Daily Dose: What is that smell?

It is 5,448 miles from Chicago to Athens, Greece but in the span of about two hours yesterday two groups of “athletes” pulled off impossible feats and were joined in our consciousness for eternity…or until Tuesday night, whichever comes first. The...

Daily Dose: The Beefy Edition

First off, I want to apologize for failing to get a CubsLive! thread started before I had to depart yesterday. I had remembered to do it at about 11 a.m. but I didn’t want to do it that early and distract you from the hilarity of yesterday’s Daily...

Daily Dose: Tanned, rested and ready

There may be no more universally beloved Cub (at least at this address) than The Lawnmower, Carlos Zambrano and last night he made another case for what we can only assume is his impending world domination. Carlos shut down the Padres last night and did the offensive...

Daily Dose: Two steps back

So part of Sunday night’s loss could be directly attributed to nobody covering third base on an infield chopper and last night nobody covered first base on one. We’ve got a 50-50 shot at guessing whether the Cubs leave second or home unattended tonight....

Daily Dose: Always a good sign

I don’t know about you, but if I showed up for my Olympic event and a guy was still filling the cement mixer to finish the venue, I think I’d be less than confident. Then again, the Cubs go to work every day in a ballpark held together with a big fish net....