This is probably not Dansby Swanson checking out BCB. Feel free to pretend it is, though | Photo by Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images You’ll want to take notes. You have probably read about the changes coming to BCB (and SB Nation as a whole). First, there will be a new login system. Details on how to log in via the new system are here. You’ll have to … [Read more...] about A few notes about BCB’s switch to a new platform
2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 111
Photo by Lawrence Brown/MLB Photos via Getty Images The Cubs falter, then recover late for a 5-3 walk-off win. If you came out of the trade deadline frustrated, then this weekend at Wrigley Field probably didn’t do anything to allay your concerns or frustrations. Certainly, an Orioles team that traded away a good chunk of its players and had been well under .500 didn’t … [Read more...] about 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 111
Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, August 4 edition
Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images The Cubs split six games over the past week. I know that some Cubs fans are panicking over the team’s two-game deficit in the NL Central and the Brewers appearing to just not lose... at all. Since the beginning of June, the Brewers are 36-16. That’s... just not sustainable, not over a time much longer than that. Even the … [Read more...] about Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, August 4 edition
Orioles 4, Cubs 3: Those leadoff walks will just kill you
Matthew Boyd had another nice game, but it was ruined by a bullpen meltdown. | Photo by Geoff Stellfox/Getty Images The Cubs were going along just fine until a disastrous eighth inning. The headline is what baseball folks will tell you. Walks are going to happen, but leadoff walks almost always lead to bad things. That’s what happened to the Cubs in the eighth inning of … [Read more...] about Orioles 4, Cubs 3: Those leadoff walks will just kill you
Minor League Wrap: Edgar Alvarez’s home run the difference as South Bend wins 1-0
Edgar Alvarez | MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images South Bend wins a 1-0 game. Myrtle Beach scores 19 over the RiverDogs. RHP Kenta Maeda has opted out of his contract with the Cubs and was released. LHP Victor Zarraga was promoted to Low-A Myrtle Beach from Mesa. Iowa Cubs The Iowa Cubs lost to Indianapolis (Pirates), 5-2. Spencer … [Read more...] about Minor League Wrap: Edgar Alvarez’s home run the difference as South Bend wins 1-0