Cubs vs. Cardinals NBC Sunday Night Baseball Bingo

It’s the last day in May and the first time this season the Cubs will be featured as the Sunday Night Game of the Week in 2026. It’s also the beginning of a whole new era of Sunday Night Baseball here at Bleed Cubbie Blue, with the game moving from ESPN to NBC this season.

Long time readers of the site will remember that this feature began as a way to at least have a bit of fun while ESPN’s original crews shared gems like “Javy Báez should be more boring” or Matt Vasgersian ranting about bachelorette parties in the bleachers while absolutely butchering the pronunciation of some player names. Credit where it is due, that broadcast got a lot better over time. The final crew of Karl Ravech, with David Cone, Eduardo Pérez, and sideline reporter Buster Olney was actually pretty excellent, but the Bingo game must go on!

So here we are, on a new baseball channel but with the same classic rivalry between the Cubs and Cardinals. That rivalry has spanned parts of three centuries, now, our little Bingo game can surely survive a broadcast channel change or two.

As always, make it a blackout game for a challenge, but I don’t really recommend making it a drinking game unless you’re looking to pass out before the end of the game itself. The game begins at 6:20 p.m. CT on the NBC broadcast channel in your area.