<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1k6FLw_0vfUKAvd00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1k6FLw_0vfUKAvd00" width="1210" height="806" ></figure><p><b>WELCOME</b> to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of <b>Chicago-style</b> beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor. No artificial intelligences were deployed, employed, entranced, or embalmed in the commission of this missive (<b>apparently I might be</b> <b>training some</b> <b>though</b>). <b>Cub Tracks</b> eagerly awaits the advent of robotic umpires and has already amended the three laws. The going is weird. <b>Cub Tracks</b> turned pro a long time ago.</p><p><b>Cub Tracks</b>. <i>Where the great ones run away</i>.</p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K4MKQMTHplI?rel=0" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><p>Kyle Hendricks (4-11, 6.07), making (perhaps) his penultimate start as a Cub, threw creditably, allowing a single run on a sac fly while National southpaw MacKenzie Gore (9-12, 4.04) threw absolute zeroes.</p><p>I thought Cody Bellinger was going to get thumbed in the fourth, when he threw his helmet and bat down vehemently. Home plate umpire David Arrieta had his issues.</p><p>The Professor faltered in the sixth, though, loading the bases with nobody out. Keegan Thompson came in and Joey Gallo promptly deposited his initial up-and-in offering into the right-field bleachers. Hayden Wesneski pitched well, though.</p><p>Patrick Wisdom removed the goose eggs.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Patrick Wisdom hit this ball 421 feet. <a href="https://t.co/RDzQZ4rbEr">pic.twitter.com/RDzQZ4rbEr</a></p>— Marquee Sports Network (@WatchMarquee) <a href="https://twitter.com/WatchMarquee/status/1837585734124867837?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><p>That’s it. Cubs can win the series today and move one step closer to the end.</p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EykLVtq66jY?rel=0" allowfullscreen frameborder="0" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div><p>*means <i>autoplay on</i>, (directions to remove for Firefox and Chrome). {$} means paywall. {$} means limited views. <i>Italics</i> are often used on this page as <i>sarcasm font.</i> The powers that be have enabled real sarcasm font in the comments.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kyle Hendricks becomes the 6th <a href="https://twitter.com/Cubs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Cubs</a> SP to reach 1,250 strikeouts! <a href="https://t.co/N8mZVvw9oR">pic.twitter.com/N8mZVvw9oR</a></p>— Marquee Sports Network (@WatchMarquee) <a href="https://twitter.com/WatchMarquee/status/1837567210706899088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Cubs need an elite bat next season. I usually benchmark that at about 150 wRC+, a figure that sits about the top 7-8 hitters in a season. They absolutely need to add more hitting, but they could have an in-house possibility at need number 1 for next season, an elite bat. <a href="https://t.co/RJnXIBlCML">https://t.co/RJnXIBlCML</a></p>— Greg Zumach (@IvyFutures) <a href="https://twitter.com/IvyFutures/status/1837490749530583540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><ul><li>Tony Andracki (Marquee Sports Network*): Cubs officially eliminated from MLB postseason contention. “It’s a bummer that it came to an end officially,” Patrick Wisdom said. “I feel like it kinda slipped through our hands, in a way.” The Sun-Times* has more.</li><li>Bernie Lincicome (Daily Herald* {$}): If only the Cubs, Sox knew this is a baseball town. “... the Cubs are face cards in a used deck, familiar and faded at the same time.”</li><li>Paul Sullivan (Chicago Tribune* {$}): A day in the life of Wrigley Field at the end of a lost summer for the Chicago Cubs. “The Cubs have younger, cheaper options...”</li><li>Kyle Williams (Chicago Sun-Times* {$}): Cubs starter Kyle Hendricks wants to pitch next season. “I love competing and I want to be that consistent force again for my teammates,” Hendricks said.</li><li>Tony Andracki (Marquee Sports Network*): Even amidst struggles, Hendricks is providing lessons for young Cubs pitchers. “This season will end as the worst in Hendricks’ career and it was certainly his most challenging.” </li><li>Tim Stebbins (MLB.com*): ‘It’s so special’: Hendricks soaks in Wrigley setting. “Hendricks, the last active player from the Cubs’ 2016 World Series team, is eligible to become a free agent this winter.”</li><li>Jessica Camarato (MLB.com*): Gore takes no-hitter into 7th in dominant showing. “... Gore allowed one run, one hit, three walks and hit one batter across 94 pitches.”</li><li>Tony Andracki (Marquee Sports Network*): Cubs place rookie pitcher on IL, ending his season. “Jordan Wicks’ rookie season has been marred by injury.”</li><li>Michael Brakebill (Cubbies Crib*): 3 Chicago Cubs Gold Glove candidates for the 2024 season. “These three Chicago Cubs have a strong chance to win a Gold Glove this winter.”</li><li>Gavin Dorsey (ABC7*): Washington Nationals star demoted to minors before Chicago Cubs game for nonperformance reasons. “... not expected to play for them the rest of the season.” Jeff Passan corroborates.</li></ul><p><b>Food for Thought:</b></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The largest centipede species in the world, the Amazonian giant centipede (Scolopendra gigantea), can grow longer than 30cm (12 in). <br><br><br><br> : the_inverts_kingdom <a href="https://t.co/qNDg4B4BA9">pic.twitter.com/qNDg4B4BA9</a></p>— Wonder of Science (@wonderofscience) <a href="https://twitter.com/wonderofscience/status/1837500279006060956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">3D-Printed Glass Bricks Can Be Used And Reused Like Giant LEGO For Real-Life Buildings<a href="https://t.co/ztG8YLZeLv">https://t.co/ztG8YLZeLv</a></p>— IFLScience (@IFLScience) <a href="https://twitter.com/IFLScience/status/1837431580358586706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-dnt="true" align="center"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"Slow-mo dog" is plenty strange, but experts' conclusion is more humorous than harrowing. <a href="https://t.co/O1yziDUVje">https://t.co/O1yziDUVje</a></p>— Popular Science (@PopSci) <a href="https://twitter.com/PopSci/status/1837434956668133845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2024</a><input type="image" src="empty.gif" style="opacity:0" onerror="s=document.createElement(&quot;script&quot;);s.src=&quot;https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js&quot;;document.body.appendChild(s);"></blockquote><p>Please be reminded that Cub Tracks and Bleed Cubbie Blue do not necessarily endorse the content of articles, podcasts, or videos that are linked to in this series. 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WELCOME to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball, overheated, steeped in writers’ tears, and then cold-brewed overnight for maximum flavor. No artificial intelligences were deployed, employed, entranced, or embalmed in the commission of this missive (apparently I might be training some though). Cub Tracks eagerly awaits the advent of robotic umpires and has already amended the three laws. The going is weird. Cub Tracks turned pro a long time ago.