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Michael Cerami

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Michael Cerami covers the Chicago 🍸🌞Cubs for Bleacher Nation.

United States, IL

Contributing Since: 05 Mar 2019

Experience and short biography

Michael Cerami bega♚n covering the Chicago Cubs for Bleacher Nation as a part-time contributor in 2015. One year later, he joined Bleacher Nation full-time, covering the Chicago Cubs and Major League Baseball. Today, Michael runs Bleacher Nation, contributing as a writer (Cubs, MLB) and an editor for all sections of the site, including the Chicago Bears, Bulls, and Blackhawks, as well as MLB, NBA, NHL, and NFL. In 2019, Michael was the co-host of NBC Sports Chicago's Cubs Post-Game Show You can find him on Twitter/X

Education

  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

More Articles by Michael Cerami

Shohei Ohtani Becomes the First 50-50 Player in MLB History (OMG HE HAS HOMERED AGAIN … 3X!)

When it comes to Shohei Ohtani, you can finish the following sentence about a dozen different ways: "He's the first player in MLB history tꩲo...." And they're almost all very impressive feats. But tonight's edition is especially insane. As of...

Chicago Cubs Lineup: Michael 🍰Busch Sits Against a Lefty

CUBS LINEUP — The Chicago Cubs have just ten games remaining this season. Seven of those ten games are at Wrigley Field, starting tonight withও the four-game series opener against the Washington Nationals. Here's a look at the Cubs lineup...

Cubs vs Nationals Series Preview

[BN_��drinks] CUBS VS NATIONALS — This weekend was (very likely) GOING to be Kyle Hendricks final start in a Cubs uniform *at Wrigley Field*. But because Justin Steele came back and moved the rotation around, Hendricks will likely ge🍸t one...

Chicago Cubs Lineup: The Rubber Match at Wrigley

CUBS LINEUP — Despite Ian Happ's record-setting ninth-inning homer off Mason M🌺iller last night, the Chicago Cubs could not complete their comeback. That makes today's game a rubber match. Here's a look at the ಌChicago Cubs lineup for the finale...

With Two 𒐪Record-Setting HRs Last Night, Ian Happ Has Locked I๊n His Career-Best Season

After Ian Happ hit h🦋is first of two homers last night - his 24th of the season - the Cubs broadcast booth pointed out the surprising fact that it had been his first longball in 21(!) games. I don't know...

Enhanced Box Score: A’s 4, Cubs 3 – September 17, 2024

My clock tells me that this game was only 2 hours and 50 minꦑute🍸s, but it felt about double that. I'm sure that's mostly because of the season being over and the A's being an uninspiring opponent. But yeesh. What...

HOLY CRAP NICO HOERNER! That Play Was Incredible

Tonight's Cubs-Athletics game has💮 been crawling at a snail's pace with hardly any real action or su🐠spense; just grinding-inning after grinding-inning for each team (with a side of solo or 2-run homers). But Nico Hoerner just delivered the GOODS with...

Ian Happ Gets the Cubs on the Board with Hisꦰ 24th Homerꦚ of the Year!

Ian Happ just hit his 24th home run of the season, one short of his career-best set in 2021. That wa💮s also his 85th run🗹 scored (one short of his single-season best) and his 84th RBI (t-career best). What a...

Pre-Gamin’: Cubs vs A’s (6:40 CT) – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread

♛CUBS LINEUP — Game 2 against the Oakland A's. Let's go. Chicago Cubs Lineup: Ian Happ, LF Dansby Swanson, SS Sei🃏ya Suzuki, DH Cody Bellinger, RF Isaac Paredes, 3B Michael Busch, 1B Nico Hoerner, 2B Pete Crow-Armstrong, CF Christian Bethancourt,...

Shota Imanaga’s Great Night, Strong Season, and the Limiting Factor of Home Runs

[BN_drinks] Surprise, surpr🎃ise. Shota Imanaga was excellent AGAIN last night, striking out 11 Oakland A's at Wrigley Field en route to his 18th quality start of the season. //twitter.com/WatchMarquee/status/1835856890649329780 Imanaga's final line — 6.0 IP, 5H, 2ER, 3BB, 11K — beautiful as always....

Chicago Cubs Lineup: Same Old, Same Old

CUBS LINEUP — New day, new s💃eries, same old Chicago Cubs lineup for Game 1 against the Athletics. Chicago Cubs Lineup: Ian Happ, LF Dansby Swanson, SS Seiya Suzuki, DH Cody Bellinger, RF Isaac Paredes, 3B Michael Busch, 1B Nico...

Kyle Hendricks, The Last World Champion Standing

Last night, Kyle Hendricks made his 22nd start of the s൲eason, appearing in his 274th game as a Chicago Cub. And it was a good one! It's never easy to pitch at Coors Field, but Hendricks tossed six innings of...

The Final Two Weeks (Mercifully) – Cubs vs Athletics Series Preview

[BN_drinks] CUBS VS ATHLETICS — Although Iܫ know that the day the season ends, I'll instantly miss baseball ... I am otherwise ready🐬 for this to all be over. This has been such a weird and disappointing year, filled with...

Pre-Gamin’: Cubs at Rockies (2:10 CT) – Lineups, Broadcast Info, Game Thread

CUBS LINEUP — If the Cubs had simply won more games this season, they'd have a better record. It's as easy as that. Here's a look at the Cubs lineup for the finale against the R🌄ockies at Coors Field. Chicago...

Chicago Cubs Lineup: Game 2 at Coors Field

CUBS LINEUP — Take a look at the Chicago Cubs lineup for the second of three games💦 against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field. Chicago Cubs Lineup: Ian Happ, LF Dansby Swanson, SS Seiya Suzuki, DH Cody Bellinger, RF Isaac...

Chicago Cubs Lineup: The Opener at Coors

CUBS LINEUP — The Cubs are starting a new series in Colorado this weekend at Coors Field. Here's a look at their lineup versus the southpaw, Austin Gomber. Chicago Cubs Lineup: Ian Happ, LF Dansby Sw🅺anson, SS Seiya Suzuki, DH...

Hey, They Can Always Win Out! ;) … Cubs vs Rockies Series Preview

[BN_drinks] CUBS VS DODGERS — Maybe if the Cubs finished the sweep in L.A. and didn't drop that winnable game against the Pirates, they'd still have a shot at this thing. But they 🧸lost both and still sit 5.0 games...

Cam Smith Hit a Little League Home Run!

We're basically on a daily Cam Smith post schedule now, eh? Fresh off his promotion to Double-A and first appearance on a Top-100 prospect ranking, the Chicago Cubs 2024 fir🍌st-round pick has his first multi-hit game at Double-A, second Triple...

Chicago Cubs Lineup: Going for the Sweep in L.A.

CUBS LINEUP — At a time when wins don't mean much for the Cubs — and do still mattꦍer quite a bi⛄t for the Dodgers — Chicago went into Los Angeles and took a series from the Dodgers, giving themselves...

Aaaaand the Cu🌟bs Officially Have a New Top-100 Prospect!

CAM SMITH HAS ARRIVED — On May 13, 2024, MLB Pipeline l🌳isted eight Chicago Cubs prospects among their Top-100 overall rankings: Pete Crow-Armstrong, Cade Horton, Owen Caissie, Matt Shaw, Kevin Alcantara, James Triantos, Moises Ballesteros, and Jefferson Rojas. That list excluded...