Cubs historical sleuthing: Ryne Sandberg edition

In looking for more scenes of old Cubs games or Wrigley Field in general to sleuth this offseason, I recently discovered that Getty Images has a film section, available to us here at BCB. I found the film below. The only way to be able to embed it here and...

So I’ve been searching far and wide for new photos to sleuth, and you never know what you’ll find on the internet (as you surely know). Before I go on to this photo, since I’m running out of pics to sleuth, I’m going to ask again for your help. If you, the BCB reader, have any old photos of Cubs games at Wrigley (or even on the road) and you don’t know when they were taken, or would just like me to sleuth them anyway, send them over!

On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, Bleed Cubbie Blue is pleased to present a light-hearted, Cubs-centric look at baseball’s colorful past, with plenty of the lore and various narratives to follow as they unfold over the course of time. Here’s a handy Cubs timeline, to help you follow along.

Welcome to today’s edition of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor!. Would you close the door, please? I feel a...

Finally, we have reached the month in which baseball resumes after a long winter. The Cubs will begin their 2023 Spring Training season three weeks from Saturday, February 25, at Sloan Park against the Giants. What are some of the events upcoming before those first games happen? Here’s a brief...

Hi guys! So later this year me and the super awesome future wife will be tying the knot and we felt what better way to celebrate our honeymoon then with a trip to Wrigley! Both the Giants and Dbacks will be in town (4-9 Sept) so we'll be looking to attend games most of the week. Reason I'm doing a fan post is so that I can go back later and reference your comments when it actually comes time to purchasing some of this stuff...

They share a distinction among all 7,022 pitchers who have started a Major League game since 1901, first year of the Modern Era. Each completed 2 games in which they allowed at least 1 runner to reach base, yet faced the minimum of 27 batters. Let's call them "imperfect games,"...

Just yesterday, Dexter Fowler announced his retirement from baseball and many of you had wonderful things to say about him in the comments to this article. Today, Marquee Sports Network announced that Fowler would be joining the channel as a studio analyst, contributing primarily to pre- and post-game coverage. “We’re...

This offseason, the Cubs have signed more major-league free agents not on their team previously than any other MLB ballclub. (The Mets technically signed more, but a couple of them were re-signings of their own free agents.) Will that make enough of a difference for the Cubs to compete for...

It’s Friday! We have made it through another week and even though the groundhogs of North America seem to have decided that we will see six more weeks of winter (except for Quebec’s Fred La Marmotte, who tragically died right before his titular day) we have warmer days to look forward to.