Flashbacks from 1984 are a painful but necessary part of understanding the history of the Chicago Cubs and San Diego Padres as they meet Tuesday afternoon in Game 1 of the best-of-three wild-card ...

There are echoes of Cubs seasons past in the way the 2025 season ended, and how the postseason is beginning. The Cubs’ final regular-season record of 92-70 matches what the ill-fated 1969 crew did.

This Date in Baseball, October 2 - Sammy Sosa becomes the first player in MLB history with three 60-HR seasons ...

MLB unveiled a new postseason format in 2022 to make the playoffs more interesting for teams hoping to make a deep run.

I don’t know how you spent your day Tuesday. But I know how I spent mine … by watching postseason baseball for 11 hours and ...

2001 — Sammy Sosa becomes the first player in major league history with three 60-homer seasons, but the Reds hold on for a 5-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs. Sosa’s solo shot comes in the first inning ...

To the victors go the spoils. As for the vanquished, many of them are forgotten. However, there are some downtrodden teams that made their own history. It might be unpleasant to remember, but here are ...

This October, some contenders that haven't won it all in decades -- or ever -- have reason to believe this is finally their ...

The main thing for the 2025 success has been more consistent play and effort compared to the past three seasons, manager Rob ...

The tone was set in early October. Canyon and Carter Swartz, twin brothers from Carmichaels, rode the T into Downtown and made their way to City Hall. Together they ...

Oct. 2 1906 — Canadian world heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Burns KOs American challenger ‘Fireman’ Jim Flynn in 15 rounds to retain his title in Los Angeles, California. 1950 — Jim Hardy throws ...

Chicago Cubs centerfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong blasted his 30th homer of the season on Friday afternoon against the New York ...