Friday, September 30, 2016

KRIS BRYANT AS MVP: COUNT ON IT at Cubsquest.com

30 September:

This should be as big a laugher as the Cub"s runaway division title.

While the country obsesses on the dubious value of polling the political candidates 38 days away (keep in mind Reagan was down 8 points at this juncture in 1980 and you know what happened there) there is one...
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CUBS DO AN NHL WITH A TIE at Cubsquest.com

29 September:

The Cubs and Pirates ended up doing a couple of interesting things tonight with a rare tie game.

One is mimic the upcoming NHL season with their Achilles heel, the dreaded tie. Ties forced them to adopt the shootout format from the minors, and if that doesn"t work than the...
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Thursday, September 29, 2016

WHAT"S WRONG WITH JAKE? at Cubsquest.com

28 September:

It was as simple as Jake Arrieta was off and John Jaso was on.

Or was it? There is now some concern at the Clark and Addison brain trust as to the true state of their star pitcher. For the creeping reality seems to be that the phenomenon from last season until late May of...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

WEEK 4: BEARS HOST LIONS at Cubsquest.com

WEEK 4 PREVIEW: LIONS @ BEARS
By: Andrew Shipman

Rivalry games make or break a season. While Chicago has lost all three of its first games and currently look to be one of the worst teams in the league, you can never truly predict what is going to happen in a division rivalry game.

This...
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CUB SUBS KEY AS TEAM NOTCHES 101 WINS at Cubsquest.com

28 September:

The Chicago Cub express seems in no immediate danger of slowing down any time soon.

That"s good, because in 10 days they have to play for real. No matter how well you do in the regular season means little; outside of home field advantage everyone is created equal under the...
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Tuesday, September 27, 2016

CUBS; BRYANT JOIN THE "100" CLUB at Cubsquest.com

27 September:

The Chicago Cubs achieved a couple of milestones Monday night at a sparsely attended PNC park.

The team won 100 games for the first time since 1935, which is historically a LONG time ago. The trial of the century -the Lindbergh kidnapping- started.  The board game Monopoly ...
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Monday, September 26, 2016

CUBS FETE DAVID ROSS WITH BIG WIN at Cubsquest.com

26 September:

There have been a lot of big wins this year; you don"t win 100 games without some stunners in the mix.

Sunday night"s ESPN game might not have been the best, nor the most entertaining. But it was a good, and very important win. The team and the fans had a moving farewell to...
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JOSE FERNANDEZ: UPDATE at Cubsquest.com

26 September:

The details of the horrendous accident that killed Marlins ace Jose Fernandez are now public record.

The 24 year old pitching ace was with two friends in the wee hours of Sunday morning on his 32 foot Boston Whaler, an excellent boat for those waters. It has been reported as...
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Sunday, September 25, 2016

MARLIN STAR KILLED IN BOATING ACCIDENT at Cubsquest.com

25 September:

08:35 AM:

Miami Marlins star pitcher Jose Fernandez and two others died in a boating accident off of Miami beach early this morning according to the local authorities. Cub fans were aware that the organization was set on acquiring the right handed star this offseason.

This...
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Friday, September 23, 2016

ARRIETA WINS HIS 18TH; CARDS CHOKE at Cubsquest.com

23 September:

This one was over early.

After Jake Arrieta(W, 18-7) fanned the first three Cardinal batters in the top of the first St Louis played a godawful bottom of the inning bestowing 4 runs on a grateful Cub team and putting a stake in the heart of the Cardinal"s post season...
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WHY CARDINAL SERIES COUNTS at Cubsquest.com

23 September:

The last truly important series for the Cubs starts today.

While it is true they not only have clinched the Division and only have to win two more games to nail down home field advantage throughout the Championship series, they still can have some say about just who they...
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Thursday, September 22, 2016

BEARS WEEK 3: PREVIEW at Cubsquest.com

WEEK 3: CHICAGO BEARS VS. DALLAS COWBOYS ON SNF

Can a bruised Bears team save the season?

By: Andrew Shipman

Chicago Football took a hit Monday night didn’t it?

No, we’re not just talking about Jay Cutler, who was hit by an Eagles defender almost every play. We’re not just talking abo...
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MONTERO MAKES POSTSEASON ROSTER at Cubsquest.com

22 September:

It looks like the Cubs finally found their left handed bat off the bench for the post season. And it"s been around all season long.

Almost given up for dead a month or so ago, Miguel Montero has put on enough of a late season surge to guarantee a spot on the roster. Now,...
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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

CUB EXPRESS ROLLS ON at Cubsquest.com

21 September:

It"s hard to feel sorry for the Cincinnati Reds.

Not only were they so good for so long, they also beat the stuffings out of the Cubs every year up until last season. Then, not coincidentally, as soon as the Theo Epstein express train left the station the Reds started...
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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

CUB POWER SURGE SHORTS OUT REDS at Cubsquest.com

20 September:

For awhile it appeared as if the recent trend of just about any right handed pitching shutting down the Cubs was going to continue.

A 28 year old rookie named Tim Adleman, who most recently toiled in the unaffiliated minor leagues and had the dubious distinction of being the...
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BEARS DISMAL AGAIN at Cubsquest.com

20 September:

These are really tough times for Bear fans.

Not the franchise itself; they have a license to print money. The players are having trouble staying healthy and on the field, and now according to some former Bear players some are quitting on the field.

They have been an...
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BEARS TAKE NOTE OF CUB SUCCESS at Cubsquest.com

19 September:

The Cubs take on the Cincinnati Reds while the Bears square off against the Philadelphia Eagles. This is not lost on the Bears franchise; well aware that the Cubs are close to supplanting the Bears as the city"s favorite team.

This with having the storied White Sox as local...
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