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BCB After Dark: Reviewing the WBC
Photo by Mary DeCicco/WBCI/MLB Photos via The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks what you think about the World Baseball Classic now It’s the end of another week here at BCB After Dark: the swingin’ spot for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Glad you could stop in this evening. You’re just in time for the show. There’s no cover charge and the dress code is casual. There are still a few tables left. Let us know if we can do anything for you. Bring your own beverage. BCB After Dark is the place for you to talk baseball,...
Bleed Cubbie Blue 9 hours ago
Cubs 4, Athletics 2: Everyone digs the long ball
Photo by Dylan Buell/ The Cubs got a couple of home runs and some good pitching and won again. It was another gloomy, rainy day in the Valley of the Sun Wednesday. I can’t remember a Spring Training season where there was this much bad weather in the Phoenix area. The Cubs, however, ignored the poor conditions, got home runs from Cody Bellinger, Edwin Rios and Christopher Morel, and defeated the Athletics 4-2 at the Cubs’ old spring park, HoHoKam Stadium. Bellinger’s home run came in the first inning [VIDEO]. The A’s tied the game with a run off Rowan Wick...
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First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Athletics, Wednesday 3/22, 3:05 CT
Photo by Dylan Buell/ Go get ‘em, Adbert.
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Cubs vs. Athletics Wednesday 3/22 game threads
Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Wednesday’s game threads? All right here.
Bleed Cubbie Blue 14 hours ago
Cubs vs. Athletics at Mesa preview, Wednesday 3/22, 3:05 CT
Photo by Dylan Buell/ The Cubs visit their old stomping grounds at HoHoKam Stadium. Here are today’s particulars. Cubs lineup: Madrigal 3B, Mancini 1B, Bellinger CF, Gomes C, Rios DH, Tauchman RF, Mastrobuoni SS, DeLuzio LF, McKinstry 2B A’s lineup: Kemp 2B, Brown DH, Diaz SS, Aguilar 1B, Peterson 3B, Laureano RF, Langeliers C, Capel LF, Ruiz CF Adbert Alzolay will start for the Cubs. Other Cubs pitchers today: Brad Boxberger, Michael Fulmer, Rowan Wick, Julian Merryweather, Ryan Borucki, Michael Rucker and Anthony Kay. James Kaprielian will start for the A’s....
Bleed Cubbie Blue 19 hours ago
Cubs 6, Royals 2: And then the rains came
Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports The Cubs won a weather-shortened affair in Surprise. Look, I’m going to be honest and upfront with you. Like most of you, I was watching the World Baseball Classic final Tuesday night, the tensely-played 3-2 win by Japan over the USA, the culmination of a fantastic tournament. So I didn’t watch most of the Cubs/Royals game. I finally turned it on after most of the festivities were done in Miami, and then it started raining hard in Surprise, Arizona, so the game was stopped with two out in the top of the seventh. That gave the Cubs a...
Bleed Cubbie Blue 21 hours ago
Baseball history unpacked, March 22
Happy birthday, GlenAllen Hill! | Photo by Tom G. Lynn//Time Life Pictures/ A thrice-weekly digest, replete with #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB content, gathered from reputable sources. Today’s image is of a man who hit the most titanic home run I have ever seen, onto a rooftop across the street from the ballpark. We had better call him MISTER Hill. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 22, 2023
BCB After Dark: Kings of K
Photo by Megan Briggs/ The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks who will lead the Cubs in strikeouts this year. Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the hottest after-party for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. Come on in and relax with us. We’re all friends here. There’s no cover charge. The show is just about to start. Bring your own beverage. BCB After Dark is the place for you to talk baseball, music, movies, or anything else you need to get off your chest, as long as it is within the rules of the site. The late-nighters are...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 21, 2023
First pitch thread: Cubs vs. Royals, Tuesday 3/21, 8:05 CT
Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports Go get ‘em, Jameson.
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 21, 2023
Cubs vs. Royals Tuesday 3/21 game threads
Photo by Dylan Buell/ Tuesday’s game threads are all in this StoryStream.
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 21, 2023
Cubs vs. Royals at Surprise preview, Tuesday 3/21, 8:05 CT
Photo by Dylan Buell/ Another spring night game on the road. Oh, who am I kidding? You’re all watching the WBC championship game. Here are today’s particulars. Cubs lineup: Hoerner 2B, Swanson SS, Happ LF, Hosmer 1B, Wisdom 3B, Velázquez RF, Mervis DH, Barnhart C, Morel CF Royals lineup: Melendez C, Pasquantino 1B, Dozier 3B, Massey 2B, Lopez SS, Gentry RF, Bradley LF, Isbel CF, Reetz DH Jameson Taillon will start for the Cubs. Other Cubs pitchers today: Mark Leiter Jr., Brendon Little, Vinny Nittoli, Manuel Rodriguez and Cam Sanders. Jordan Lyles will start for...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 21, 2023
Who should be in the Cubs’ Opening Day bullpen?
Javier Assad | Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The answer isn’t as easy as you might think. The following relief pitchers are still in Cubs camp. (Note: For purposes of this discussion, I am going to assume that Hayden Wesneski will be named to join the rotation, and other pitchers such as Adrian Sampson and Javier Assad will be among the relief choices.) On the 40-man roster Adbert Alzolay, Javier Assad, Brad Boxberger, Michael Fulmer, Brandon Hughes, Julian Merryweather, Michael Rucker, Adrian Sampson, Keegan Thompson, Rowan Wick Non-roster invitees Ryan Borucki,...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 21, 2023
Cub Tracks’ quotidian details
Allan Henry-USA TODAY Sports All the #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. We hit the windmill so hard that the dust flew off the back of it in our quixotic quest for the truth. Welcome to today’s edition 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. Sorry, Cole Wright — ‘overnight acid jazz dj’ is not a suitable persona or delivery for a sport that...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 21, 2023
BCB After Dark: Swanson’s Spring Jitters
Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks if you’re worried about Dansby Swanson. It’s another week here at BCB After Dark: the sweetest hang for night owls, early risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. So glad that you could stop in. Come on in where it’s warm and dry. If you have a coat or umbrella you’d like to check, we can do that for you. There’s no cover charge. There are still a few tables available. Bring your own beverage. BCB After Dark is the place for you to talk baseball, music, movies, or anything...
Bleed Cubbie Blue Mar 20, 2023
A followup on the MLB Ballpark app’s issues with Ticketmaster
Photo Illustration by Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via It’s been resolved, but it took a while. And the problem was undoubtedly on Ticketmaster’s fault. Last week, I posted here about some issues I was having accessing tickets for some Cubs vs. Braves games in Atlanta in September through the MLB Ballpark app. The tickets weren’t accessible at all, and I kept getting weird error messages when trying to load them. I’m happy to report that I can now see these tickets via the MLB Ballpark app, and this is thanks to the folks at the @MLBFanSupport...
