The Cubs have no MVP candidate. Really?

Aug 29, 2008 | Andy

The media love to talkabout how neat it is that the Cubs have the best team in baseball, and yet they don’t have a bona fide MVP candidate.  In their way of thinking, it makes the Cubs more of a “team.”  Because apparently, in order to be an MVP...

The Dose: Finding things to freak out about

Aug 28, 2008 | Andy

Jay Mariotti’s been gone for one day and suddenly it’s a race to see who can take his place as the most annoying newspaper writer in Chicago.  Both Maude and Gordo made strong opening arguments, and honestly, I’m not even sure who to ridicule first....

Cubs Live! – Cubs at Pissburgh, 11:30, 8/27

Aug 27, 2008 | Cubs Live

Pitching matchup Cubs: Not So Grand Marquis 8-7, 4.76 ERA Pissburgh: Zach Duke 4-12, 5.29 ERA Lineups: Cubs The Albatross, lf Dance Fever, ss DP Lee, 1b E-ramis, 3b Vag Face, cf PonDeRosa, rf RonCe, 2b Hank White, c Marquis du Suc, p Pissburgh Nyger Morgan, rf (So...

Our long civic nightmare is over

Aug 26, 2008 | Andy

As if manna from heaven, news spread tonight that the biggest boil on the ass of Chicago sports has had himself lanced. For more than a decade I’ve longed to write these words. Mariotti puts down the doughnut, to resign. It should come as no shock, given that...