Photo by Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images Did you like it? The rule about the All-Star Game ending in a home run swing-off if tied after nine innings was instituted as part of many changes in the latest CBA. I even wrote about it when it happened in March 2022 and in a poll attached to that article about 85 percent of you voted either “love it” or “don’t care … [Read more...] about The 2025 MLB All-Star Game ended in a home run swing-off
Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, July 14 edition
Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images The Cubs enter the All-Star break on a high note. As most of you know, I usually write an article during the All-Star break giving Cubs players midseason grades. That article will appear here tomorrow. In the meantime, here’s who was hot and not for the Cubs over the past week, when they went 3-3 on a road trip to Minnesota and New … [Read more...] about Three up, three down: An update on the Cubs, July 14 edition
The Cubs will host the 2027 All-Star Game. That HR Derby will be better than the last one at Wrigley
Ryne Sandberg and Mark McGwire prepare for the 1990 Home Run Derby | Photo by Steve Goldstein/Getty Images The official announcement of Wrigley’s next Midsummer Classic will come later this month. In the meantime, here’s the story of possibly the worst Home Run Derby ever. After a 37-year absence, the Cubs and Wrigley Field will once again host MLB’s All-Star Game two … [Read more...] about The Cubs will host the 2027 All-Star Game. That HR Derby will be better than the last one at Wrigley
SB Nation Reacts survey: The Cubs are going to win the NL Central
Photo by Matt Dirksen/Chicago Cubs/Getty Images That’s what the overwhelming majority of survey respondents said. But what postseason position will they get? Last week, our SB Nation Reacts survey asked respondents to vote on where they thought the Cubs would finish the 2025 regular season. Here are the results: Ninety-eight percent of survey respondents … [Read more...] about SB Nation Reacts survey: The Cubs are going to win the NL Central
2025 MLB Home Run Derby, Monday 7/14, 7 p.m. CT
Major League Baseball Eight power hitters will try their luck at Truist Park. Two-time All-Star Jazz Chisholm Jr. of the New York Yankees will complete the field of eight competitors at the this year’s Home Run Derby at Truist Park. Chisholm joins sluggers Matt Olson of the host Atlanta Braves; Byron Buxton of the Minnesota Twins; Junior Caminero of the Tampa Bay Rays; … [Read more...] about 2025 MLB Home Run Derby, Monday 7/14, 7 p.m. CT