Dec 8, 2014 | Cubs
Less than six months after trading him away, the Cubs have re-signed pitcher Jason Hammel. This time, Hammel gets a nice raise, a second guaranteed year and a third year option. I’m sure that’ll help console him next July when he’s packing his...
Dec 1, 2014 | Cubs
Being a Cubs fan wouldn’t be all that bad if it weren’t for two things: 1) the soul-crushing losing 2) other Cubs fans. For the past three years we’ve had it pretty easy. The team has been purposely horrible (as opposed to the unintentionally...
Nov 10, 2014 | MLB
The MLB general managers meetings are held this week in Arizona. We know what the winter meetings, held in December are. But what gets done at the GM meetings? They’re not just an excuse for 30 overpaid (mostly) white dudes to play golf in the desert,...
Nov 5, 2014 | Cubs
True to his word, new Cubs manager Joe Maddon placed a call to former Cubs manager Rick(y) Renteria not long after the press conference to announce Joe’s hiring. You might think it would be awkward for the old manager to have to talk to the guy who not only...
Nov 4, 2014 | Cubs
It took all of about 180 seconds yesterday for Joe Maddon to do two things…get about a tenth of the way through his press conference preamble, and for the world to see his appeal. If you could just hire any competent manager and hand him the Cubs roster and...
