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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Story from @theathletic.com today could easily have used a headline that ran 107 years ago in "The Evening World" in the aftermath of the Black Sox scandal.

Article from "The Athletic" reporting Ronald Acuña, Jr., partnering with Kalshi. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7669294/2026/10/07/ronald-acuna-jr-kalshi-partnership/

Screenshot of headline from 12/15/1919 article in the "Evening World" about the influence of gambling on baseball. Headline reads IS BIG LEAGUE BASEBALL BEING RUN FOR GAMBLERS, WITH PLAYERS IN THE DEAL?

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

How was your Sunday? Mine was splendid. @ericidle.bsky.social dropped in. #chicagohumanities

Photo of Mary Dixon interviewing Eric Idle in Northwestern’s Cahn Auditorium, 10/4/26, part of the Chicago Humanities Festival.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

After the #Cubs soiled themselves last night, it was a relief to wake up to a feel-good story.

Screenshot of article about home fans booing the Houston Astros at a playoff game. Article is here: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7644992/2026/09/30/astros-loss-game-1-fans-frustration/?source=user_shared_article

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Someone was feeling pretty, pretty confident.

Souvenir hat sold in Cubs team store today with POSTSEASON 2026 patch, though Cubs just clinched Wild Card berth this afternoon.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The 100+ loss Rockies are doing as good a job of helping the #Cubs as the Cubs are doing of helping the Cubs.

Closeup of Wrigley Field scoreboard showing a six-run first inning for Arizona against Colorado.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

#Cubs now in position for playoff meeting with #Padres *in* San Diego. Marvelous. I still haven’t gotten over this.

Shot of Chicago Tribune sports page
from October 8, 1984, reporting on Cubs’ playoff loss to San Diego Padres.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

On This Date in Forgettable #Cubs History: Sixty years ago today, the last-place Cubs beat the visiting Reds, 9-3, before 530 fans. It was the smallest crowd ever to see a game at Wrigley but just a few hundred less than the 941 people who had turned out to see the Cubs one week before.

Article from 9/22/66 Chicago Sun-Times reporting on all-time record low crowd of just 530 attending a Cubs game at Wrigley Field.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Yes, along with having a Greek Orthodox priest sprinkle holy water in the #Cubs dugout in 2008 and inviting the fury of Lou Piniella, who knew nothing of the stunt beforehand, Crane Kenney has added another debacle to his legacy file.

Screengrab of article from The Athletic on a failed college volleyball event at Wrigley Field engineered by yeam president Crane Kenney. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7570561/2026/09/07/wrigley-field-volleyball-nebraska-penn-state-kentucky-missouri/?unlocked_article_code=1._VA.Qgfa.EKkorjl9Q030&source=user_shared_article&smid=ta-ios-share

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I remember when. (Specifically August 12.)

Screenshot of NL Wild Card standings on 8/12/26, showing #Cubs 6.5 games in front of San Diego for top Wild Card spot and Philadelphia outside of the playoff field altogether.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

If the Brewers had any character, the big league club would follow the lead of their High-A team and go to the lederhosen uni’s, only full time. Too much coolness to ask for of the Brewers, I guess.

Photo of Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Abner Uribe on minor league rehab assignment, wearing lederhosen-style uniform as part of one-night promotion. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7548784/2026/08/29/abner-uribe-minor-league-rehab-stint-brats-lederhosen/?unlocked_article_code=1.9VA.mQB5.at3jCViD0Hml&source=user_shared_article&smid=ta-ios-share

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Thank you, #Reds! Suárez has hit 38 HR lifetime v. #Cubs — most for him against any opponent — with an .899 OPS, and Friedl has an .826 OPS v. Cubs in nearly 200 plate appearances.

Screen grab of article header from the The Athletic showing Cincinnati Reds slugger Eugenio Suarez and referencing Suárez and TJ Friedl being placed on waivers. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7542192/2026/08/27/eugenio-suarez-tj-friedl-reds-moves/

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Something I noticed with Tariq Skubal last night and Shota tonight: the names on their jerseys aren't centered but rather, pushed right. Do the sewn letters restrict movement for their throwing arms, so the lettering is adjusted to compensate? Am I the only one who didn't know this? #MLB #baseball

Shot of Tariq Skubal in his Dodger uniform with his name across the back set toward his right shoulder rather than centered.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Tonight's very good and very-not-good #Cubs rehab results from Knoxville.

Box score pitching lines for Edward Cabrera and Daniel Palencia, pitching on rehab assignments for the Knoxville Cubs, 8/11/26.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

On June 9, the #Cubs’ record fell to 34-33 following a 7-3 loss to the Rockies, and @fangraphs.com pegged the Cubs’ playoff probability at a season-low 35.4%. Since then, the team has gone 35-17 and its playoff probability, again per FanGraphs, is now 98.9%.

Screenshot of MLB.com article from 6/9/26 reporting on Cubs’ 7-3 loss to the Rockies.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I’m very happy with what the #Cubs did at the deadline. But this headline? Have to wonder exactly how the grinders who get bumped from the rotation — Rea and Assad? — will feel rewarded.

Headline from story on MLB app: “In Gausman, Holmes trades, Cubs reward rotation for grinding through ‘26”

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

What message could one of the most frequent advertisers on #Cubs broadcasts possibly have intended this shot to convey?

