Daily Dose: Honestly, does it matter if they’re the best?

At least six times during last night’s wildly entertaining Greg Maddux press conference (which, Karry Ling covered live for us during the Illini-Badger GameCast last night) somebody asked Dusty, or Jim Hendry or Greggie if this was the best pitching staff in the...

After Your Maddux Fix

An against-all-odds Opening Day featuring Clemens and Pettite as Astros, A-Rod as a Yankee (why in the world is he wearing #13?), Schilling as a Red Sock and Maddux as a Cub, while entertaining and compelling, is still 47 days away. So while others will likely use...

Daily Dose: Formidable

Normally when the Cubs sail their ship up north for the season there’s a hole in the side of it the size of Billy Connors’ jockey shorts. They just kind of list about and then futilely start bailing water before they inevitably sink to the bottom. This...

Homeward Bound

I’m sittin’ in the railway station Got a ticket for my destination On a tour of one night stands My suitcase and guitar in hand And every stop is neatly planned For a poet and a one man band Homeward bound I wish I was Homeward bound Home, where my thought’s...