Every game matters, and every moment is magnified from here on out. Here are four observations from Wrigley Field.
That normally would be the end of the story. But a sizable segment of Cubs fans thought the conversation with Sciambi during the play caused Bellinger to get a late jump and take a bad route. It was a tough play, but Bellinger has had a Gold Glove-caliber season in center.“We didn’t break any ground with that, ESPN does it all the time,” Marquee general manager Mike McCarthy said Wednesday.
When he was general manager in Boston in 2005, Theo Epstein fought with the department heads outside of baseball operations whom he believed were putting the marketing of the team ahead of winning. Cubs President Jed Hoyer should make sure the 2023 team doesn’t fall into the same trap during the pennant race.Former Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano throws out the first pitch at Wrigley Field on Sept. 5, 2023.
Players’ careers go by so fast they sometimes lose sight of how good they had it when they played. Former Cubs starter Carlos Zambrano returned to Wrigley Field on Tuesday and received several long ovations, including his performance during the seventh-inning stretch. It would take several pages to chronicle all of Big Z’s epic moments in Chicago, but suffice it to say he pitched with an intensity and anger not often seen these days. He admits to “making a lot of mistakes,” many of which I criticized over the years. We laughed about a few of those incidents, but Zambrano turned serious when asked about the reception he received from Cubs fans.
“I had goose bumps, and I was nervous for the first time in my career,” he said. “Like I said, the greatest fans in all baseball are Chicago Cubs fans. It was special. I cried when I got back to my hotel room and thanked God for letting me play for this team in this town before these fans.”Chicago Cubs second baseman Christopher Morel celebrates his 3-run home run with Chicago Cubs third baseman Nick Madrigal in the bottom of the seventh inning against the San Francisco Giants on Sept.
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