At this point Cubs fans aren’t even shocked anymore. They’re just tired. Deeply, bone crushingly tired of refreshing their phones and seeing another injury notification pop up before they’ve even finished their morning coffee. Daniel Palencia. Fifteen day IL. Right elbow inflammation. Of course. How It Happened The cruel part is that Palencia looked…
Edward Cabrera walked off the mound at Wrigley Field on Tuesday night wearing the face of a man who had just been through something genuinely frightening. Hand cramping up mid outing, velocity already a concern, command deserting him in the fifth — and a Cubs rotation that simply cannot afford another setback watching on…
53 Years. One Night. One Man. The last time the New York Knicks won a championship, Nixon was in the White House, the World Trade Center had just opened, and your grandfather was probably still arguing about it at the dinner table. That was 1973. Half a century of heartbreak, dysfunction, and false dawns —…
The Texas Rangers loaded the bases against the Boston Red Sox on Saturday. Again. And once again they did absolutely nothing with it. The final score was 6-3 to Boston and another golden opportunity went to waste. This isn’t a one off. This isn’t a rough patch. This is a full blown trend — and…
The Philadelphia Phillies have one of the most fearsome top three rotations in all of baseball. Christopher Sanchez, Zack Wheeler and Jesus Luzardo is the kind of 1-2-3 punch that gives opposing lineups nightmares before they even step into the batter’s box. But beyond those three? Things get uncomfortable very quickly. And one young pitcher…
One moment he was the best player on the pitch. The next he was walking down the tunnel at halftime with no explanation and 70,000 fans collectively holding their breath. Christian Pulisic coming off at the break against Paraguay was the one moment that threatened to put a dampener on an otherwise perfect evening for…