Best of the Cubs: Showing signs of life

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🗓️ 19 June 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In the Best of the Cubs this week, Mike Mulligan and David Haugh discussed the Cubs beating the Rockies on Wednesday to earn back-to-back series wins for the first time since early May; Marshall Harris and Mark Grote discussed how the Cubs are showing a few signs of life; and Mully and Haugh discussed Cubs third baseman Alex Bregman's struggles this season.

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0:00.0	Wake up, wake up.
0:02.7	Mike Mulligan, David Haw.
0:05.2	PCA hit for the reverse cycle.
0:09.6	The reverse cycle.
0:10.5	It wasn't natural.
0:11.7	Here's the one-one.
0:13.1	Swinging a line drive, base hit.
0:15.0	Right center field.
0:16.4	He has done it.
0:17.9	Pete Crow Armstrong has hit for the cycle. The reverse cycle, which sounds like
0:23.4	something you would do to your washing machine. Let's have the reverse cycle. Well, he was a 13th
0:28.4	cub to hit for the cycle. Only the fourth left-handed hitter. Did you see that? The last left-handed
0:35.5	hitter for the Cubs to have a cycle was Mark Grace, I believe,
0:40.9	and that was over 30 years ago, maybe 93-ish.
0:43.8	Audrey's lead 5-1, two men off for the Cubs or the drive to right-center field.
0:47.8	Whoa, way back, back, and he does hit for the cycle.
0:52.1	Mark Grace, a single, a double, a triple, a home run. It's now a five to four
0:58.0	ball game. Don't go away, gang. The Cubs are calling back. I thought it was a fascinating little tidbit,
1:05.1	so I've had to find it. According to MLB stats, so there are two players that have had reverse cycles.
1:12.3	The other one is a name that will make some Cub fans recoil when they hear it.
1:18.2	Rajee Davis.
1:19.0	At least one hit away from the cycle, and that's the easy one.
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