Last year, the Cubs played the Athletics in Oakland in April when the A’s were on their way to a 12-50 start. The Cubs won the series, defeating the A’s 16-3. Oakland lost 112 games. I’m here to tell you that the A’s are better this year. Much better. In May/June as a whole they […]
We’ve almost come full circle on the 2024 season. The Cubs’ first home series took place on April 1, 2 and 3 at Wrigley Field against the Rockies, and the Cubs won the series 26-10 against the visitors from Colorado. That sounds good, but the third of those games, a 9-8 victory, foreshadowed problems in […]
The last time these two teams met was 155 days ago, on April 7 at Wrigley Field, on a cold, rainy afternoon when the game was delayed nearly three hours because of rain. The Cubs won 8-1. All three relievers who played for the Cubs that day are either on the IL, in Triple-A, or […]
