Remember This Crap? 2002 Cubs – Pointless Exercise Podcast

Jun 21, 2022 | Cubs, Featured, MLB, Podcast, Remember This Crap

Sandwiched in between the 88 win near-miss 2001 Cubs and the 88 win heartbreaking 2003 Cubs were the gawdawful 2002 Cubs. They got a manager fired, which got Ron Santo’s number unofficially unretired before it could be retired. Moises Alou showed up and...

Bob Nightengale’s Hall of Fame ballot is the worst

Jan 23, 2018 | Featured, Media Hacks, MLB

The only reason reasonable people follow USA Today baseball writer Bob Nightengale on Twitter is either because they, like Bob, are founding members of the Dusty Baker Fan Club, or just for the amusement you get from the stupid shit that he writes. The Baseball Hall...

It’s a big jump to the playoffs for the Cubs…but they’ve done it before

Feb 6, 2015 | Cubs, Featured

Their odds to win the World Series are down to 12:1, The Sporting News picked them to win the World Series and even Baseball Prospectus’ PECOTA system predicts them to finish within a game of the second wild card spot in the National League. So what do we think...

Tom Emanski finally branches out

Aug 7, 2013 | Featured, Media Hacks

It’s about time Tom Emanski branched out, this time into the highly competitive world of kickball.  I mean, the guy’s no Ron Stilanovich… And, whither the Crime Dog?

Cub HOF snubs continue

Jan 5, 2011 | Cubs

Even though (SPOILER ALERT) Ron Santo is dead, it doesn’t mean that the day the Hall of Fame votes are counted isn’t still painful for living, great, former Cubs.  Today, the baseball writers voted to induct two players into the crummy little snobatorium...