https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/page/96/?d=7enhttps://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/2024-mlb-playoffs-the-best-teams-for-cubs-fans-to-root-for-r1147/As a Chicago Cubs fan of a certain age, you can admit the runs from 2015 are more strange than usual. What do I mean by that? In my fandom, the Cubs had made the playoffs just five times before 2015. Depending on when you were born in the 80s, you can add two more playoff tallies to that. ...1147Sat, 05 Oct 2024 15:10:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/jed-hoyer-vs-mother-nature-the-winds-of-wrigley-r1146/If you’ve been around the Chicago sports scene for any period of time, you’ve obviously heard of Bear Weather. But Cubs president Jed Hoyer wants to make sure you’ve also heard of Cub Weather. At his year-end press conference on Tuesday, Hoyer said a lot of words. Many of those words we’d h...1146Fri, 04 Oct 2024 11:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/why-jed-hoyers-long-end-of-season-press-conference-offered-little-cause-for-optimism-r1141/Jed Hoyer spoke on a wide variety of topics Tuesday. What did he really say, though? Here are the key pull-quotes, followed by some thoughts on their implications. A warning, though: the indications he gave don't point toward a huge outlay around the corner. "I'm excited about next year. I...1141Thu, 03 Oct 2024 11:35:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/jed-hoyers-press-conference-sends-mixed-signals-about-teams-understanding-of-its-star-search-r1142/1142Wed, 02 Oct 2024 23:07:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/is-a-postseason-bye-the-advantage-it-was-meant-to-be-r1139/With the Cubs on the outside looking in at another postseason, we “lovable loser” fans will just have to watch from the sidelines, hoping our enemies lose and our second-favorite teams win. One of the most interesting things to watch for in October are the inevitable upsets: Wild Card teams who...1139Wed, 02 Oct 2024 13:15:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-fire-mike-napoli-darren-holmes-jim-adduci/On the day after the end of the season, the Cubs dismissed coaches Mike Napoli, Jim Adduci, and Darren Holmes--among others. Jesse Rogers of ESPN reported that the firings also included strength coaches, on the heels of a season in which injuries were a significant hurdle to success....1138Tue, 01 Oct 2024 11:35:34 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/a-strange-profound-offensive-depression-gripped-wrigley-field-this-year-heres-why-r1136/If you tuned into any Cubs games down the stretch this season, you probably heard an allusion or two by Marquee Sports Network play-by-play man Boog Sciambi to the weird weather patterns and drastic splits for the team at Wrigley Field this year. Behind the scenes, members of the Cubs themselves...1136Mon, 30 Sep 2024 11:16:02 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/cubs-week-in-review-its-over-what-comes-next-r1134/Game by Game: Monday The Cubs started the week as a team with nothing to play for, and they looked like one against the Phillies in their first of a three-game set from Citizens Bank Field. Caleb Kilian took the bump for the Cubbies, delivering 5 2/3 innings and getting thoroughly shelled...1134Mon, 30 Sep 2024 01:55:00 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/a-glimpse-of-the-jaguar-what-kevin-alc%C3%A1ntara-offers-cubs-going-forward-r1132/None of the traditional tools are in all that much doubt for Kevin Alcántara. He's demonstrated good speed, impressive and improving defense in center field, and a feel to hit that belies his 6-foot-6 frame. His power is still coming together, as is always the case with such long-levered, lanky...1132Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:50:06 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/weve-come-a-long-way-jed-hoyer-sees-progress-but-does-he-hear-that-ticking-r1131/Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer discussed the state of the franchise Monday, and while he fell in line with the tone of urgency and needed improvement set by manager Craig Counsell over the weekend, he framed it more optimistically. “We talk about the gap, I think that we’ve...1131Wed, 25 Sep 2024 16:23:09 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/how-to-solve-baseballs-position-player-pitching-epidemic-and-up-the-intensity-of-games-r1130/As another season winds down under new rules that have traded in Game 163s for tiebreakers that can determine division championships and playoff spots, there's a small but real risk that all-important postseason entries could come down to some silly things. The first tiebreaker between any two t...1130Wed, 25 Sep 2024 11:12:01 +0000https://northsidebaseball.com/news-rumors/chicago-cubs/a-stark-and-surprisingly-important-wrigley-field-park-effect-hiding-in-not-so-plain-sight-r1129/Offense has been way, way down at Wrigley Field this season--for the Cubs, and for opponents, too. It's a strange phenomenon, but it seems as though the fickle winds, temperature patterns, and air pressure have buffeted fly balls and held up line drives, leading to a remarkably lousy year for hi...1129Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:15:24 +0000