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Cubs win!
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) May 30, 2019
Final: #Cubs 2, Astros 1. pic.twitter.com/c8hMnFmFr4
Poor kid. Reports are that she’ll be okay. Albert Almora Jr and Kyle Schwarber and the Cubs stood tall. Classy, men.
Albert talks about it [ESPN VIDEO].
“It’s an awful moment,” Joe Maddon said. ”Albert is an emotional young man with children so that made it even more real to him. And I got it. I understood exactly what he was going through right there. I knew he needed somebody to walk up there.” — Dan Santaromita.
Cubs win but that incident overshadows the victory. Still... we’re here for the baseball. There are dozens of articles milking the misery. Let’s stay between the lines.
Oh damn. Albert went there.
“I want to put a net around the whole stadium,” he said.
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).
Big props to Schwarber for blocking the ESPN cameras while Almora was visibly upset in the dugout. A clever and compassionate move for his teammate. #Cubs
— Annie Parsons (@designingannie) May 30, 2019
Len Kasper just broke some news on our show. He and AJ Pierzynski will be on the call for the Fox coverage of Cubs/Sox on July 6th.
— McNeil & Parkins (@McNeil_Parkins) May 29, 2019
- Sahadev Sharma (The Athletic {$}): Why contact-oriented Cubs pitchers have been overmatched by the Astros. “... a reporter suggested that even pop flies were getting into the stands.”
- Evan Altman (Cubs Insider): Jon Lester says he’s getting feel back, history shows he can bounce back in big way. “I’m just trying to execute pitches,” Lester said. “I’m trying to get back to the feel that I want.” Sahadev Sharma {$} pitches in.
- Richard Justice (MLB.com*): Hot Hendricks rewarded as Cubs set HR mark. “Kyle Hendricks gave the Cubs just what they needed on Wednesday.”
- Bryan Smith (Bleacher Nation): Iowa Cubs Righty Colin Rea is looking like a big leaguer again. “... seven shutout innings on just 73 pitches.”
- Tony Andracki (NBC Sports Chicago*): The Cubs are hitting the ball out of the park at an eye-popping pace. “Home runs are being hit at an absurd rate all across the board.”
- Jared Wyllys (Forbes*): The Cubs need to get defensive. “So far this year, the Cubs have just 8 runs saved, and that’s exactly middle of the pack.”
- Richard Justice (MLB.com*): At DH, Kris Bryant homers in return to lineup. “I felt good a lot sooner than I thought,” Bryant said before the game.
- Brendan MIller (Cubs Insider): David Bote’s minor mechanical adjustments yielding major results. “... he’s much, much quieter.”
- Jon Greenberg (The Athletic {$}): In Chicago, Bill Buckner’s legacy was simple: He was a professional hitter. Even before Matt Stairs.
- John Grochowski (Chicago Sun-Times* {$}): Sacrifice bunts, stolen bases falling victim to home runs. “Teams are less willing to invest in such outs than they used to be.”
- Cubs birthdays: Turk Lown, John Felske, Jay Loviglio, Scott Eyre, Jae Kuk Ryu, Jairo Asencio, Tony Campana. Also notable: Manny Ramirez, Amos Rusie (HoF)
Food for thought:
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— Popular Science (@PopSci) May 29, 2019
The answer to improving the sustainability of #alloys may lie in doing more with less through a process called "plainification." https://t.co/wlobmmQSjW #SciMagPerspective #Metallurgy pic.twitter.com/eJRww23DDT
— Science Magazine (@sciencemagazine) May 29, 2019
Incredible Fossil Discovery Shows an Entire School of Fish From 50 Million Years Ago https://t.co/DMqRastUJe
— ScienceAlert (@ScienceAlert) May 30, 2019
Thanks for reading.