Daily Dose: Can’t beat fun at the old ballpark

This weekend should have been a big deal. The hated Cardinals are in town for a four game series, and those are always fun. Well, almost always. As the Cubs proved yesterday, just when you think they are at rock bottom, they get out a pick axe and start hunting for...

Cubs Dead: Reds at Cubs, 1:20 p.m., 8/10

Pitching matchup Reds: Eric Milton 5-12, 6.75 ERA Cubs: Rich Hill, 0-1, 7.00 ERA Lineups Reds Ryan “Can’t wait to kick another old broad in the teeth” Freel, 2b Rich “I’m still alive?” Aurilia, ss Griffey the Younger, cf Wily Less...

Daily Dose: Not a democracy

Included in the 38,000 morans at Wrigley Field yesterday was a wide-eyed youngster dressed nattily in khaki shorts and a Hank White Fan Club t-shirt. He was the envy of those around him who pointed and laughed and said things like, “What a great shirt, where can...