Bleed Cubbie Blue Sep 18, 2023
Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, September 18 edition
Photo by Zac BonDurant/Icon Sportswire via This was not a good week for our favorite team. The Cubs lost five of six over the last week and let me tell you, it was not easy to find players to put in this week’s “Three up” section. Nevertheless, I did find a handful of positives, so let’s start with them. Three up Ian Happ seems to like leading off David Ross put Happ in the leadoff spot for the last two games against the Diamondbacks and he went 5-for-10. Overall on the road trip Happ batted .348/.444/.565 (8-for-23) with two doubles, a home run and four...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Sep 1, 2023
Cubs 6, Reds 2: Cody Bellinger, Seiya Suzuki and Ian Happ go deep
Photo by Andy Lyons/ A Belli Bomb and two other homers helped lead the Cubs to victory. SITE NOTE: Since this game went so quickly, I’m posting a separate recap. There will be a preview for Game 2 that will post at 4:30 p.m. CT. The Cubs began their double dip in Cincinnati on a good note, defeating the Reds 6-2 on the strength of homers by Cody Bellinger, Ian Happ and Seiya Suzuki, and some good pitching by Jordan Wicks and three Cubs relievers. The game went scoreless through three, with Wicks and Graham Ashcraft matching zeroes, and the Cubs didn’t have any hits...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Aug 26, 2023
Cub Tracks splits the difference
Photo by Joe Sargent/ #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. Ian Happ continues to club his childhood pal, but the rest of the bats were silent and the Cubs went down to defeat. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor. Edwin Uceta is now in Iowa. Matt Mervis is hitting again. So is Alexander Canario, and how. Pete...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Aug 25, 2023
2023 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 127
Photo by Joe Sargent/ Winning ugly. I mean, that other team doesn’t own that label, right? So many random thoughts after Thursday’s game. I think we start where the game basically ended. Ian Happ hit a lob wedge to right with two on in the 10th inning. The ball hung in the air forever and then dropped. The right fielder misplayed it and two runs scored. Dansby Swanson is an extremely aggressive baserunner with the game on the line. I’m not sure he wouldn’t have scored without the bobble, but it ended up not being stressful with the bobble. It felt like a quick...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Aug 24, 2023
Cubs’ Ian Happ gets best of hometown team as Pirates fall in extra innings
Cubs’ Ian Happ gets best of hometown team as Pirates fall 5-4 in extra innings
