Dec 20, 2009 | Andy
Ten days ago, a guy doing a Jame Gumb voice impression posted a seventy-minute, seven-part dissection of the horrific first prequel in the Star Wars sage, “A Phantom Menace.” This analysis makes the terrible movie that George Lucas made that much more...
Dec 18, 2009 | Andy
If there was any wonder whether the Cubs were going to trade Milton Bradley this offseason, it probably ended the night Lou Piniella was asked at the winter meetings what they were going to do with him and he said, “Look, ah-ah, he played 125 ah-ah, 130 games...
Dec 16, 2009 | Andy
Let this be a lesson to all of you out there, sometimes, bad judgment turns out to be a good thing. By now you all know that Kermit, Chuck and myself wandered down to the Tribune Tower last night, sat in the showcase studio for 90 minutes and yukked it up with Dave...
Dec 13, 2009 | Andy
Last week, Cubs season ticket holders received their yearly letter from Vice President in Charge of Meddling and Incompetence, Crane Kenney. It was like every other year’s letter. He thanked the season ticket holders for wasting their money on the Cubs, he...
Dec 11, 2009 | Andy
I get asked from time to time (and more often, lately) if I get tired of devoting so much of my little corner of the Interwebs to ripping really bad sports columns. Oh, I do. But if they keep writing them, I’ll keep hacking them. Somebody’s got to do it....
Dec 9, 2009 | Andy
Some things are just too predictable. People will drive like morons during the first snow storm of the year, Best Buy will fail to have more than two checkout lanes open during Christmas shopping and Phil Rogers will take every chance to remind us that he...