Shot from tv spot run by online sports gambling site in which the company’s CEO is leering for no apparent reason at a customer’s cell phone.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The new Player Comparison Tool at baseballsavant.com confirms what we all suspected: #Cubs infield defense is pretty damn good. Bush, Hoerner, Swanson, and Bregman rank in the 77th, 95th, 94th, and 81st percentiles in Fielding Run Value.

Player Comparison Chart confirming exceptional defensive performance of Chicago Cubs' regular infield: Busch, Hoerner, Swanson, and Bregman.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Aiden Moffett, the minor league pitcher the #Cubs sent to the A’s for Aaron Civale, has the kind of stats you’d expect to rack up in a video game. If you didn’t know how to play the game.

Pitching statistics for minor leaguer Aiden Moffett, traded from the Cubs to the Athletics for Aaron Civale.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Wrigley Field air quality improving. AQI now level with Luis Valbuena's 2014 strikeout total. #Cubs

Photo of #Cubs infielder Luis Valbuena batting in 2014.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The Air Quality Index in the area around Wrigley Field right now is equal to the 2012 #Cubs’ winning percentage. Bad. Very bad.

Montage of 12 players from the 2012 Chicago Cubs, who went 61-101 (.377).

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I love the discrepancies between baseball language and soccer language when describing the same thing, e.g., shutout vs. clean sheet. And if you don’t think that the next time the #Cubs are holding an opponent scoreless I’ll write “The Cubs have not conceded a run,” prepare to be surprised.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Phil Regan died today. He led the ill-fated '69 team with 17 saves and saved 60 games over five seasons as a Cub. He was also part of a fantastic trade with the #Dodgers, which brought Regan and the outstanding Jim Hickman to Chicago for two guys I'm confident you've never heard of. RIP, Vulture.

1970 baseball card of Cubs pitcher Phil Regan.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Note the scoreboard on the rendering of the #Rays' proposed very-possibly-never-to-be-built new stadium. What the hell?! They must still be stinging from getting pantsed by the #Cubs in the Miles Mastrobuoni deal. www.mlb.com/news/rays-re...

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Ambiguity has no place at our local Sport Clips.

Printed sign on door of Sport Clips salon, reading “NOTICE: We will not be open on the 4th of July because we will be closed.”

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Looks like a New York doubleheader may be in the #Cubs’ near future. On a positive note, if Cubs get rained out every day for the next couple weeks and Brewers lose their next 15 games in a row, Cubs could be ahead of Milwaukee by mid-July.

Screenshot of Citi Field area forecast showing lots of rain when Cubs and Mets should be playing.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Hahahaha. Today I learned that among the things AI hasn’t learned to generate is the proper scoring of a #baseball game.

AI-generated image of a baseball scorebook which makes zero sense.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

And don’t forget—Nate Pearson is in the Hall of Fame.

Baseball from combined Cubs no-hitter on display at Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Among the items not related to the #Cubs that I was most taken by during yesterday’s visit to Cooperstown.

Baseball glove once worn by Lou Gehrig’s predecessor, Wally Pipp, as displayed in Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Returning home tonight from a trip to Cooperstown. Thought all you #Cubs fans would like to know that Porter Hodge made the Hall of Fame.

Baseball from combined Cubs no-hitter thrown by Imanaga, Pearson and Hodge on display at Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

If I had known back in March that come June 15, this headline would would be a real thing, I’d have guessed—appropriately as it turns out—that the #Cubs were having pitching-staff depth issues.

Headline from MLB app reporting that #Cubs had designated one no-name reliever to make room for another no-name reliever.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

STEVE STONE: Of course, we’re a long way away, but I’m thinking that’s just rotten wood. CHIP CARAY: Let’s hope so. #Cubs

TV camera shot of Sammy Sosa’s exploded bat showing the cork inside.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Tonight: #Cubs (31-16) @ #Cardinals (29-25), 6:15 p.m. CT. Shota Imanaga v. Enrico Pallazzo.

Leslie Nielsen as Enrico Pallazzo (not Cardinals starter Andre Pallante) in “Naked Gun” movie.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

A t-shirt I created in honor of the brawl. Sold it at Wrigley, out of a trailer my friend would set up on the parkway next to the 7-Eleven at Sheffield and Addison.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Man, that happened fast.

NL Central standings as of 5/19, showing Cubs in third place.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Heated? No, *this* was heated.

T-shirt celebrating Michael Barrett/A.J. Pierzynski brawl in Cubs/White Sox game.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Well, this is awkward. Appears that the newest #Cubs starter stole teammate Javier Assad’s glasses.

Head shot of #Cubs pitcher Trent Thornton.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

MLB is into shitty AI, too!

Screenshot of MLB At Bat app showing erroneous note about Ian Happ’s hitting performance on 5/2/26. In fact, he was a single shy of a cycle.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

#Cubs winning streak now at Asshole, er, I mean, Dave Kingman level.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The #Cubs winning streak has hit Paul Bako levels.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

#Cubs’ winning streak is now Joe Pepitone games long.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

With 5 career HR, Moisés Ballesteros is just 71 HR from tying the all-time #Cubs record for HR by a Moisés.

Moisés Alous baseball card from his days as a Cub.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Why would an article on the #Cubs page of the MLB app need to qualify a news item as coming through a “source”? In this case, isn’t the source also the publisher?

Headline announcing Nico Hoerner’s new contract with the Cubs.

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Cubnut @cubnut.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

“The King of Comedy” (1982)

Shot of Jerry Lewis duct-taped to a chair in Matin Scorsese’s “The King of Comedy.”

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