Sep 24, 2013 | Cubs, Featured
Last week was just one giant clusterfuck for the boy geniuses (geniui?) that run the Cubs. Â Theo Epstein claims his remarks that no decision had been made on bringing Dale Sveum back for the 2014 season that he’s contractually obligated to manage, were just a...
Aug 2, 2012 | Cubs, MLB, Oral Histories
Ryan Dempster, Cubs pitcher 2004-2012 I said all along that all I wanted to do was help the Cubs, and if I could help them by being traded to a contender for some supergreat prospects, then I was happy to do it. Â Theo [Epstein, Cubs President of Baseball Operations]...
Feb 21, 2012 | Cubs, Featured
The Cubs have started spring training, so winter is officially over. Â To celebrate, I burned all of my winter coats and threw my shovel onto my neighbor’s roof. Â Those kinds of traditions never get old. When they allow him to use his actual camera, and not...
Jan 11, 2012 | Cubs, Featured
Some days it doesn’t pay to be busy. Â I was tied up all day, and so this morning, when I read Al Yellon’s open letter to Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer about re-signing Kerry Wood, I tried the old, “clear my calendar, THIS is all I’m doing...
Dec 22, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
Our good friend Dave Kaplan breathlessly tweeted yesterday “Breaking Cubs news: Cubs to completely rebuild.” That was breaking news in the same way that “Breaking Bears news: Caleb Hanie still sucks,” would be breaking news. Â Did I miss...
