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Bleed Cubbie Blue — Quade-rophenia, Cubs win, Cubs lose, and other stories A wildly popular Cubs-centric look at baseball’s past. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline, to help you follow along as we review select scenes from the rich tapestry of Chicago Cubs and Major League Baseball history. We’re winding down to the end of the season, and there’s not much to choose from — but we have video! It’s a beautiful day for a ball game — let’s get started! Today in baseball history: 1913 - The New York Giants and Chicago White Sox, fortified with other players, start their world tour in Cincinnati. After a...

Bleed Cubbie Blue — ... in other words, all the guys the Cubs aren’t going to sign. I’m writing this article not because of Bryce Harper or Manny Machado — we’ve already covered them at BCB here and here — but because of a comment a friend of mine who was at NLCS Game 5 made on Facebook. He posted a photo of Clayton Kershaw warming up and wrote, “Kershaw’s last start as a Dodger.” Notwithstanding the fact that the Dodgers could very well get to the World Series and give Kershaw more starts there, I thought, “Wait, what?” In my view, Kershaw would be crazy to take the opt-out on his...

Bleed Cubbie Blue — Chili goes bad, the drama is only beginning, and other bullets Well, the sort-of-expected front-office exodus is apparently underway, and that’ll leave room for the Matt Murtons and perhaps the David Rosses of the world. And the player-o-rama is due to start after the World Series. Speculation is rife already, and the grapevine is ripe with low-hanging fruit, and it isn’t even the silly season yet. I miss the Cubs already. Those other teams have funny-looking laundry. I don’t like them. But hey, I respect 95, even if it isn’t what we’ve come to expect. As always * means autoplay...