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...

Half-assed Daily Dose: An ordinate amount of attention

I’m not even sure if ordinate is a word, I know that inordinant is one, and I know that all of us, yes that means you, have been spending an inordinate amount of time thinking about, watching and yes, sadly, at times, worrying about the Cubs. Well, for two weeks...