Chicago Cubs

Last week, on the eve of the 2020 Major League Baseball Draft week, we once again visited with Quinn Priester, the first high school pitcher to be selected in the 2019 MLB Draft. The Pittsburgh Pirates selected the Glendale Heights, Illinois native with the 18th overall pick last summer. In part one of the Quinn Priester exclusive, we focused on how his first season of … [Read more...] about Exclusive: Kyle Hendricks a Pitching Role Model for Quinn Priester

Sammy Sosa doesn't do himself any favors, towards helping his legacy, in the new 30 for 30 "Long Gone Summer" which debuts June 14 on ESPN. The same impasse between player and former club will still be there, as Sosa was given an opportunity to come clean about performance enhancing drugs, but choose not to. It's a wound that time can still easily heal, even despite the … [Read more...] about Sammy Sosa and Cubs Making Up? New 30 for 30 Doesn’t Bridge Gap

June 10 brings the Major League Baseball draft, an event that is "hit-or-miss" to say the least. Draft position, like recruiting rankings, can just as often be an indicator of future success as it is future failure. The only thing it absolutely predicts 100% is sky-high expectations. Let's look at 10 of the best and 10 of the worst first round draft picks for both the … [Read more...] about Ten Worst Chicago Cubs First Round Picks of the last 40 Years

June 10 brings the Major League Baseball draft, an event that is "hit-or-miss" to say the least. Draft position, like recruiting rankings, can just as often be an indicator of future success as it is future failure. The only thing it absolutely predicts 100% is sky-high expectations. Let's look at 10 of the best and 10 of the worst first round draft picks for both the … [Read more...] about Ten Best Chicago Cubs First Round Draft Picks of the last 40 Years

Jed Hoyer and Theo Epstein rebuilt the entire Chicago Cubs roster, from the farm system up, once already. Now they'll have to do it again as the Ricketts family is DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING with their money in the free agent market. It's been two straight winters of inaction and skinflintness and next winter will bring more of the same, except this time Ricketts will blame it … [Read more...] about 2020 Chicago Cubs Major League Baseball Draft Mocksourcing

I'm no expert on the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO), so I'll defer to the experts on this one. Now the CPBL (Chinese Professional Baseball League), that's my jam! Well, at least it has been for the past few weeks, and you can see that here, here, here and here. Now that the KBO has joined the CPBL in commencing a regular season (but they don't have robot fans which can … [Read more...] about Why the Lotte Giants are the Chicago Cubs of the Korean Baseball Organization

Just a couple weeks ago, we wrote of the "steroid wing" of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. It's just one single glass case, but it contains jerseys worn by Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa during the famous, and now infamous 1998 home run record chase in which both surpassed Roger Maris' 61 homers in 1961. There's even a copy of Sports Illustrated, with both … [Read more...] about Sosa, McGwire Steroid Fueled HR Record Chase 30 for 30 Coming Soon

The Chicago Cubs have tragically lost two club legends within a span of just three days this week. Yesterday, Jim Frey, former General Manager and the field manager who ended the club's 39-year-postseason drought during the middle of the past century, passed away. On Easter Sunday, Glenn Beckert, one of the best defensive second basemen in baseball history, and arguably the … [Read more...] about Chicago Cubs Lose Two Icons in Three Day Span: Jim Frey, Glenn Beckert