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New-look Cubs come with plenty of intrigue
The Cubs made some intriguing moves this offseason, including the addition of Japanese pitcher Shota Imanaga.
'The Show' Episode 36: Jed Hoyer talks Cubs future, busy offseason
Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman open up the mailbag for the first time on "The Show" podcast for some questions, including topics on the Yankees and Mets.
Cubs president not happy about team's vaccination rate
The Cubs haven't reached the 85 percent vaccination threshold, and team president Jed Hoyer is not hiding his dissatisfaction.
Darkest days and doubters: We've never seen the Cubs like this
MESA, Ariz. — Through 162 games last season, the Cubs were tied for the most victories in the NL at 95. They have the majors’ most wins over the past...
15 ideas for how to improve baseball, from top insiders
“You are Baseball Czar and have the power to change any one thing on the field or off. What would you do?” Sandy Alderson, Mets GM “I would require a...
Are the Cubs going to be OK?
I have long thought Joe Torre’s dynastic Yankees would be appreciated more with the perspective of history than they were in real time. The four championships won in five seasons...
Is Kyle Schwarber's next baseball trick making $184M vanish?
Kyle Schwarber recently retreated to his locker following a Cubs morning workout and removed a brace from his left knee, held it aloft and declared: “It’s going to be necessary...
How Padres' failed experiment spawned Mets, Cubs clashing evolutions
On March 26, 2009, former player agent Jeff Moorad became the Padres’ CEO, part of a dramatic realignment caused by the team’s sale. San Diego’s previous CEO, Sandy Alderson, stepped...
Cubs' David Ross rebounds from flub in dramatic fashion
CLEVELAND — David Ross, the most famous backup catcher perhaps ever, entered with Jon Lester. Of course, he did. They were as much a partnership as Abbott and Costello, Batman...
The Cubs were feeling every single demon before 'lightning strike'
SAN FRANCISCO — The innings ticked by and with each out the Cubs ebbed closer to Thursday, to the game they desperately did not want to play, to the history...
How Cubs brass turned players into true believers with one move
In early October 1986, the Giants were honoring expectations. They had won four straight after a season-opening loss to the Cowboys. Then-general manager George Young believed his team good enough...
Loose Cubs raise MLB eyebrows, paint bull's-eye on their back
MESA, Ariz. — About 40 Cubs in uniform and two cubs in fur frolicked on an agility field not far from the team’s main spring stadium. The lowercase cubs will...
How Cubs slugger became most controversial MLB prospect
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Noise has followed Kris Bryant this spring. There is the rare crash of the ball off his bat, louder than most others. The kind that makes even...