Cub Tracks evens it up

The Cubs sim team downed the Brew Crew, with a pair of Jasons and their bats creating a horrorshow for the home team as the visitors tallied thirteen hits and ten runs on their way to an eventful victory.

Kyle Hendricks performed a splendid solo effort until Brock Holt interrupted his melodies with a no-doubt solo bomb to right, after which he got out and then yielded to Brad Wieck, who was largely ineffective but managed not to set the Cubs’ second home on fire.

Cub Tracks was there on the spot as winning pitcher Hendricks was heard to say ‘darn’ as Wieck surrendered a run-scoring hit. Javy Javy’d and Ian Happ had some good at-bats in the game, though his line won’t reflect that.

A good time was had by all, and we’ll do it again today as the Cubs try to take the rubber game. Al will have the game post up at 2:30 Central and I’ll drop the link in a half hour later. We’re working on the signal issue. And we’re still the only Cubs page actually broadcasting the game live.

Welcome to the future. Sorry about the mess.

In the mundane timeline, real life insisted on happening, and real baseball stuff, and so here’s Cub Tracks News and Notes, the only links column that really matters. As always, * means autoplay on, or annoying ads, or both (directions to remove for Firefox and Chrome). {$} means paywall. {$} means limited views. Italics are often used here as sarcasm font.

• Tim Stebbins (NBC Sports Chicago*): Ian Happ, Nico Hoerner and other Cubs start a podcast during quarantine. Dakota Mekkes and Zack Short are also involved in the venture.
• Patrick Mooney and Sahadev Sharma (The Athletic {$}): What baseball’s emergency agreement could mean for the Cubs. “Major League Baseball and the players’ union are at least preparing for the possibility of a 2020 season ...”
• Brett Taylor (Bleacher Nation): The transaction freeze just kicked in, which includes no extension talks. “... the Cubs have 17 pitchers on the 40-man roster who are still in camp, and we are expecting that teams will open with 29-man rosters ...” Craig Calcaterra talks about those rosters.
• Evan Altman (Cubs Insider*): These 8 Cubs could benefit most from short season, expanded rosters. “... the Cubs would have to displace some other players in order to make these moves.”
• Nick Stellini (NBC Sports*): Jim Edmonds being tested for coronavirus. “The four-time All-Star, who now works as a broadcaster for Fox Sports Midwest, has not posted an update on the results of his test.”
• John Moriello (Sportscasting.com): Where is Ex-Chicago Cubs star Sammy Sosa now? “... the retired baseball star and his wife Sonia reside in the United Arab Emirates, where he has real estate interests.”
• Cubs birthdays: Bill Harbridge, Karl Pagel, Domingo Ramos. Also notable: Cy Young (HoF).

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