Podcast: Playoff preview edition

Andy and Kerm break down all three playoff series as only they can. If you’re looking for quality analysis…well, keep on looking. These two dopes manage to work Cal Ripken Sr’s corpse, Paul Newman and Ruben Quevedo into the analysis. If you want to...

NLDS Preview: Cubs v. Dodgers

When it comes to the scientific analysis of baseball, I know you all come here, and frankly, I can’t blame you.  Who thinks deeper than I do? OK, everybody does, but still.  Today, we’ll take a purely scientific look at the National League Division...

Podcast: Making Lou’s decisions for him

The podcast returns…and gets off to a rough start…but then is as great (lousy?) as ever as our heroes pick the playoff roster for Lou, set up his rotation for him and even figure out which team the Cubs should want to play in the first round.  (Hint: It...

Somebody get Carlos a postseason seat cushion

Last night’s game was big to three groups.  Obviously, the Mets needed a win to keep their lead in the wild card.  The Brewers needed a Mets’ loss to get back into a tie for the wild card lead.  And Carlos Zambrano?  He needed to pitch well to solidify...

Now, the hard part

Now that the easy stuff is over…yeah, all the Cubs had to do was win the biggest division in baseball, one that for most of the season had the teams with the National League’s three best records in it, all while playing two months without their...