METS VS GIANTS: WHICH MATCHUP SUITS CUBS BEST at Cubsquest.com

5 October:

The Cubs anxiously await tonight"s game to see what matchup they get.

 

After Tuesday night"s adult 12 inch softball tourney in Toronto ended with a predictable Blue Jays win, the real stuff starts tonight as Bruce Boche"s San Francisco Giants invade Queens to take on...
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TORONTO DRAWS FIRST BLOOD at Cubsquest.com

5 October:

The 2016 MLB Playoffs are now on track, and first blood was drawn by the Toronto Blue Jays.

In an 11 inning affair that featured 33 strikeouts and only 3 walks,  and 6 of the 7 runs scored were all via the home run, any National League aficionado would have been forgiven for ...
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MLB PLAYOFFS: LET THE GAMES BEGIN at Cubsquest.com

4 October:

The rallying cry in the Ancient Olympiad was "Let the Games Begin!". So it is with MLB.

This phrase certainly comes to mind today, as the 2016 MLB Postseason begins in earnest. Tonight we are treated to the first contest, as Baltimore travels to the Rogers Center in Toronto to...
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CUBS COME BACK IN STYLE at Cubsquest.com

3 October:

The final game is a Cubs come back win. Very nice, indeed.

It may not have been the way it was scripted, but it was the type of win they needed. Like Saturday"s game, the narrative demanded a certain outcome. That was a dominant Jon Lester victory for his 20th win.

Instead he...
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END OF SEASON NEW BEGINNING FOR CUBS at Cubsquest.com

2 October:

The Cubs play their final regular season game today. But this represents the beginning, NOT the end.

For Cub fans this is a curiosity; in days past they would occasionally stumble into a post season nod by happy accident. Outside of perhaps 1984, the team was usually unprepared...
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LESTER DENIED 20TH WIN at Cubsquest.com

1 October:

Jon Lester wanted 20 wins but just didn"t have it in him.

The Cub left hander, a strong contender for the Cy Young award had one more personal achievement.

His first 20 win season.

Like a hitter looks forward to that .300 mark, or the 100 RBI"s, or maybe cracking the 40...
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ZOBRIST, CUBS POUNDS REDS at Cubsquest.com

1 October:

Ben Zobrist and his Cub teammates pounded the hapless Cincinnati Reds once again.

It"s hard to discern what is worse for the Reds, who"s pitching has been awful at historic levels this year or giving the Cubs a particular, and fairly ugly record. Would you rather have the worst...
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