Vinessa Needham

-Baseball Enthusiast -Tweets are my own- IN➡️MA➡️CO➡️IN➡️IL

[Vinessa Needham @Vinnie_Needham]

@CarlsBeef Right when the neighborhood needs a little bit of an edge!

[Vinessa Needham @Vinnie_Needham]

@CarlsBeef these @ThirstyVaquero are tasty! Go Cubs! 🍻

[The Players’ Tribune @PlayersTribune]

As @ARizzo44 closes the chapter on his @MLB career, we look back on his reflection of the @Cubs’ World Series win: “We were confident. It wasn’t about 108 years. It was about nine innings. We came out and it seemed like everything was going right. For eight innings, it was perfect....

We were four outs away from winning the World Series. Four outs. I couldn’t react like it was just another two-run homer. It had been a back-and-forth game, and that was such a huge momentum swing for them.

But the way our team reacted on the field was exactly how we would have in any other game. We didn’t let it faze us. Aroldis Chapman bounced back and got us out of the inning, and then we shut the Indians down in the bottom of the ninth to send the game to extras.

Then came the rain delay.

That was another ‘Were you nervous?’ moment....

We didn’t know if the delay was going to last 10 minutes or two hours. But I don’t think any of us checked out. I know I didn’t. I went in and hit the stationary bike. I wanted to stay ready. And after 17 minutes, when they pulled the tarp off the field and Jason Heyward came into the weight room and gave his now-famous pep talk, we were ready to go.

We didn’t have to turn it back on.

We had never turned it off.

The ultimate moment, though, was catching the final out at first base.

Everybody asks me what I was thinking at that moment. And the truth is: I wasn’t really thinking anything. It was pure emotion and happiness....

It didn’t matter how we won. It didn’t matter who the hero was. All that mattered was that we won, and that we played for each other along the way.

I still don’t think the magnitude of the whole thing has really set in. I don’t know that it ever will. I think as time goes on, it will start to feel bigger and bigger. It feels bigger every time I meet a Cubs fan who tells me a story about their parents, grandparents or great-grandparents — the previous generations of Cubs fans — and how they wished they were here to experience this with them.” https://t.co/wfSQSSrG7B

[OptaSTATS @OptaSTATS]

Players in MLB history to hit 300 career HR & strike out a former MVP (incl. Chalmers/League Awards):

Anthony Rizzo
Babe Ruth

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Number 23 in our hearts. Thank you, Ryno. For everything

[Six Point Sports @SixPointSports]

Rest in Peace Ryne Sandberg 🕊️

[FOX Sports: MLB @MLBONFOX]

MLB on FOX fans voted Pete Crow-Armstrong as the 2025 midseason NL MVP 🏆

[Marquee Sports Network @WatchMarquee]

A dream date at Wrigley Field on the Fourth of July 🤩🇺🇸

[MLB @MLB]

#MLBTogether wants you to know that it’s ok to ask for help. Text MLB to 741741 to be connected to a crisis counselor confidentially, 24/7 in English and Spanish.

[Buffalo Bills @BuffaloBills]

Be good, do good, God bless, and Go Bills.

[Chicago Bulls @chicagobulls]

From Chicago: A Tribute to Derrick Rose 🌹

[Barstool Chicago @barstoolchicago]

Shota Imanaga is coming for the Cy Young and a Grammy next year

[MLBDevelops @MLBDevelops]

For 97 & 89 years young, we think they’re pretty good too 💪

Maybelle Blair & Jeneane “Lefty” Lesko, former players of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League, warm up before the Girls Baseball Breakthrough Series!

[AUTOGRAPH1 @AUTGRF1]

🎉 GIVEAWAY ALERT 🎉
Today marks the anniversary of the @Cubs historic 2016 #WorldSeries win, breaking a 108-year drought! To celebrate, @AUTGRF1 giving away a signed 8x10 of the legendary 🐐 Pat Hughes, with his iconic “final call” inscription!

To enter:
1️⃣ Like & RT this tweet
2️⃣ Follow @AUTGRF1

Winner announced 11/6. Good luck, Cubs fans! #FlyTheW #Cubs

[FOX Sports: MLB @MLBONFOX]

Emmanuel Clase x Wild Thing entrance 🔥

[DOM @DOM_Frederic]

keep kyle hendricks in the organization. an ivy leaguer who actually did it on the field & won a championship. he should continue as a staple at 1060 w addison in any capacity to help this franchise forward

[Chicago Cubs @Cubs]

A Masterclass.

[FOX Sports: MLB @MLBONFOX]

Ian Happ homered off a 103.2 MPH pitch, the fastest pitch hit for a home run in the pitch tracking era 🔥

(via @Cubs, @SlangsOnSports)

[Play Ball @PlayBall]

A young artist from St. Jude designed Cubs 3B Patrick Wisdom’s batting gloves & cleats for today ❤️ 🎨

Patrick met the artist on-field before today’s game 🥹

[ESPN @espn]

Welles Crowther was a former Boston College lacrosse player whose trademark was a red bandana.

On September 11, 2001, he led people to safety after terrorists struck the World Trade Center.

This is his story.