I didn't think there would be baseball at all this year, but about midway through what would have been the regular season, it was announced that a sixty-game season would commence in July. There were a number of rule changes, some of which will probably become permanent (like universal designated hitter (alas) and three-batter minimum for pitchers ( Read more... )

For the last few years, T-Mobile has been offering a free subscription to MLB.tv to all its customers on one day in March -- and today is the day. In the past, I've been able sign up, even though all I have is a minimal (i.e., free) T-Mobile data account. Unfortunately for me, they seem to have finally wised up and excluded such accounts from the ( Read more... )

I know this is a strange request, but it would make me very happy to find an answer.

Is there any simple way to find out, for a Cubs game that has already taken place, if the Cubs won or lost the game without also seeing/hearing the final score?

I tried Siri, but it was overly helpful, giving me more information than I wanted.

It went down to the wire. It took seven games, 10 innings, almost five hours -- and 108 years -- but the Cubs managed to win it all ( Read more... )

For a game where the Cubs led by at least five runs for most of the game, that was nevertheless quite a nail-biter. I think it was a mistake to bring Chapman in in the seventh inning, but we'll find out tomorrow whether it actually was. If the Cubs lineup can hit tomorrow the way they did tonight, anything can happen ( Read more... )

The Cubs, that is ( Read more... )

The Cubs won the the National League Championship Series ("the pennant") tonight, in the sixth game of a best-of-seven series that they won 4 to 2.

Thanks to lydy, I got to watch the game in real time. It was as close to a perfect 6th game as I could hope to see. The Cubs led all the way, eventually scoring five runs, and the Cubs pitching and ( Read more... )

Or would be willing to put up with me watching the Cubs game at your place? The game starts at 7 pm ( Read more... )

Though I'm not sure how readable it is ( Read more... )

The Cubs won their National League Division series against the Cardinals. They lost the first game, then won the next three -- mostly by hitting a lot of home runs, plus some sparkling defensive play.

Tonight's final game at Wrigley Field was the first time ever that they clinched a playoff series at home. That's partly because of the paucity of ( Read more... )