Aug 20, 2009 | Andy
Another Cubs season is, for all intents and purposes, over, and unlike the last couple of years there was no awkward champagne celebration for a playoff spot followed by three straight kicks to the balls. This year just the dull pain of a team that’s just not...
Aug 18, 2009 | Andy
There is a phenomenon in the animal world, particularly among dogs and elephants (of all things) where when they know they are going to die, they run away. It is as though they want to spare others the trauma of seeing them die, so they just amble off to find a place...
Aug 13, 2009 | Andy
Was it wrong for the tighty-whitey t-shirt asshat in the bleachers to try to help Jake Fox get a cheap hit by throwing a beer in the face of Phillies centerfielder Shane Victorino last night? Probably. Unless of course one of two things were true. 1. He didn’t...
Aug 10, 2009 | Andy
It’s been a long while since the last time we stopped to take a look at the state of the Cubs, and given their inspired play on this current road trip, you can see why. After a great start to the second half, the Cubs have muddled along on their longest trip of...
Aug 7, 2009 | Andy
Owen Glieberman of Entertainment Weekly wrote about Hughes’ death, at 59, of a heart attack. “It would, perhaps, be an overstatement to say that John Hughes invented the modern, post-counterculture Hollywood teen comedy (hello, Fast Times at Ridgemont...
