Jun 14, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
By my unofficial count the Cubs currently have just over 1,200 players on the 15-day disabled list. I might be off by a few, but whatever the actual number, it’s a lot. In a previous job, I used to estimate Grant Park victory rally crowds for the Bulls. ...
Jun 1, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
The most interesting thing about the Cubs season so far is how mad some of the fans are that this team is bad. Didn’t we all expect that? Even if this team were healthy (and it is decidedly unhealthy) it just wasn’t going to be that good. If they...
Mar 29, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
Opening day for the Cubs is April 1 this year, which really seems appropriate. Regardless of when Opening Day is, it always makes you think. How many things does it make you think? Well, that’s a ridiculous question. But just off the top of my head (and...
Mar 22, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
Opening day is next Friday (April Fool’s Day, appropriately) and the Cubs are getting to the serious business of figuring out what 25 guys will be on that roster. Granted, the roster that starts the season normally looks nothing like the one that ends it, but...
Mar 17, 2011 | Featured, Media Hacks
In the past 12 days I’ve been in eight different states. I finally get home, settle in to see what I’ve been missing and sure enough, I’m greeted by more incomprehensible nonsense from Chicago Tribune national baseball dipshit…I mean expert,...
