Jan 28, 2016 | Featured, Media Hacks
This week a website that purports to write smart, analytical pieces on baseball in general and the Cubs in particular published a steaming pile so foul that it was followed almost immediately with a chaser from the site’s editor that explained that while he...
Jan 28, 2016 | Cubs, Featured, MLB
Current titleholder of “Worst Twitterer in the Universe” Bruce Levine wrote a surprisingly coherent piece for The Score where he touted the Cubs as the “most likely landing place” for Dexter Fowler. We all liked Dexter. Â He did a nice job,...
Jan 22, 2016 | Cubs, Featured, MLB
The baseball owners are going meet this weekend at Del Boca Vista to discuss how filthy rich they all are, and for the Wilpons to screen the new “Madoff” mini-series. Among the other things they’re going to discuss1 is bringing the designated hitter...
Jan 14, 2016 | Cubs, Featured, MLB, Oral Histories
Nobody does oral histories quite like we do, and that’s especially true here. Â We’ve gotten so good at this, that we’re doing an oral history of the 2016 Cubs Convention before it even happens. CRANE KENNEY, President of the Shit That Doesn’t...
Jan 12, 2016 | Featured, MLB