CHICAGO — A 17-year-old Kyle Schwarber stood straight across from the man-child who would eventually end his football career. Schwarber, who was recruited by a slew of Division I football programs, made the fruitful decision to pursue baseball. Still, it was Schwarber’s intent to end his football career of his own accord—presumably at the Ohio state high school football championships.
That would not happen.
Schwarber, a senior middle linebacker for Middletown High School, was a gifted prep athlete. He was all-state in football and baseball. Had he grown more than six feet, Schwarber, now 22, might be a redshirt senior at a ...
The Chicago Cubs' official Twitter account doesn’t mess around.During the team's Game 2 showdown with the New York Mets in the National League Championship Series on Sunday night, one fan took a shot in the dark and requested a Kyle Schwarber jersey:This came after the fan had already hounded the team for a freebie. The Cubs offered some encouragement with a subtle response:When the fan responded that he can’t direct-message the account, the Cubs dropped the hammer:Boom. No chill indeed:[h/t Complex Sports]Read more Chicago Cubs news on BleacherReport.com
Matt Harvey had made one start in the postseason in his short career in the majors, and that was earlier this season. Jon Lester had started 13 games and carried a 2.66 postseason ERA over his long tenure with the Red Sox, Athletics and Cubs.
But in Game 1 at Citi Field, Harvey looked like the veteran superstar against the Cubs' talented bats, going 7.2 innings and only allowing four hits and two runs as the Mets took the early series lead with a 4-2 win.
It was a typical performance from New York this season, relying on their skilled, if slightly ...
Through their first five games, the Chicago Cubs made hitting in the postseason look easy. Maybe a little too easy.
As such, a reality check like the one the Cubs were dealt in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series was coming sooner or later. But given that it was the New York Mets who dealt it, the question now becomes whether the Cubs' bats will be able to recover.
The Cubs weren't able to get much offense going against Matt Harvey in a 4-2 loss in the opener of the NLCS at Citi Field on Saturday night. He did his Dark ...
The MLB Playoffs have reached the Championship Series and the matchups in the American and National Leagues have been set.
Before we delve into the top 10 players remaining, let's set the ground rules.
First, hot streaks matter. We know that hot teams in baseball make the most noise. The same goes for players. At one point in the second half of the season, you thought Yoenis Cespedes was the MVP over Bryce Harper, right? Some players explode in the postseason and others fall down the well. Let's reward those who explode because October is all about the playoffs. For that reason, slumping players ...
In a somewhat surprising move Thursday, the Chicago Cubs officially named Jon Lester their starter for Game 1 of the National League Championship Series, per MLB's official Twitter account. Cy Young candidate Jake Arrieta will start Game 2.
Lester packs a postseason pedigree—91.1 innings over 15 games and two titles with the Boston Red Sox—but Arrieta was arguably the best pitcher in baseball this season. And the Cubs have won 19 of his last 20 starts, including the playoffs.
Though Lester is coming off a decent season (11-12, 3.34 ERA), it wasn't up to par for the $155 million contract the Cubs ...
CHICAGO — Every traditional sports rivalry has similar components—geography, divisional ties and decades of history. The Cubs-Cardinals rivalry can be similarly characterized but with one very unique attribute attached: envy.
Since Joe Torre left the Yankees, the Cardinals, inarguably, have been baseball's hallmark franchise. The Cubs? They want to be, well, the Cardinals. As blasphemous as that may sound in Cubdom, the ideals of the Theo Epstein era—scouting, top-flight drafting and prospect development—mirror those that have made St. Louis so successful.
No rebuild was to be complete until Chicago bested baseball's kingpin. So when the Cubs won Game 4 of their National League Division ...
The Chicago Cubs notched their first playoff victory since 2003 during this year's MLB postseason but are evidently not satisfied with such modest exploits.
Chicago's young nucleus is thriving on baseball's biggest stage and will proceed to the National League Championship Series after eliminating the St. Louis Cardinals in a 6-4 victory at Wrigley Field on Tuesday.
Three home runs in Game 4 carried the Cubs past their National League Central Division rival. ESPN Stats & Info highlighted how the long ball played a big role in Chicago's success in the National League Division Series:
The Windy City's North Side is ecstatic ...
The Chicago Cubs look to take care of business and eliminate the rival St. Louis Cardinals from the postseason behind starter Jason Hammel in front of the home crowd at Wrigley Field during Game 4 of the National League Division Series at 4:30 p.m. ET Tuesday. Toeing the rubber opposite Hammel is John Lackey, who shut down the Cubs during Game 1 but is pitching on three days' rest. Chicago leads the series 2-1.
One of the biggest keys for the Cubs will be their ability to get to Lackey early in the game. If they allow the big righty to ...
Based on recent headlines, you'd think the Chicago Cubs' rise to power has had everything to do with Jake Arrieta and little to do with, well, anything else.
In reality, however, the bats have also had a lot to do with that. And on Monday evening at Wrigley Field, they made that clear by upstaging none other than Arrieta himself.
After throwing a shutout to lead the Cubs to victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates in the National League Wild Card Game, Arrieta was considerably less effective in Game 3 of the NLDS. The St. Louis Cardinals limited his outing to 5.2 innings ...
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