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Michael Burkhart, the Cubs' visiting clubhouse manager for 16 seasons, dies at 63

Today at 10:00 - “The Chicago Cubs are mourning the death of Michael Burkhart, our beloved visiting clubhouse manager,” the team said in a statement. “ 'Burky' was supremely authentic, truly one-of-a-kind and loved his Cubs family as much as we loved him back. The only thing he enjoyed more than his time at Wrigley Field was his time spent on his farm in Iowa with his wife, Felicia....

How Cubs' Nico Hoerner is making an impact in Chicago during shutdown

Today at 03:37 - With the baseball season paused due to COVID-19, Nico Hoerner has taken up several new ventures with his idle time, with an eye on helping those in need....

Mistakes were made? No, a sports columnist owns up in the active voice

Yesterday at 23:27 - On Albert Pujols, the Cubs, Joakim Noah, Tiger Woods and much, much more!...

Chicago Cubs vs. Pittsburgh Pirates simulated game, Wednesday 4/8, 3 p.m. CT

Yesterday at 23:19 - As time goes by, we'll post the standings for the entire NL and AL. Here at BCB, we are going to play simulated games for every game on the Cubs' 2020 schedule via MLB The Show 20. This will continue until the actual schedule begins, or we get some clarity on what's actually going to happen with baseball this year. Here is the complete BCB Mediacenter where all our BCB simulated games ...

All-Time best Chicago Cubs players by jersey number

Yesterday at 23:03 - It's easy to pick the best Cubs player for Nos. 10, 14 and 26. But what about No. 12? These are our picks for the best Cubs players by jersey number....

The worst losses in Cubs history: September 4, 1988

Yesterday at 22:32 - The 1988 Cubs were another one of those post-1984 teams that teased us for a while. Off to a middling start, they went 16-11 in June and after defeating the Giants 3-2 on July 4, were 44-36, just seven games out of first place in the N.L. East. Could they make a run at the division? Uh, no. They lost 15 of their next 19 games to fall out of contention, though a 16-12 August got them back to respec...

A Shortened MLB Season Favors The Underdogs — But An Expanded Playoff Helps The Favorites

Yesterday at 19:47 - When and if the Major League Baseball season begins -- whether in May in fanless Arizona stadiums or at some other point -- it may come with a completely different playoff format. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic halted play, the sport was mulling a postseason expansion from 10 teams to 14 for the 2022 season, […]...

Chicago Cubs: Reason to believe Anthony Rizzo regression is coming

Yesterday at 15:00 - As Anthony Rizzo enters his age 31 season for the Chicago Cubs, is there legitimate concern for a dropoff in production? It doesn’t seem that long ago that the Chicago Cubs were acquiring Anthony Rizzo from the San Diego Padres in exchange for pitching prospect Andrew Cashner. The Cubs were coming...

Second-Chance World Series quarterfinals: Field narrows to Fab Four

Yesterday at 14:00 - Will almost all-time great teams like Larry Walker's '94 Expos and George Brett's '77 Royals close in on a title?...

Baseball history unpacked, April 8

Yesterday at 13:47 - Tuesday afternoon, The Cubs edged out the Pirates, outlasting them 5-4 as Craig Kimbrel turned in his third save. Yu Darvish is now 1-1. No home runs for the Cubs. Jarrod Dyson hit a solo shot for the Pirates. The highlights start at 1:59:27. Here they are: The Cubs are still in first: Al will have more information about today's game, in the game post, at 2:30 pm CT for our 3 p.m. start. I'...