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The 10 best Cubs photos of 2018

The Cubs are always photogenic. Here are my choices for the best pictures taken of them this year.

By Al Yellon
  • Kris Bryant, Carl Edwards Jr. and other Cubs pose for a selfie in the snow on April 9 at Wrigley Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images
  • Kris Bryant trying to keep warm April 14 at Wrigley David Banks/Getty Images
  • Joe Maddon has a heart-to-heart with Tyler Chatwood on May 22 in Cleveland John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images
  • Jason Heyward after his walkoff grand slam June 5 at Wrigley David Banks/Getty Images
  • Albert Almora Jr. and Javier Baez celebrate AA’s walkoff hit on June 19 at Wrigley Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images
  • Randy Rosario pitches as the sun shines on the crowd at Wrigley on June 29 Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images
  • Albert Almora Jr. robs Arizona’s Nick Ahmed on July 25 at Wrigley Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images
  • David Bote and Ben Zobrist celebrate Bote’s game-tying homer against the D-Backs on July 26 Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images
  • David Bote imitates an airplane as he rounds the bases on his walkoff grand slam August 12 Jon Durr/Getty Images
  • Nolan Arenado and Javier Baez hug during the Wild Card game at Wrigley October 2 Stacy Revere/Getty Images

It’s nearly New Year’s Day — man, where does the time go? — and so it’s time for all sorts of year-end retrospectives.

The one I want to present to you today is my selection of the 10 best Cubs photos of 2018.

And sure, I could probably have chosen from 20 others to present to you today, but I thought “10 best” is a good, solid number to choose from, and I think these represent the 2018 season quite well, beginning with a couple of shots of frozen April, to the tough season Tyler Chatwood had, to the exciting walkoff slams hit by Jason Heyward and David Bote, and ending with the weird hug Javier Baez and Nolan Arenado had in the Cubs’ only 2018 postseason game.

Vote in the poll below for your favorite photo of this past season, or perhaps you have another choice that you can leave in the comments.

And let’s hope 2019 is a season where we can have another photo like this one, probably my favorite from the 2016 World Series celebration:

David Richard/USA Today Sports

Poll

My favorite Cubs photo from the gallery above is

This poll is closed

  • 7%
    April 9: Cubs play in the snow
    (20 votes)
  • 0%
    April 14: Kris Bryant is very, very cold
    (0 votes)
  • 2%
    May 22: Maddon counsels Chatwood
    (8 votes)
  • 5%
    June 5: J-Hey’s walkoff slam
    (15 votes)
  • 1%
    June 19: Albert Almora’s walkoff
    (5 votes)
  • 0%
    June 29: Randy Rosario and the sunset at Wrigley
    (2 votes)
  • 2%
    July 25: Albert Almora’s great catch
    (6 votes)
  • 5%
    July 26: David Bote’s game-tying HR vs. the D-backs
    (16 votes)
  • 69%
    August 12: David Bote is an airplane
    (194 votes)
  • 3%
    October 2: The Baez/Arenado hug
    (11 votes)
  • 1%
    A different photo (leave in comments)
    (3 votes)
280 votes total Vote Now

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