I think that 3-2 pitch to Ballesteros is the very reason God created ABS. (That's who created it, right? Anyway, how could the #Phillies *not* challenge?!)

Multiple-Gold Glove winner Ian Happ might be no better than the sixth-best fielder in the #Cubs lineup right now.

Nico is unbelievable. Maybe #Cubs should extend his extension.

Uath Mammoth

Nothing beats that top notch Fanatics quality

Woody Harrelson in “Cheers.”

The Mets' current 11-game losing streak is tied for the sixth-longest in team history. I offer that for context. And also, to rub it in. #mlb #Cubs

Not to worry; I’m on it. Posted this last week:

Thinking of creating an app so middle-agers can log injuries suffered doing almost nothing, e.g., “Pulled book off shelf, pretty sure I tore rotator cuff,” or “Got out of bed, caused high ankle sprain.” Would call the app WhatTheHell.

Moisés Alous baseball card from his days as a Cub.

With 5 career HR, Moisés Ballesteros is just 71 HR from tying the all-time #Cubs record for HR by a Moisés.

First to get canned: Rob Thomson, Carlos Mendoza, or Kash Patel?

The state of the #Cubs bullpen is such that I’m not confident this six-run, eighth-inning lead is secure.

#Mets playing just like a team that has lost eight games in a row.

The three first-place teams in the A.L. right now are the #Rays, #Twins, and #Athletics …exactly as I predicted. #mlb

Shota Imanaga's 26 whiffs tonight vs. the Phillies are the most by a pitcher in MLB this season.

Imanaga's 26 whiffs also tie Yu Darvish (Aug. 23, 2020) for the most whiffs by a Cubs pitcher in the pitch tracking era (since 2008).

Quite impressed by how the #Cubs are driving interest in the Bears.

I’m thinking of creating an app so middle-agers can log lingering pain and injuries they suffer doing almost nothing, e.g., “Just pulled a book off the shelf and am pretty sure I tore my rotator cuff,” or “Got out of bed this morning and caused a high ankle sprain.” Would call the app WhatTheHell.

Watching the #Cubs and wondering about ABS decorum. Do you apologize to the ump when you get a call overturned for making him look bad? Or do you apologize when ump’s call is validated for wasting everyone’s time? I would just always apologize to be safe.

I was just talking to a friend today about Dolly Parton's Imagination Library - new books every month, totally for free, for kids ages 1-5.

My son was part of the program - this is a copy of the letter that came with his last book, right after his 5th birthday.

The #Cubs’ start has me so bummed, I’m looking forward to tonight’s #Blackhawks game as a distraction. #mlb #nhl

In 1970, students in a fifth-grade class at Hawthorne School in Beverly Hills were assigned to write a letter to someone they admired, asking them “What makes a good citizen?"

So 10yr old Joel Lipton wrote to Peanuts cartoonist Charles M. Schulz.

Joel got a reply.

Jaw

I’ve seen today’s #Cubs v. #Guardians games described as a “single-admission doubleheader.” Another way to phrase it would be, “as God always intended doubleheaders to be.” #mlb

I’m good with this. Will free me up to be fully engaged in elation/despondency following the #Illini victory/defeat.

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I think #MLB umpires, #NHL and #NBA refs, and soccer referees—and let’s not forget the linesmen!—in every nation on earth are all in the running.

That #Illini win was a thrill. Makes me wish Chicago had an #NBA franchise.

For the first time since 2005, the Illinois Fighting Illini are back in the Final Four 🔥

Headline announcing Nico Hoerner’s new contract with the Cubs.

Why would an article on the #Cubs page of the MLB app need to qualify a news item as coming through a “source”? In this case, isn’t the source also the publisher?

Weimer's HR was hit more at the Wrigley Rooftops building, so there was a bit more wind blockage on that one than Happ's ball. Plus the wind speed was a bit lower than on Happ's, and it had a lower apex. So Weimer's was pushed back less than half the distance of Happ's, which kept it a homer.

Best of luck to former major league outfielder Jason Heyward in retirement. He is the overall leader in Defensive Runs Saved by a right fielder since the stat was first tracked in 2003.

Yesterday, Ian Happ hit an absolute tank for a home run. 109 off the bat. 32 deg LA.

... except, he didn't. Thanks to our friends at @weatherapplied.com we know that the wind cost him *113 feet* of distance -- which is now the largest stop in the data.

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