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Welcome, Kevin Alcantara! | Photo by Norm Hall/MLB Photos via Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news, notes, and commentary, four days a week, rain or shine. El Jaguar comes for coffee, the Cubs drop two out of a three-game trip, and the season is mercifully almost over. WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of … [Read more...] about Cub Tracks’ end of the road

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images The Cubs finished the road portion of their 2024 schedule by giving up too many homers in a defeat. Nico Hoerner had himself a day, though. Nico Hoerner homered twice Wednesday in Philadelphia, the first multi-homer game of his career. Unfortunately, three Phillies (Trea Turner, Nick Castellanos and Kody Clemens) all went deep off … [Read more...] about Phillies 9, Cubs 6: Just too many home runs allowed

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Nico Hoerner homers twice in a 9-6 loss to the Phillies. The Cubs are playing out the string. Today they’ll have an off day and then they’ll have three more games against the Reds at Wrigley Field before packing it up for the season. They were mathematically eliminated last week and with that, there has been a little more variety in … [Read more...] about 2024 Cubs Heroes and Goats: Game 159

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images The Cubs look to even up their series with the Phillies. Today’s roster move: Here Tuesday notes... THE NUMBER OF THE COUNTING SHALL BE FOUR: Last night’s 6-2 loss was the Cubs’ seventh of the season by exactly four runs. They have won 12 games by four runs. They have won 26 games by at least five while losing only 16 by at least … [Read more...] about Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies preview, Tuesday 9/24, 5:40 CT

Photo by Rob Tringali/MLB Photos via Getty Images Tuesday’s game threads? All right here. … [Read more...] about Cubs vs. Phillies Tuesday 9/24 game threads