Aug 28, 2015 | Cubs, Featured
Tuesday is September 1 which means that summer came and went before we knew what happened. Â It also means Major League Baseball teams are allowed to inflate their active roster to an absurd 40 players. Â The reasoning is simple. Â Minor league seasons wind down...
Aug 25, 2015 | Cubs, Featured
We are all counting on 2015 being the first of a half-decade or so (or much longer, much longer would be nice) Cubs renaissance. Â The young players are sure to get better (most of them, anyway), more accomplished veterans should be added, especially to the pitching...
Aug 10, 2015 | Cubs, Featured
In many ways, we–you and me–are the worst possible people to determine just how good the 2015 Chicago Cubs are. Â We have a long history of loving this franchise and hating this franchise and wanting to hug them and wanting to punch them and everything in...
Aug 7, 2015 | Cubs, Featured
Yesterday, Jed Hoyer, the tiny little guy who Theo Epstein allows to pretend he’s the general manager, said that the Cubs are about to have some “fun” roster problems. Â Jed’s idea of fun needs some work. What he was referring to is the...
Aug 6, 2015 | Cubs, Featured, Media Hacks
I know times are tough in the newspaper business. Â Circulation is at all-time lows, people don’t want to pay for access to stories on the Internet. Â Advertisers see little value in print ads, and most don’t have a clue how to effectively advertise...