Guest Dose: The one that got away from Gordon

Fine. I get it, Commissioner Gordon. You’re going to write 18 Cubs articles a day, and not a one of them is going to be about Derrek Lee. In fact, no one is writing about Derrek Lee. Why not? Alfonso, Shmalfonso. Lee is still “the man” on this team,...

Take me to your leader.

There are plenty of good stories swirling around the Cubs as they head into their last two weeks of Spring Training. The pitchers are dropping like flies. Rocky Cherry might win a bullpen spot if Wood can’t start the season with the Major League team. Lou...

Lou: March…sadness?

You guys are all pretty brave around here, saying that we shouldn’t worry that Kerry Wood is hurt, because we weren’t counting on him anyhow. But it’s gotta just stick in your craw that Wood is injured again. It’s sticking in mine. Let’s...

What’s so mad about March?

Madness means insanity, right? So by billing their postseason men’s basketball tournament as “March Madness” isn’t the NCAA showing the same insensitivity to batshit crazy people as some member institutions were by having a drunk 19 year old...

Guest Dose: Dempster still the closer for now

Lou Piniella is sticking with his story that Ryan Dempster is his closer, even with Kerry Wood seemingly ready to take the reigns should Dempster struggle. With the numbers Dempster has been putting up during Spring Training, can you blame him? While all the hype has...