Theo and Jed are taking out the trash

Theo and Jed are taking out the trash

Our good friend Dave Kaplan breathlessly tweeted yesterday “Breaking Cubs news: Cubs to completely rebuild.” That was breaking news in the same way that “Breaking Bears news: Caleb Hanie still sucks,” would be breaking news.  Did I miss...
Should the Cubs be willing to trade anybody?

Should the Cubs be willing to trade anybody?

Every time I see outrage on the Interwebs among Cubs fans I reflexively run to the side opposite the outrage.  The reason?  Cubs fans are idiots. What caused the idiot horde to take their rage out for a spin yesterday?  Busty Olney reported the Cubs would listen to...
Happy Thanksgiving, Morans

Happy Thanksgiving, Morans

Has it really been two years since the Ricketts celebrated their first Thanksgiving as Cubs owners?  Let’s go back to that magical time.   And when you’re done reminiscing about that, you can enjoy one of the greatest Thanksgiving episodes of any TV...
Phildo on Theo, Ryne and Albert

Phildo on Theo, Ryne and Albert

The best thing about the Cubs getting a new general manager is that we can all live through the countless, pointless, “Ryno deserves it!” posts about the Cubs managerial job.  Granted, there’s somebody in that job, but nobody has ever had any...
Some of you shouldn’t be so excited to see Theo

Some of you shouldn’t be so excited to see Theo

Now that the deal is official, Cubs fans can get as giddy about their favorite team hiring a real talent to run their baseball operations as they’d like.  Make no mistake, that hiring Theo Epstein away from the Red Sox will finally enable the Cubs to start...