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Chicago Cubs Playoff Preview By The Numbers

Oct 7, 2015

Chicago Cubs, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, National League, National League Central, Postseason

When the Chicago Cubs take the field Wednesday night in their one game Wild Card match-up with the Pittsburgh Pirates, there will be several numerical coincidences that would suggest to any die hard Cub fan tha...

Madison Bumgarner: Weekly Pitcher’s Spotlight

Nick Schaeflein

Sep 1, 2015

Features, Major League Baseball, National League, National League West, San Francisco Giants

This week's spotlight is on the reigning World Series MVP and the San Francisco Giants' ace Madison Bumgarner. On the heels of the sixth no-hitter thrown this season by Jake Arrieta, competing in the same divis...

Jake Arrieta Throws No-Hitter for Chicago Cubs

Nick Schaeflein

Aug 30, 2015

Baseball History, Breaking News, Chicago Cubs, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Milestone, National League, National League Central

On Sunday night, the Chicago Cubs needed a win. To take care of that, they sent Jake Arrieta to the mound. Just nine days after Mike Fiers no-hit the Los Angeles Dodgers, Arrieta also completed the task, this t...

Chicago Cubs Begin Critical Stretch Of Games

Nick Schaeflein

Aug 3, 2015

Breaking News, Chicago Cubs, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, National League, National League Central

On Monday night, the Chicago Cubs will begin a critical stretch of games that may very well go a long way in determining their quest for the playoffs. The Cubs will begin with three games in Pittsburgh against ...

David Price: Weekly Pitcher’s Spotlight

Nick Schaeflein

Aug 3, 2015

American League, American League East, Breaking News, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Toronto Blue Jays

This week's spotlight is on the Toronto Blue Jays' newest ace David Price. On Monday afternoon, Price made his first start as a Blue Jay since being acquired at the Trade Deadline last week. With one of the bes...

Jake Arrieta: Weekly Pitcher’s Spotlight

Nick Schaeflein

Jul 12, 2015

Chicago Cubs, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, National League, National League Central

This week's spotlight is on the Chicago Cubs' ace Jake Arrieta. How good has Arrieta been? The answer is real good, and he has also put in a first half that has been about as consistent as anyone. Arrieta has b...

2015 MLB Draft: Chicago White Sox Select Carson Fulmer

Nick Schaeflein

Jun 9, 2015

American League, American League Central, Breaking News, Chicago White Sox, College, Draft, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball

With the eighth overall pick in the 2015 MLB First Year Player Draft, the Chicago White Sox selected right hand pitcher Carson Fulmer from Vanderbilt University. Fulmer is a 6'0", 195-pound junior from Lakeland...

2015 MLB Draft: Minnesota Twins Select Tyler Jay

Nick Schaeflein

Jun 8, 2015

American League, American League Central, Breaking News, College, Draft, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, Minnesota Twins

With the sixth overall pick in the 2015 MLB First Year Player Draft, the Minnesota Twins selected left hand pitcher Tyler Jay from the University of Illinois. Jay is a 6'1'', 180-pound junior from Lemont, IL. W...

MLB Power Rankings: June 8th

Will Gribin

Jun 8, 2015

Opinions & Predictions

Happy Monday, sports fans! This sure has been an interesting week in the world of sports. The Stanley Cup and the NBA Finals are each tied at 1-1 through two games in each series. The Chicago Blackhawks look to...

Craig Kimbrel: Weekly Pitcher’s Spotlight

Nick Schaeflein

Jun 8, 2015

Atlanta Braves, Features, Headlines, Major League Baseball, National League, National League West, San Diego Padres

This week's spotlight is on the closer of the San Diego Padres, Craig Kimbrel. It was just hours before first pitch on Opening Night of the season this year, when the Padres landed Kimbrel in a blockbuster trad...

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