https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/183/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cub-quips-the-cubs-are-doing-exactly-what-they-need-to-do-r309/The North Siders have won 12 of 13 series since the All-Star break, and five of those overall victories came in the longer four-game variety (if you count the four games against the White Sox as one series). The icing on the German chocolate cake is they just took two of three from the Brewers a...309Thu, 31 Aug 2023 16:10:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-got-very-lucky-the-day-ryan-dempster-turned-down-the-braves-r307/For reasons both valid and laughable, "luck" became the focal point of a taut, high-stakes series between the Cubs and Brewers this week. It's a serendipitous occasion to celebrate one of the great lucky breaks in Cubs history. The 2012 Cubs were a moribund bunch. They started 3-11. They wer...307Thu, 31 Aug 2023 12:11:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-mark-leiter-jr-bandwagon-is-leaving-the-station-r304/The Cubs have been nails in close games recently. Who should we thank for this recent bullpen dominance run? If you’ve been watching Cubs games over the last three months - or if you bothered to read the headline of this article - you know the answer is Mark Leiter Jr. The son of an 11-year...304Wed, 30 Aug 2023 19:10:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-should-claim-every-angels-player-on-waivers-but-one-is-the-prize-r303/The Angels aren't having a fire sale. This is more of a Facebook Marketplace post that says "Free, if you pick it up." Jed Hoyer needs to be in the car right now, with Carter Hawkins riding along and messaging the seller. With Shohei Ohtani headed for the open market at the end of this seaso...303Wed, 30 Aug 2023 12:44:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-just-won-their-first-truly-big-game-since-2017-r302/It was great that the Cubs earned their way to this moment--that they fought to stay in the NL Central race long enough to make a late-August series against the Brewers matter. Not until Tuesday night, though, did they break through the wall that blocked their way forward. Game 5 of the 2017...302Wed, 30 Aug 2023 05:51:19 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/losing-patience-has-cost-the-cubs-offense-a-bit-recently-r301/The hot bats in the Cubs lineup have overheated a bit lately. At precisely the wrong time, this team is losing touch with its offensive identity. This week's series at Wrigley Field matches the two teams who have seen more pitches per plate appearance this year than any others in MLB. The Cu...301Tue, 29 Aug 2023 11:17:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/3-up-3-down-playoff-edition-episode-ii-attack-of-the-cubs-r300/The Cubs are about to begin the most important week of the season thus far. Let's look at what's coming. Running up to the 2016 Championship, and even shortly after, the Chicago Cubs had received nearly no innings pitched from arms internally developed. As of 2018, Sahadev Sharma had researc...300Tue, 29 Aug 2023 00:05:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/series-preview-earning-this-brewers-showdown-has-made-cubs-season-a-success-already-r298/As we preview three games against the division-leading Brewers at Wrigley Field, don't fail to stop and appreciate the fact that the Cubs have come this far. This will be fun. It's not too much to say that this is the biggest series the Cubs have played at Wrigley Field since September 2019,...298Mon, 28 Aug 2023 14:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-seiya-suzuki-got-so-hot-and-what-happens-now-r296/There are two muffins in an oven. One says to the other, "Holy crap, it's hot in here." The other one says, "Yeah, that's radiation from Seiya Suzuki." When the Chicago Cubs traded for Jeimer Candelario in late July, it became immediately clear that someone was going to have to accept less p...296Mon, 28 Aug 2023 12:16:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/the-cubs-playoff-odds-are-surging-even-without-help-r297/It's scoreboard watching season, and the scoreboards were unfriendly to the Cubs this week. Still, they made progress in their pursuit of the postseason. There were a couple of series this week in which the Cubs almost couldn't help being helped. The Giants and Phillies played a set in Phila...297Mon, 28 Aug 2023 10:43:27 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/has-the-chicago-cubs-starting-rotation-finally-achieved-real-stability-r295/All year, the Cubs have played Whack-a-Mole with their starting rotation. If they want to make a charge in the NL Central, they have to finally break that pattern. Saturday night was a start--no pun intended. After a solid big-league debut by Jordan Wicks, the Cubs have their first semblance...295Sun, 27 Aug 2023 13:49:05 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/a-look-back-at-the-1998-chicago-cubs-part-two-kerry-woods-20-strikeout-game-r294/On the 25th anniversary of the 1998 Cubs, we take a look back at one of the most dominant pitching performances of all time. Kerry Wood and the Cubs were off to a very neutral start through April 1998. Despite a good first week, the Cubs finished the month at 14-13. Wood was good at home, ha...294Sun, 27 Aug 2023 13:17:26 +0000