Been awhile. #Cubs #watercolor #illustrationart #baseballart #baseball #watercolorpainting pic.twitter.com/4Rb2GHL1VD
— Tim Souers (@CubbyBlueDotCom) March 1, 2021
Fans-in-ballpark vibe pic.twitter.com/D1Wul9JMRf
— Gordon Wittenmyer (@GDubCub) March 1, 2021
Things started well with a W. Box score. Adbert Alzolay goes tomorrow, Zach Davies Wednesday.
Here’s Cub Tracks News and Notes, the only listicle you’ll need. 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 on this page as sarcasm font. (In the comments section, use @ before and after your remarks @ to produce sarcasm font. In the text body. It doesn’t work in the headlines.)
Anthony Rizzo greets Victor Caratini with a quick hug before the Cubs' first at-bat of the 2021. pic.twitter.com/kYGNQSuHdn
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) March 1, 2021
Puppy love. pic.twitter.com/T7ui9Nx7bF
— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) March 1, 2021
Kyle Hendricks rolls a 3-6-1 double play in the first inning. Already seeing PFP results. #Cubs pic.twitter.com/EPGL3phSlC
— Russell Dorsey (@Russ_Dorsey1) March 1, 2021
Cubs play some small ball to get on the board in the 5th inning:
— Tony Andracki (@TonyAndracki23) March 1, 2021
-Bote leadoff BB
-Vargas 1B
-I. Miller sac bunt
-Higgins RBI groundout pic.twitter.com/4sU9Uwky71
- Brett Taylor (Bleacher Nation*): ESPN’s simulated win total says … the Cubs are actually good? “... the Cubs are projected by ESPN as the best team in the NL Central.” Here.
- Patrick Mooney (The Athletic {$}): If the Cubs perform and fans return, will the money be there at the deadline? “The potential is always there,” Hoyer said Sunday.
- Jordan Bastian (MLB.com*): Cubs’ core on board for extension talks. “I think it’s a testament to ownership and the front office and the coaching staff, and all the staff, that guys want to be here,” Jed Hoyer said. Evan Altman explores this. Russell Dorsey mines it, too.
- Evan Altman (Cubs Insider*): Cubs agree to 2021 contract terms with 19 non-arb-eligible players. “Terms of the contracts were not disclosed.”
- Russell Dorsey (Chicago Sun-Times* {$}): After years of comparisons, Kyle Hendricks and Zach Davies hope to thrive together in Cubs’ rotation. “It’s funny because they put our lockers right next to each other,” Davies said. “So I think they know the comparisons, too.”
- Tony Andracki (Marquee Sports Network*): ‘Oh heck yeah’: The Arrieta-Alzolay mentorship is the story of Cubs camp so far. “Adbert Alzolay was ecstatic to find out the Cubs had signed Jake Arrieta for a second tour in Chicago.”
- Jordan Bastian (MLB.com*): Trio of Cubs competing for playing time at 2B. “What you really want is for someone to grab the job, you know?” Hoyer said.
- Meghan Montemurro (Chicago Tribune* {$}): David Bote is looking to stabilize the Chicago Cubs lineup at 2nd base, despite his past struggles vs. lefties: ‘You can’t get too caught up into labels’. Offensive performance will serve as the separator in the competition, which Bote and Nico Hoerner open as the front-runners.
- Paul Sullivan (Chicago Tribune* {$}): Jon ‘Boog’ Sciambi is ‘fired up’ for his debut as the new TV voice of the Chicago Cubs on Marquee Sports Network. “It’s a special job,” he said.
Food for thought:
The scale is absolutely astonishing. https://t.co/tmI4g2unn1
— Futurism (@futurism) February 25, 2021
Music can change emotions in people with dementia, even if they don’t remember hearing it. https://t.co/rHvmH1eeFQ
— Science News (@ScienceNews) March 1, 2021
"Dog owners could also use it to make a 3D digital representation of their pet on their computer, which is a lot of fun!" https://t.co/qTPslVTzV4
— Futurism (@futurism) March 1, 2021
Thanks for reading.