Daily Dose: How about we all get a friggin’ grip?

Did I miss something? Did I smoke some crack in a hotel room with Ken Caminiti, fall down, hit my head and wake up ten years later and miss a long, run of easy earned Cubs success? How many pennant runs was I denied while my body kept itself alive on whatever...

Daily Dose: The eye of the storm

How about we just pretend last night never happened? The Cubs didn’t manage to get shut out with both E-ramis and Nomar in the lineup, Mark Prior didn’t give up a homer to Imaciated Izturis and we can just pretend that they’re supposed to be tied...

Special Cubs Live! Cubs at Montreal Expos, 6:05 p.m. CDT

Pitching Matchup: Cubs: Mark Prior 4-3, 4.60 ERA Montreal: Livan Hernandez 9-12, 3.79 ERA All right, we’ll try this for tonight and see if it works. If it does, we might have another night game or two (Other than the afternoon games, which Andy will still open...

Daily Dose: Is Gabor Mr. August/September?

Maybe we just had Gabor Paul Bako II wrong all along? Perhaps he’s one of those misunderstood great athletes who peaks at just the right time? Maybe it’s his destiny to carry the Cubs to playoffs every year that he’s on the roster? Nah. Last year...

Daily Dose: The bad kind of threesome

So it’s come to this. Just over a month remains and the Cubs are locked in a three way tie for the NL Wild Card lead and they’ve left the door open enough for both Houston and Florida to think they have a real shot at ramming their way into the picture,...