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IAN HAPP WILL NOT GO QUIETLY INTO THE NIGHT! #Cubs #ImBack #CubCavern #Subscribe
August 31, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Bizarre night in Pittsburgh and the #Cubs drop a game to the Pirates on a late rally, keyed by a seeing-eye single that shouldn't have. Here's your #CubCavern recap. open.substack.com/pub/cubcaver...
Pirates 4, Cubs 3, "Perplexed."
Bizarre and concerning circumstances all around
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May 1, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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The Cub Cavern recap of today’s efficient series win against the Diamondbacks. You might say that with snakes, the #Cubs strike hard, strike first, no mercy, sir. #CubCavern #FlytheW
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Cubs 6, Diamondbacks 2, “Assertive.”
Quick work of the Snakes and a painless eighth inning
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April 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Cub Cavern recap from a brisk win in Sacramento. Back to .500 on the young season. #Cubs #FlytheW #Letsgo #CubCavern
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Cubs 7, Athletics 4. “Rapid.”
Hear me out, I think we should play all our games in Sacramento.
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April 2, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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The Cub Cavern plans to have nightmares. Same exact ending, two nights later.

I’m a little more numb to this one. Perhaps a bit more shocked. Not a game the #Cubs should have loss.

Wasted a great start, and the beginning of a bullpen crisis:

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Diamondbacks 5, Cubs 4, “Bitten”
Another nightmare out west
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August 26, 2026 at 4:30 AM
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I’m coming back from NYC, only downside of the trip was the hour detox I needed after checking in with the stupid #Cubs.
Tonight’s post is already written for The Cub Cavern!

Subscribe and get your own detox period once this one is official.

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The Cub Cavern | John Hanley | Substack
The Cub Cavern is your coping mechanism for the Chicago Cubs. We go three up and three down for each game, covering the doom, the glory, the dread and the hope. Maybe this is the year the Cubs cure al...
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May 27, 2026 at 12:12 AM
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Anyway, you can subscribe here to The Cub Cavern, chronicling the doom and the collapse, each game.

You’ll have a recap tonight and nightmare fuel every night after. Commiserate, follow, comment. Thanks for following. #Cubs #CubCavern

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The Cub Cavern | John Hanley | Substack
The Cub Cavern is your game-by-game coping mechanism and chronicle of the Chicago Cubs, including the doom, the glory, the dread and the hope for those of us who should know better. Click to read The ...
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August 15, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Cub Cavern recap of a heartbreaker in D.C. Matthew Boyd deserved better, the short end of a pitchers’ duel with Mackenzie Gore. Subscribe, share, bathe in the pain. #Cubs #CubsvsNats #CubCavern open.substack.com/pub/cubcaver...
Nationals 2, Cubs 0, “Ouch.”
A dominant start for Matthew Boyd, a painful loss late
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June 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Cubs 4, Rockies 3 (11), “Grueling”💪
3⬆️
1. Matt Shaw, hero!
2. Cade Horton, absolute nails.
3. The Check Swing Game - six 50-50 calls, Michael Busch ties on a check-swing, Boog and JD bring up check swings 500 times during the telecast. #flythew #Cubs #CubCavern open.substack.com/pub/cubcaver...
Cubs 4, Rockies 3, “Grueling”
Walking off a winner after a grind of a night
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May 28, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Breaking from MLBLevine, Cubs will put Ian Happ on IL (good, get him healthy) and call up MO BALLER! (So they subscribe!) #CubCavern #Cubs #LetsGp
May 13, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Brewers 4, #Cubs 0.
- 3⬆️
- Kyle Tucker didn’t get hurt on a meaningless stolen base in the ninth.
- Daniel Palencia is about to take someone else’s job.
- 4-2 week.

Obviously the big ⬇️ is Shota Imanaga’s hamstring strain. Cross your fingers. Your #CubCavern recap:
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Brewers 4, Cubs 0, “Deflated.”
It’s not the game loss, it’s the possible injury loss.
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May 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Let’s relive that #Cubs win at the #CubCavern. Your recap is here. Subscribe, share, slap high-five, go crazy, folks. We’ve got a star. open.substack.com/pub/cubcaver...
Cubs 6, Brewers 2, “Emphatic.”
The statement is made.
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May 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Cub Cavern recap is here, after a fitful loss in the series finale vs. the Snakes.
3 Up:
- Taillon sharp
- Bullpen (mostly) sharper
- Frontrunning continues!
3 Down:
- Bad luck laser DP in 11th
- Untimely error in 10th
- Only 4 hits
#cubs #Letsgo #cubcavern
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Diamondbacks 3, Cubs 2 (11), “Regressive.”
Snakes scratch and claw a win from the Cubs in the finale
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April 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Dodgers 3, Cubs 0
- There are seldom positives in late games in Los Angeles.
- Matthew Boyd might be good.
- Last 910p start of season.
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Dodgers 3, Cubs 0. “Dejected”
All games against the Dodgers are now the same nightmare.
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April 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Somehow I missed the Justin Steele news. That makes today … much worse. Here’s your updated #CubCavern: open.substack.com/pub/cubcaver...
Rangers 6, Cubs 2, "Forgotten."
They can't all be Rembrandts.
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April 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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A forgettable day at Wrigley after an unforgettable night. Still a series win. On we go, to ... aw, man. #Cubs #Cubcavern open.substack.com/pub/cubcaver...
Rangers 6, Cubs 2, "Forgotten."
They can't all be Rembrandts.
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April 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Oh, do you not prefer your Sundays to be filled with angst, dread, and doom? On the walks, the error, the atrocious execution at #CubCavern - recap is here! Subscribe! #Cubs
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Padres 8, Cubs 7, “Atrocious”
Walks lead to wins, not always for our heroes
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April 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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Your #CubCavern recap is right here, all about an electric (blue) day at Wrigley! Share, subscribe, follow! #Cubs
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Cubs 7, Padres 1 “Electric.”
The only sky blue on Saturday was those killer jerseys
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April 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Hear my name, take a good look, here’s the #CubCavern recap from a sweep in Sacramento! #Cubs #FlytheW #GoCubsGo
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Cubs 10, Athletics 2, “Beaming”
No cavern, chasm or crevasse here, as the Cubs sweep.
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April 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Cubs 1, Snakes 8. #Cubs3cap
3 ⬆️
- Dansby and Nico, stellar in field.
- Seiya with 2 hits. (Team with, uh, 3.)
- PCA a nice double, walked once.

3⬇️
- Eugenio Suarez enters the #CubKiller Hall of Fame.
- Not the best Taillon start.
- Four games; one may be an aberration. Gulp.
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March 29, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Here’s your Cub Cavern recap to immortalize that one. Woof #Cubs #ChicagoCubs #CubCavern
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Diamondbacks 8, Cubs 1, “Disjointed.”
Victory laps for an all-time Cub Killer, and for … Wade Miley?
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March 29, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Cubs 10, D’Backs 6
DOWN
1. The Snakes have Justin Steele a tad (ugh) snakebit?
2. Walks against the ADB - even with a 5-run lead - are no way to win.
3. Possession arrow for baseball?
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March 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Cubs 10, D’Backs 6. 🔥🔥🔥
UP
1. PCA, Agent of Chaos - beats a force out!
2. Miggy Amaya, professional hitter, 5 RBI
3. Ride the Ian Happ wave.
The full post:
#Cubs #FlytheW #Cubs3cap #CubCavern #LetsGo

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Cubs 10, Diamondbacks 6. “Gleeful.”
The stateside opener and our journey really begins.
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March 28, 2025 at 5:23 AM