May 20, 2005 | Andy
Last night I had a chance to go see what is purported to be the last new Star Wars movie of my lifetime. That could either be because George Lucas is done making new ones, or perhaps there’s a medical diagnosis of mine that nobody’s filled me in on....
May 19, 2005 | Andy
Today in the Tribune, baseball expert dumbass Phil Rogers takes the time to put together yet another All-City Team of Cubs and White Sox. This was a pathetically weak idea in 1998 when they first thought of it, and it’s only gotten weaker over the years. You...
May 18, 2005 | Andy
Pitching matchup: Cubs: Glendon Rusch, 2-2, 2.88 ERA (who knew his ERA was that low?) Pirates: Kip Wells, 3-3, 4.53 ERA Lineups Cubs (17-20) Jerry Hairston the Lesser, 2b Neifi!, ss Derrek Lee, 1b Jeromy Burnitz, rf Michael Barrett, c Corey Patterson, cf Jason Dewboy,...
May 18, 2005 | Andy
On a day when Cubs fans were all a twitter with news that THE Enrique Wilson was coming to play for the Cubs, Derrek Lee knew he’d have to do something to get back the spotlight. So he homered twice, went 4-4 and drove in all four runs in the Cubs’ 4-3 win...
May 17, 2005 | Andy
The Cubs’ front office and trainers seem to be pretty happy right now with the news that Carlos Zambrano just has tennis elbow. They even went so far as to say he can probably make his next start against the White Sox, either Friday or Saturday. This, is of...
May 16, 2005 | Andy
So this is what it’s come to? We’ve got nothing left to do but to root for a Cardinals’ plane crash and for the Sox to continue their inevitable slide towards the mean? Whoo, what a fun summer this is going to be. On Saturday night we saw the sight...