Look at this gem: Hot Days of August!

Feb 12, 2013 | Cubs

YouTube is the greatest.  Check this out.  Here’s a commercial free version of a late season special produced by WGN-TV in 1984 recapping the rise of the Cubs.  You get Steve Stone in a leisure suit, Harry in a sissy blue sweater, Jim Frey creepily staring...

Soul crushing flashback: Cubs-Padres Game 5, 1984

Feb 11, 2013 | Cubs

All winter long I’ve been tempted to take the time to watch the replay of game five of the 1984 National League Championship Series between the Cubs and Padres.  Why?  I mean, I know how it ends, and it’s ugly and painful.  But I was 11 years old when it...
Why won’t anyone hire Ryne?

Why won’t anyone hire Ryne?

Nov 22, 2011 | Cubs, Featured

Life is tough these days for Ryne Sandberg.  Sure, he’s still sitting on a pile of millions of dollars from his playing career, he make can thousands more whenever he wants just by virtue of the fact he gets to sign “HOF” next to his autograph (that...
Can’t say I told you so

Can’t say I told you so

Nov 2, 2011 | Cubs, Featured

The Cubs didn’t fire Mike Quade today.  They actually did it last Friday, and decided to wait until the day after the Jed Hoyer, Jason McLeod bro-hug, press conference to announce it.  I’d love to tell you I told you so and that I knew Quade was going to...