Someone tell them before Friday.

Fly it.

Boring Brad Keller has stopped being boring in the playoffs.

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I have no idea if Chourio is a good LF because for whatever reason his body language on even routine plays makes it appear he is struggling.

Score. More. Runs.

Cubs know they are allowed to score in an inning besides the 1st, right?

Seiya Suzuki's 117.3-mph double in 3rd inning is the 3rd-hardest-hit ball (regular season or playoffs) in Statcast Era (since 2015) for the Cubs. Only Kyle Schwarber has hit any harder (117.6 and 117.4 mph, both in 2019).

Now I feel better. I'm sure 4 runs will do it.

I'd feel better if the Cubs hadn't also scored 3 runs in the 1st yesterday.

PCA Thank you

Leadoff Busch Bomb Let's see if they can figure out how to add on more this time.

My current Cubs mood: Do we have to?

This is so g d depressing...

Insane

Did anyone ask him how batting practice has gone for the guys that are actually playing and can't manage to score more than 3 runs, like, ever?

Not sure why Burakovsky stays up with Bedard and not Donato. Donato is at least a legit middle six caliber winger. Dach might be in time, but isn't yet, and Burakovsky's time as a good winger has long passed. Please don't go back to saddling Bedard with 4th liners again.

The difference between a team with a real 1st pair and a team without a real 1st pair.

Levshunov really rebounded after a rough 1st. He was dangerous and created plays, especially in the 3rd. Kaiser played well throughout.

Couple good shifts from the 4th line but Foligno was the only consistent guy on the line. The rest of the game they weren't effective. 2nd line was good. Didn't like the decision to change it up in the 3rd. Bedard was good. Donato had flashes. Burakovsky still over handles in O zone and play dies.

Del Mastro continued his preseason struggles into the regular season. Grzelcyk wasn't good either. That 6th D could be a real sore spot until someone from Del Mastro, Korchinski, Allan emerges.

Bad 1st period doomed Hawks. Took a period to find their legs. Matched Panthers intensity in the 2nd. Panthers defensive structure frustrated Hawks in the 3rd, and the Cats counterattack netted the GWG. Still, Hawks showed fight to the end. Much better intensity and puck pressure than last season.

Interesting. Hawks switching up the lines in the 3rd. I liked how they were playing in the 2nd.

Night and day difference in the 1st and 2nd period effort by the Hawks. Much harder on the fore and back check. Much quicker puck movement. Much more intensity in puck battles.

Bedard looks quicker. Bertuzzi looks quicker. I'm really hoping it helps both guys have a good year.

A rough 1st period for Artyom Levshunov. 2 penalties. He also fell while carrying the puck for a turnover. And fumbled another possession as well. He's not the only Hawks who has struggled with the ice conditions. Several falls and/or puck possession losses where it looks like ice has grabbed them.

The first of hopefully many Frankie Nazar breakaway goals of the year.

Hockey is back. Go Hawks

Vlasic will not play tonight, expected to be back for Boston.

Hockey is officially back! @mjernst.bsky.social and I preview the upcoming Hawks season. Can Connor Bedard take a leap forward? Is Frank Nazar going to have a big year? soundcloud.com/user-1822502...

Don't hate the Brewers. Never have.

He should probably reiterate this advice to all the Cubs pitchers.

27 pitches in MLB postseason history have been thrown 103+ mph. 20/27 have been by or against the Cubs. 9 by Chapman with Cubs in 2016. 11 by Misiorowski and Miller against the Cubs (all this year).

10 against the Cubs 15 by a former Cub 1 by a should've been Cub

3 months ago there was absolutely no doubt the Cubs would be exercising the team option in Shota's contract. Now... So many homers since.

A Contreras shouldn't be allowed to do that to the Cubs.

Dansby going to hit one out today.

This is the first game in postseason history where each team hit a 3-run home run (or grand slam) in the first inning

No such thing as a safe lead against these annoying fucks

S O B

Please be good Shota

Seiya!!!

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The Cubs-Brewers game will start on TNT until Phillies-Dodgers, currently in the 9th, is over on TBS.

Finished my initial 2026 NHL Draft prep. Settled on 1st Rd grades for 22 prospects: C: Lawrence, Suvanto, Malhotra W: McKenna, Belchetz, Stenberg, Roobroeck, Preston, Björck, Hemming, Hermansson, Novotný D: Verhoeff, Reid, Lin, Šmits, Carels, Rudolph, Villenueve, Gustafsson, Shcherbakov, Schairer

Alex Vlasic isn’t expected to play tomorrow, Blashill said.

This is fun. It's so important for NFL QBs to make this type of play on a weekly basis. It's a real separator for being a true week in week out starter imo. Fields really struggled to take this step in his development in Chicago. I've continued, and will continue, to root for him to take it.

Hmm. Quite possible Vlasic may not be ready for Tuesday I suppose even if he is practicing today. May be game time decision sort of thing.

Wow, this is quite a favor to the Edmonton Oilers. McDavid is giving them a 3 year window to help build out the roster and try to get the team over the hump. The NHLPA has to be seething, but McDavid doesn't work for the NHLPA.

The Blackhawks have recalled Ryan Greene from the Rockford IceHogs. Landon Slaggert and Joey Anderson have been placed on injured reserve with lower-body injuries.