Cubs historical sleuthing: Another Ryne Sandberg photo

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.

"Tinker to Evers to Chance" "Tinker and Evers and Chance." Making a Giant hit into a double. "Tinker to Evers to Chance." -- Written by Franklin P. Adams and first published in the New York Evening Mail on July 12, 1910; republished many times with a different title: "BASEBALL'S SAD LEXICON"

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It’s that time of the year when prospect lists come out. Keith Law, senior baseball writer and prospect expert for The Athletic, released his top 100 prospects list earlier today (The Athletic sub. req.) and three Cubs outfielders—Pete Crow-Armstrong, Kevin Alcántara and Brennen Davis, all made the list. These are the same three players who made the lists by MLB Pipeline and Baseball America earlier this month, but unlike those two lists, Law has all three players among his top 50. Crow-Armstrong was ranked 26th, Alcántara was ranked 29th and Brennen Davis was ranked as the 50th-best prospect in baseball.

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. Cole Hamels and Derek Holland have thrown for scouts,...

Two future all-time greats went at it in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday night. Patrick Mahomes led the Kansas City Chiefs to a 23-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday night, taking down Joe Burrow and Co.  Following the game, Mahomes and Burrow had a ...

Nike took over MLB’s uniforms from Majestic in 2020 as part of a 10-year deal. This was not received well by some fans, particularly since the Nike “swoosh” is now placed on the front of MLB jerseys. In addition to taking over the manufacture of standard uniforms,...

This photo is from... well, I spent an inordinate amount of time on this one and couldn’t nail it down. Here is the full photo:. It’s approximately 4:50 p.m. It appears to be in the late innings of the game, possibly even the ninth inning. The scoreboard appears...

It may come as a surprise, but we blinked and January is over. Wednesday will be the first day of February (and Thursday we’ll know the groundhog’s verdict on how much longer winter will last), but more than another month of winter, the start of February means one thing and one thing only: