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Bleed Cubbie Blue — Bettmann Archive This photo caught it in the middle of being changed. This will be a different kind of historical photo article. In this case I don’t need to sleuth the date, because it came with the caption supplied with the photo: When the umpire yells “play ball” to open Chicago Cubs’ 1961 season here 4/14. the famed green vines clinging to Wrigley Field’s outfield fence will add their color to the occasion. Here, veteran ground keeper Albert Gargulo carefully prunes the greenery in left field 4/3, as other workmen paint huge scoreboard (background). At the...

Bleed Cubbie Blue — Gregg Pachkowski/gregg@pnj.com, Pensacola News Journal via Imagn Content Services, LLC The latest in our long-running series of #Cubs-related news articles. Tales of #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™. Here we have material from current beat writers, bloggers, and the occasional in-house habitué, moonlighting. These tales center around #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball. The content is necessarily abridged, clipped for brevity’s sake. The heart may tell no tales, but we bring you the tale of Jason McLeod’s...

Bleed Cubbie Blue — Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/ The former Padres manager could bring some useful insights to the Cubs. Most of us are familiar with the “lightbulb” moment. Whether at a job, or in a personal relationship, something happens. After that, the thing that was unclear, or obscured, is obvious. Musically, it’s the “I Can See Clearly” concept. Sometimes, the concept isn’t a lightbulb, but more of a thunderstrike. From nowhere, but with a more searing vision of what was unknown before. I had a thunderstrike moment on recently, and it involves former Padres manager...