Interpolating a mini-recap, random thoughts and interjections, and a great many videos and links. This edition has all of the above and then.

Meatloaf today, maybe?

Yesterday, when I was young: Some seventh-inning stretch. DUCK!

“If we’ve got Pete Crow-Armstrong on first, we’re going to run,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell said after the loss. “We’ve got one of the top base stealers in baseball. We’re going to take a chance to him to second because on a day where it’s a little bit harder [to score], against a closer, [you need] just one hit instead of two hits.

“It’s a risk, of course, and that’s what happens with a risk, unfortunately. But I think we’ll always try to be aggressive in that situation.” — Andy Martinez.

The Cubs needed a win. Shota Imanaga took the hill to try to resume hi

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