Bleed Cubbie Blue Nov 29, 2019
Here’s a Black Friday holiday gift guide for the Cubs fans in your life
A few fun Cubs-related gifts for this big shopping day. Looking for a great Black Friday deal? I’m here to help. This guide is to help you find a great Cubs-related gift for your friends and family who are Cubs fans. (And of course they would be! Otherwise why would you be here?) Let’s start with some of the T-shirts that BCB has created in connection with Breaking T over the last couple of years. They are still available at this link, and you can also find some connected to some other Chicago sports teams there. Among the selections there: Now that Yu Darvish has finally begun to pitch...
DodgerBlue.com Nov 17, 2019
Dodgers News: Yu Darvish Doesn’t Believe Astros Purportedly Stealing Signs Ultimately Impacted Outcome Of 2017 World Series
At the time with the best record in baseball and seemingly playing as a team on a mission, the Los Angeles...
DodgerBlue.com Nov 16, 2019
Andrew Friedman: Dodgers Player ‘Good At Picking Up Pitch-Tipping’ Refutes Notion That Yu Darvish Tipped Pitches In 2017 World Series
The Houston Astros are once again at the center of controversy over allegations of the club electronically stealing...
Brew Crew Ball Nov 16, 2019
Christian Yelich gets into Twitter spat with Yu Darvish over sign stealing
Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Darvish doesn’t accuse Yelich of stealing signs, Yelich takes it that way anyway As the Houston Astros and baseball’s brewing electronic sign stealing scandal continues to make news -- the latest being audio signatures picking up precise moments of signals coming from the tunnels -- the Brewers being implicated may be at the heart of a testy social media exchange between its star player and one of the team’s biggest rivals. As Kyle noted earlier in the week, a St. Louis beat reporter mentioned the Brewers as another team...
Cubbies Crib Nov 16, 2019
Chicago Cubs: Christian Yelich lights up Yu Darvish on Twitter
Amidst the controversy surrounding the Houston Astros cans, another controversy has sprung up between the Chicago Cubs and a rival. Christian Yelich is a really good hitter. That much is undeniable. Chicago Cubs hurler Yu Darvish can also be a really good pitcher. That is also undeniable by even the biggest of cynics and pessimists. You […] Chicago Cubs: Christian Yelich lights up Yu Darvish on Twitter - Cubbies Crib - Cubbies Crib - A Chicago Cubs Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
Bleed Cubbie Blue Nov 16, 2019
Cub Tracks gets real
Photo by Joe Robbins/ 100-odd days til spring training, and other bullets Some of those days will be very odd, indeed. Christian Yelich is trying on Joey Votto’s shoes, it looks like. Maybe he should grow a pencil mustache, or pencil one in. Yu Darvish has jokes and eleven thousand pitches. I bet he’s handy with a hotfoot too. Good stuff on a slow news day. Here’s today’s Cubs News and Notes. As always, * means autoplay on, or annoying ads, or both (directions to remove for Firefox and Chrome). {$} means paywall. {$} means limited views. Italics are often used here as sarcasm...
DodgerBlue.com Nov 15, 2019
Former Dodgers Pitcher Yu Darvish Questions If Astros Stole Signs At Dodger Stadium During 2017 World Series
The Houston Astros are once again under the microscope amid allegations they electronically stole signs from...
Los Angeles Times Nov 15, 2019
Yu Darvish is conflicted over Astros sign-stealing allegations
As reports surfaced detailing how the Houston Astros used electronic equipment to steal signs in 2017, former Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish wasn't upset. He was conflicted.
Bleed Cubbie Blue Nov 15, 2019
Yu Darvish on pitch tipping and the Astros’ sign stealing
Photo by David Banks/ The Cubs righthander posted a video on YouTube. During the 2017 World Series, Yu Darvish pitched poorly against the Astros in Games 3 and 7 — this after dominating both the Diamondbacks and Cubs in previous postseason series that year. After much discussion, the consensus was that Darvish was tipping his pitches and the Astros had figured that out. With the current revelations about Astros sign-stealing methods — methods that were allegedly in use during the 2017 season — Darvish posted a YouTube video discussion this and other related topics (note the Cubs...
