. Cardinals

Chicago Cubs Rumors: Opening Day Lineup Teased For Cubs Vs. Cardinals

Chicago Cubs rumors about the Opening Day lineup for the team include several interesting projections. The Cubs vs. Cardinals game on Sunday night (April 5) will open the 2015 MLB season and possibly prove that the Chicago franchise is relevant in the National League again. As such, newly hired manager Joe Maddon might have some […]

9y ago

Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs Team Up To Promote Porcello, Rizzo For All Star Game

Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs Team Up To Promote Porcello, Rizzo For All Star Game

The Detroit Tigers have three players already slated for the All Star Game — Miguel Cabrera, Max Scherzer and Victor Martinez — while the Chicago Cubs had two players selected to represent the National League — Starlin Castro and Jeff Samardzija — before they traded Samardzija to the Oakland Athletics. Because Samardzija was voted in […]

9y ago

Anthony Rizzo Agrees To New 7-Year, $41 Million Deal With Chicago Cubs

Anthony Rizzo Agrees To New 7-Year, $41 Million Deal With Chicago Cubs

First baseman Anthony Rizzo has agreed to an extension with the Chicago Cubs that could possibly keep him with the club through 2021. The slugger has become a critical part of the Cubs’ lineup to start the 2013 season and he is now rewarded with a brand new 7-year, $41 million extension that could bring […]

11y ago

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