Feb 26, 2010 | Andy
It can be a good thing to go to spring training with a roster that’s basically already set. That could mean that you’re loaded with talent and ready to roll. It could also be a bad thing, because it might mean you don’t have any prospects ready to...
Feb 24, 2010 | Andy
Yesterday, Cubs owner (well, one of the owners), Tom Ricketts gave the first preseason address from an owner to his Cubs team since back in 1964 when PK Wrigley asked a room full of players, “You want any gum?” The media were not allowed in the room to...
Feb 22, 2010 | Andy
The other day Major League Baseball announced that it was banning firearms from clubhouses and it was surprising. Surprising that they hadn’t done that…oh, 100 years ago, or so. But you knew that somebody would be pissed off about it. Even if a gun has...
Feb 22, 2010 | Andy
There’s this thing–it’s not a trend, exactly, more like a folly–going on at other sites (one, in particular) where they ask for their readers to guess what stats players will end up with at the end of the season. They average those stats and...
Feb 10, 2010 | Andy
Our good friend Al Yellon is the proud editor of a fine Cubs preview publication titled…well, actually that’s kind of what we’re confused about. Check out the cover over here. Either Derrek Lee’s head is covering up a pretty important pair of...
