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Photo by Jeff Dean/Getty Images We missed you, baseball, welcome back! After a long, cold winter, an opening series on the other side of the world, and a ton of very intriguing free agency signings and trades, the 2025 baseball season is officially underway. There was plenty of action to keep an eye on for Opening Day, but as is usual with the start of the season, … [Read more...] about Outside The Confines: The sights of Opening Day

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images The Cubs began the North American portion of the 2025 schedule with an offensive outburst. Here’s yet another example of why Spring Training results mean nothing. The Cubs returned from Japan — where their bats were pretty silent — and played five games at Sloan Park, in which they were outscored 35-13, and lost four of the five. Two days … [Read more...] about Cubs 10, Diamondbacks 6: Miguel Amaya drives in five

Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images One and two. In more ways than one. One and two. That describes the Cubs record this season through three games. A large number of teams will be one and two after three games. Maybe as many as half, probably a little less. It is predictive of nothing. Would “oh” and three have been worse? Somewhat, but not massively. There are no “big” … [Read more...] about 2025 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 3

Al Yellon ... a chance for fans to win prizes in advance of the 2025 season. “Play for Opening Day,” hosted by the Cubs Friday morning at Wrigley Field, was a chance for 100 lucky fans who got winning scratch-off cards in Gallagher Way to step to the plate at the ballpark and take some batting-practice swings. As you can see above, a number of “targets” were placed on … [Read more...] about The Cubs host ‘Play for Opening Day’ at Wrigley Field

The Wrigley Field Bleacher Gate We’re mere hours from the start of the MLB regular season ‘Twas the night before baseball and in WrigleyvilleBleacher seats were empty, the streets were so still.The flags flew o’erhead round the grand old ballparkOpening Day bunting over Harry’s remarksThe fans were all tweeting their hopes and their fearsCould PCA steal 50 bases in this … [Read more...] about ‘Twas the night before baseball