Players Weekend features three themes this year, celebrating off-field interests, charities and causes, and the people who helped the players succeed. The Cubs leaned into category number two tonight, giving away a game to Seattle as an act of charity. Even the 2026 Seattle Mariners can still win the occasional game they don’t deserve. It’s still baseball after all.
The Cubs began by making things feel hopeless, with Pete Crow-Armstrong hitting a leadoff home run, Michael Busch hitting a hot-shot line drive for a double, and Alex Bregman pulling a fastball for a two-run dinger. The Cubs’ 3-0 lead before the Mariners had even set foot in the…
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