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All that needs sayin’.
Cubs WHAT?
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) April 7, 2019
Cubs WIN!
Final: #Cubs 14, Brewers 8. #EverybodyIn pic.twitter.com/20Dy7m3cbu
Here’s today’s Cubs News and Notes. As always * means autoplay on, or annoying ads, or both (directions to remove for Firefox and Chrome).
Please stop asking us if Ian Happ can pitch.
— Iowa Cubs (@IowaCubs) April 5, 2019
#Cubs: first time scoring 10+ runs in 4 of the first 8 game of a season since... 1879!
— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) April 7, 2019
- Tim Bannon (Chicago Tribune* {$}): Wrigley Field gets another makeover: Cubs unveil 3 new clubs, expanded grandstands, bleacher extension and more. “At least the Cubs’ construction team is getting the job done.”
- Jesse Rogers (ESPN*): You can’t win if you can’t pitch -- and these Cubs can’t pitch. “We have to make them beat us, not beat ourselves,” right-handed starter Kyle Hendricks said.
- Mark Gonzales (Chicago Tribune* {$}): Theo Epstein shoulders the blame for the Cubs’ poor start: ‘Ultimately it’s all my responsibility’. “It’s easy to criticize,” he said. Tony Andracki has similar misgivings.
- Sahadev Sharma (The Athletic {$}): Another game, another loss for sluggish Cubs, who have to start thinking of minor changes. “No, it’s not just the bullpen.” Also, Cubs send SOS.
- Tony Andracki (NBC Sports Chicago*): Cubs want Carl Edwards Jr. to focus on mental game in minor-league reset assignment. “... it doesn’t matter what Edwards does with his body before he throws the ball — his issue was more between the ears than anything else.” “We all love him,” says Joe Maddon.
- Brendan Miller (Cubs Insider): Allen Webster’s secondary pitches are absolutely filthy. “... Webster gives me a little bit of hope.”
- Barry Rozner (Daily Herald {$}): Former Cub Scott Servais managing very well. “I’m having more fun now than I did when I was a player,” he said.
- Steve Greenberg (Chicago Sun-Times* {$}): Fergie Jenkins reflects on 1969 Cubs. “Jenkins said the Cubs knew how good they were in 1969.”
- Cubs birthdays: John Ganzel, Fred Lear, Richie Myers, Bobby Del Greco, Bill Stoneman, David Bote. Also notable: John McGraw, Bobby Doerr (HoF).
Food for thought:
Four-legged whales once straddled land and sea https://t.co/4yowmUDqsg pic.twitter.com/M1SijrnBzV
— Popular Science (@PopSci) April 7, 2019
Whether practical, dramatical or pragmatical, cats appear to recognize their own names. https://t.co/3CIi1eg1IJ
— Science News (@ScienceNews) April 7, 2019
DNA And RNA May Have Existed Together Before Life Began on Earth https://t.co/iu79gwwHAZ
— ScienceAlert (@ScienceAlert) April 4, 2019