Are the Cubs better after the fire sale?

Sep 16, 2010 | Cubs

At and around the trade deadline the Cubs, wallowing in fifth place, traded away their best starting pitcher, their opening day shortstop, a second baseman, their All-Star first baseman and their manager retired because frankly, going home to a sick mother was a more...

So long, dummy

Jul 31, 2010 | Cubs

Now that Ryan Theriot is mercifully on somebody else’s team, we can take a moment to remember a time when he wasn’t a terrible fielding, addle-brained baserunning, wiffle bat carrying douchebag. We can take a minute to remember when he bailed out the 2007...

Let’s dump some of these losers

Jul 12, 2010 | Andy

I have one of those lame Cubs fact a day calendars on my desk and every morning, I tear off another day, I read the fact or the trivia question and then I unsuccessfully try to slit my wrists with the little piece of paper I’ve torn off.  Today, the trivia...

Castro overthrows Theriot

May 7, 2010 | Andy

By now the world knows (maybe even Ron Santo) that the Cubs have called up their top prospect, Starlin Castro.  Castro will start at shortstop tonight in Cincinnati, moving Ryan Theriot 90 feet closer to the dugout. Not like the kid earned it or anything.  After...

Guest column: Theriot’s pretty good!

Feb 4, 2010 | Uncle Marty

Dear people of the Internet, I’m Andy’s Uncle Marty and after arguing with him on the telephone last night for a good ten minutes about the merits of Cubs shortstop Ryan Theriot, he called me a smart guy and dared me to write down some of my thoughts on...