Here at CUB TRACKS NEWS AND NOTES™, we have #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB news for you. Friday, October 8, the Chicago Cubs did not play. Several former members, at least one of whom has turned out to welcome the move, are playing. If there is any solace, the Cardinals are at home watching, too.
In this information-dense age, the ‘human drama of athletic competition’ has somewhat given way to endless soap opera, and I expect no less going forward, with the addition of professional gambling to the financial reservoir. Oh, I can see it now:
“Here comes slugger Christian Bebop.