Vinnie Duber
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- Oct 1, 2026
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Stinging from playoff exit, Cubs must make sure next year is different: ‘It’s time to look in the mirror’ (opens the original)
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SAN DIEGO — Was it a successful season in Wrigleyville? It’s hard — even with baseball’s highest scoring lineup, best defense and best player — to judge 2026 as anything but a failure for the Cubs. They set championship-level expectations and World Series goals. Bowing out of the postseason after two games, their offense muzzled and MVP center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong a non-factor, before the calendar even flipped to October? “The goal is to win, and we didn’t play well enough to do that,” th
Cubs don’t get close to meeting championship expectations as season ends in two-game playoff sweep vs. Padres (opens the original)
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SAN DIEGO — The Cubs’ season is over, ending with a two-game thud. This wasn’t how it was supposed to end, certainly not this early, not this quickly. But the World Series hopes the Cubs held since the spring were officially dashed Wednesday night in Southern California, the team looking far from championship-caliber for a second straight game as they were swept out of the playoffs with a 4-1 loss to the Padres. The Padres came into the series red hot. The Cubs didn’t, losers of four of their fi
2 hospitalized after being shot on CTA bus (opens the original)
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Two people were shot while riding on a CTA bus in Englewood Wednesday afternoon, according to Chicago police. A woman, 65, and a man, 57, were both on the bus in the 300 block of West 63rd Street at 4:40 p.m. when they were shot, police said. The man, who suffered a single gunshot wound to his upper body, was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center in critical condition. The woman, struck in her left arm, was transported to the same hospital in fair condition, police said. Police did not d
Almost isn’t good enough for Pete Crow-Armstrong, but his career as Cubs’ centerpiece is just starting (opens the original)
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SAN DIEGO — Pete Crow-Armstrong’s begrudging retreat back to the dugout was the last “almost” in a night full of them. He had almost checked his swing, but was ruled, for the second consecutive time, to have struck out by the third-base ump. Many innings prior, he had almost robbed Fernando Tatis Jr. of a tone-setting leadoff homer. Along the way, he almost got the Cubs’ silenced bats going by walking and stealing a base. This isn’t horseshoes. This isn’t hand grenades. Tuesday, all that “almost
Cubs look to summon much-discussed resilience to extend season past Wednesday: ‘It’s what we’re made of’ (opens the original)
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SAN DIEGO – Before the month of October has even arrived, the Cubs are faced with an early playoff elimination. Game 1 of their best-of-three series against the Padres on Tuesday night went all kinds of wrong, with lefty starter Matthew Boyd serving up three homers, the highest scoring lineup in baseball held to just three hits and even an all-time great defense struggling, at points. An 8-0 defeat was not what a team with World Series aspirations had in mind. It’s not what anyone expected to se
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