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Oddsmakers project future of Kyle Schwarber’s bat, Sox’ Series hopes
The Cubs’ first-half misfortunes have taken its toll on the betting lines. Cubs outfielder Kyle Schwarber has struggled all season at the plate. He began the season as the team’s leadoff hitter but was...
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Cubs keep rolling behind Quintana, go-ahead blast by Contreras
Willson Contreras turned and screamed toward first-base coach Brandon Hyde after slamming a go-ahead home run in the sixth inning Sunday night against the Cardinals. What exactly did he say? “I can’t...
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Kyle Schwarber could be left out during Cubs’ series against Giants
The Giants are scheduled to throw three left-handers at the Cubs in San Francisco. So don’t be shocked if left fielder Kyle Schwarber doesn’t get too many starts during the three-game series. Manager...
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Cubs’ Kyle Schwarber: Return to scene of knee injury just another game
PHOENIX – Kyle Schwarber was ready for the question Friday when he returned to the scene of the crash for the first time since suffering a season-ending knee injury last season. “Any ball hit out to...
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Inspired by his father, Schwarber gives back to neighborhood heroes
Kyle Schwarber is giving back to where he came from. As the son of a police chief and nurse, Schwarber has always been inspired by servicemen and women and their devotion to duty. That’s mainly why he...
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Cubs’ Kyle Schwarber on long-running offensive slump: ‘I’m over it’
Hey, did you hear the big news out of Thursday’s 13-10 Reds victory over the Cubs at Wrigley Field? No, not the nine-spot the Reds hung on Cubs starter Jon Lester for a preposterous 9-0 second-inning...
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Watch Kyle Schwarber make amazing catch in game vs. Braves
Cubs’ Kyle Schwarber made Friday’s highlight reel for the Cubs games against the Braves. With both teams scoreless in the bottom of the second, Schwarber dove and caught a sinking line drive in the...
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Have the Cubs been able to answer their challenges this season?
Back in April, when few expected the Cubs would be in such a tight race in the National League Central, this column pointed to a few by-the-numbers challenges ahead. How have they answered those...
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Cubs wipe out Cardinals, turn attention to decisive 10-game road trip
It was a shot, all right. Goodbye, Cubs sweep. Nice knowing you, Wade Davis’ streak of perfection. Except that Dexter Fowler’s soaring blast with two outs in the ninth inning Sunday didn’t find its way...
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Is Kyle Schwarber getting ready to pull another Kyle Schwarber?
MILWAUKEE — The time for bravado, for daring declarations and empty rhetoric, had long passed. If we all know one thing about the 2017 Cubs, it’s that they’re related to the 2016 Cubs in name only....
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Kyle Schwarber heats up just in time for Cubs’ playoff run
As the Village People’s hit song “Y.M.C.A.” blasted through Wrigley Field’s speakers during a break in Saturday’s game, Kyle Schwarber could not help but dance. The 6-foot, 235-pound slugger sat in the...
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It’s true: HRs, strikeouts, walks all up among MLB playoff teams
Only 23 teams in major-league history have struck out more than 1,400 times in a season. Eleven did it this season, including three of the five National League playoff teams. Baseball continues to...
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Cubs overcome 4 errors, Max Scherzer no-hit bid to push Nats to brink
They spent most of the game in the field kicking the ball around for four errors, and they spent even more of the game getting no-hit by Max Scherzer. So of course the Cubs tied it in the seventh and...
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Cubs fall to Dodgers 5-2 in Game 1 of NLCS
The Cubs got off to a hot start and two-run lead in Game 1 of the NLCS before the wheels fell off. The offense tanked, the bullpen couldn’t get an out, and Joe Maddon was ejected in the seventh inning...
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Turner’s walk-off homer earns Dodgers 4-1 win, 2-0 series lead in NLCS
Justin Turner hit a walk-off three-run home run in the ninth inning off John Lackey to secure a 4-1 victory against the Cubs in Game 2 of the NLCS. The Dodgers will bring a 2-0 series lead to Chicago...
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FINAL: Dodgers beat Cubs 6-1, hold 3-0 series lead
Tom Ricketts was praying for something as a camera panned to him before Alex Avila stepped to the plate. Facing Ross Stripling who was a fresh arm, Avila singled to left field. Albert Almora Jr. hit a...
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Dodgers clout Cubs again 6-1 to push defending champs to brink
The Cubs returned to the nostalgia, good vibes and friendly confines of Wrigley Field, trying desperately Tuesday night to recreate the good old days of Cub baseball. You know, last year about this...
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Cubs’ Kyle Schwarber on being a better player across the board in ’18
Right to the bitter end this season, fans and media vented about Kyle Schwarber. Wasn’t he supposed to be a game-changer at the plate? Joe Maddon’s hand-picked leadoff man, even? And what’s with the...
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FINAL: Dodgers beat Cubs 11-1, L.A. onto 1st World Series since 1988
Kris Bryant flies out to Kike Hernandez. Two outs left. Anthony Rizzo flies out to Yasiel Puig in right field. One out left. Willson Contreras lines out to the infield. Game. FINAL SCORE: Dodgers 11,...
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Cubs need to get better — but could’ve been a heck of a lot worse
There were a lot of words spoken at Friday’s end-of-season news conference with Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein. Seated in a room tucked into a very corner of an otherwise empty...
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