Once more into the breech dear friends

Deep down, we all know it’s a tease. Over the years we’ve learned that nothing with the Cubs is ever as good as it seems and nothing is ever as bad…it’s usually worse. The season was cruising along like most in our lifetimes (no matter how old...

Cubs Live! — Astros at Cubs, 1:20 pm

Pitching matchup Astros: Fatso 1-4, 4.07 ERA Cubs: Carlos Zambrano 10-7, 4.03 ERA Lineups Astros The Beege, 2b Hunter Pence, cf Fat Lance, 1b Fat Carlos, lf Mark Loretta, ss Mike Lamb, 3b Luke Scott, rf Thurman Munson, RIP Fat Jason, p Cubs Alfonse the Magnificent, lf...

Alive? Or merely dying slower than normal?

The All-Star Break is here and our Cubs have crept to within 4.5 games of the lead in the National League Central Divison and four games of the Wild Card lead in the NL. They have won 12 of their last 16 games and gone 21-11 since June 3. On June 3 they were in fourth...

Who are these guys?

Last year, after 81 games, the Chicago Cubs were a robust 29-52. About a month ago, the 2007 edition looked to be headed to the same sucktastic fate. They were expensive, and bad (you know–like “Evan Almighty”) and you wanted to like them, but they...