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Game 3's Pitching Match-Up Was A Throwback
Last night’s World Series Game 3 wasn’t quite the pristine pitching match-up its 1-0 final score might indicate—there was an inconsistent strike zone, some very poor base running, Cleveland couldn’t score runners in scoring position for most of the game and each team ended up reaching for relief arm...
Welcome To <i>Hardball III</i>, I'm Al Michaels
In 1992, Accolade released the most advanced baseball game yet developed: Hardball III, featuring actual commentary from Al Michaels—an incredible feat for its day. So we updated the rosters and are simulating tonight’s World Series Game 4, LIVE: ...
Cleveland Completes Record Fifth Postseason Shutout, Leads World Series 2-1
Cubs fans will have to wait a little bit longer to witness the first World Series win at Wrigley in (almost) all of their lifetimes after losing a tense 1-0 game to the Indians Friday night. ...
Bill Murray Sings "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" In His Own Unique Manner
Boy, Bill Murray’s really enjoying himself tonight, eh? We don’t know what’s up with the Daffy Duck bit, but we’re sure someone will have an answer down in the comments....
Cubs Fans Began Gathering In Wrigleyville Just After Dawn
The Chicago Cubs haven’t hosted a World Series game since 1945, so the locals are obviously pumped for tonight’s game against the Indians. In fact, they are get-to-the-bar-at-7:45-a.m. pumped....
Kyle Schwarber Has Not Been Cleared To Play In The Field
Well, goddamn it, our big brawny boy got some bad news today. After playing hero in the first two games of the World Series, Cubs slugger Kyle Schwarber was informed by doctors today that his surgically repaired knee is still not healthy enough for him to play in the field....
The Cubs Waited The Indians To Death
If Game 2 of the World Series, which took just over four hours to complete, felt like a slog to you at times, well, imagine how it felt for the Indians pitchers who spent a cold night getting five runs squeezed out of them by a relentlessly patient Cubs lineup....
Kyle Schwarber Is Locked In
The World Series is all even and headed to Chicago after the Cubs took Game 2, 5-1. Cleveland rode Corey Kluber until he started showing the first signs of wavering in Game 1, and tonight, a magnificent Jake Arrieta took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, then promptly got pulled after giving up a r...
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Shameless Indians Fan Goes Full Butt [NSFW]
A tipster at the World Series sent us the following photo of a man operating in the men’s room with maximum mobility and minimum shame. As you can see, his fellow fans appreciated the entertainment and distraction from their team’s gloomy performance....
Andrew Miller Has The Stuff To Get Out Of Trouble<em></em>
Cleveland starting pitcher Corey Kluber was 88 pitches deep after he gave up a leadoff single to Ben Zobrist in the seventh inning of Game 1 Tuesday. He could have seen a couple more batters, but Terry Francona planned ahead, and pulled him for Andrew Miller, the shaggy scarecrow who hadn’t allowed ...
Terry Francona Has Big Plans For Corey Kluber
Here’s something that should put the fear of god and of the two-seam fastball into the Cubs: Corey Kluber still had plenty in the tank when he was pulled after six-plus innings. As dominant as Kluber’s nine-strikeout performance was, Terry Francona is holding him back. He’s saving him....
Corey Kluber, Goddamn
The Indians have been nigh unbeatable this postseason thanks to a bullpen that’s seemingly incapable of getting roughed up and a propensity for whacking big dingers. They lived up to expectations on both fronts tonight, but they also have Corey Kluber to thank for utterly confounding Cubs hitters al...
Kyle Schwarber Is On The Cubs' World Series Roster
Cubs slugger Kyle Schwarber hasn’t seen major-league game action since tearing two knee ligaments during the second game of the season. He was finally cleared to return to the field last week, and on Saturday he joined the Mesa Solar Sox in the Arizona Fall League. Schwarber got six at-bats in two g...
God Bless Bullpen Catchers
Comcast SportsNet Chicago aired lots of compelling footage last night of Cubs players, staff, and fans celebrating their first National League pennant in 71 years, but its most delightful—if that is the right word for it—moment is when bullpen catcher Chad Noble got wet and sticky in his hot dog (Co...
How 90-Year-Old Cubs Fan Plans To Celebrate: "I'll Probably Have A Jägermeister"
90-year-old Cubs fan Dorothy Farrell was a media favorite during the NLCS, and now she’s watched her team win its first N.L. pennant since she was 19 years old. She plans to celebrate exactly the same way every other Cubs supporter will....
I'd Watch Javier Baez Read A Book
I watched most of Game 5 of the NLCS in a noisy bar, but it wasn’t the same experience I usually have while watching a game in public. Instead of glancing at the screen every now and then just to check the score while drinking and chatting, I found myself much more concerned with what was happening ...
The Cubs Have To Win A Baseball Game
I read this the other day, a throwaway line that made me do a double take: The Cubs have never won an NLCS. Well, sure they haven’t. League championship series have only been around since 1969, and the Cubs haven’t been to a World Series since 1945. It’s a useless, obvious bit of trivia—barely a fac...
Here's Bobby Valentine Lovingly Wiping Crumbs Off Tommy Lasorda's Mouth
Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda recently got out of the hospital in time to attend Game 3 of the NLCS. He’s at Game 5 tonight, sitting next to Bobby Valentine, who was nice enough to assist him with a stray bit of food....
Cleveland Dunked On Jose Bautista
Cleveland rookie pitcher Ryan Merritt was making just the second start of his career yesterday when manager Terry Francona sent him to the mound to face the Blue Jays in Game 5 of the ALCS. Before the game, Blue Jays slugger Jose Bautista seemed confident in his team’s chances against the young star...
Did The MLB Replay Booth Just Cost The Dodgers A Run?
Adrián González tried to run on Jason Heyward in the second inning tonight. Heyward’s throw took a hop, and barely arrived on time, but the umpire determined that Willson Contreras’s tag got González on the jaw before his left hand grazed home plate....