Was there ever any doubt?

All that needed to happen for the Cubs to claim their first title of any real significance since 1989 was: a) Cy Young contender Wes Obermueller (career record 1-5) needed to beat the Houston Astros b) The Cubs needed to sweep their first doubleheader over the...

Wormer! Dead! Niedermeyer! Dead! Plimpton…

George Plimpton, a man with a great sense of irony and humor passed away today. If you’ve never seen the NFL Films special where they followed him around Baltimore Colts’ training camp as he plotted his second attempt at playing in an NFL game,...

Survivor – Pearl Islands: Haves and have nots

I don’t have a handle yet on what the allure of this edition of Survivor will end up being. It could be Christa, the dope fiend on Drake, who will likely go into the DTs by the sixth show. It might be Tijuana, the truly good looking and hilariously named member...

Daily Dose: Why can’t this be easy–just once?

You knew this would happen. Even if the Cubs do win the NL Central (and, here at Club Confidence we still have no doubts), there was no way they’d win out and the Brewers would sneak in an early win against the Astros and things would end quickly and decisively...