Remember the time the Cubs banned me from Twitter?

Sep 11, 2017 | 20th Anniversary, Featured

Desipio is so old that when it started there wasn’t any social media. It’s not like Twitter made me more of a smartass, it just allowed me to inflict it on more people.  Such is the price of fame that it occasionally comes back to bite people.  Like when...

New shit has come to light

Jan 31, 2014 | Cubs

Granted, I was 11 years old in 1984, but I thought I remembered most of the important stuff that happened that year.  I did not remember this: This video has it all.  It’s got Harry in his prime and he’s caught in mid-sentence bragging about his White...

Nobody did an interview like Harry

Aug 8, 2013 | Cubs, Featured

MLB.com unearthed this gem, it’s Harry Caray interviewing Bill Murray before the first attempted night game in Wrigley history, 25 years ago tonight. Nobody did an interview like Harry.  He gave Bill a beer, asked about Bill’s mom, and yelled, “You...

Steve Stone got me suspended by Twitter

Jun 14, 2013 | Cubs, Featured, Media Hacks

If you’re wondering why the visibility of @desipiodotcom on Twitter is so poor right now, all you kids watching from home, it’s Steve Stone’s fault. Sort of. Yesterday Twitter got flooded with more annoying spam tweets than usual.  And I got one...

Look at this gem: Hot Days of August!

Feb 12, 2013 | Cubs

YouTube is the greatest.  Check this out.  Here’s a commercial free version of a late season special produced by WGN-TV in 1984 recapping the rise of the Cubs.  You get Steve Stone in a leisure suit, Harry in a sissy blue sweater, Jim Frey creepily staring...