Daily Dose: Pittsburgh! Just in time!

Somehow the Cubs pulled this off. I don’t know of any other team that could suffer through this many injuries, play poorly in a series in Houston and then convince Major League Baseball to let them have four games in three days against their AAA affiliate and...

Daily Dose: The Bulls don’t win for losing

They had a 50-50 chance of getting the first pick. Only the Bulls turn those odds into the third pick. On-ly the Bulls! Only the Bulls! Only the one and only! Chi-ca-ah-go Bulls! Groucho summed it up this morning in the Tribune by saying, “It was a two player...

Cubs Live!: Cubs at Houston Astros, 7 p.m. CDT

Pitching matchups: Cubs: Greg Maddux, 3-3, 4.37 Houston: Clettitte (LHP), 4-1, 3.51 Lineups: Cubs Jose Macias, 2b Corey Patterson, cf (Huh?) Moises Alou, lf E-ramis Ramirez, 3b Derrrrrek Lee, 1b Todd Hollandsworth, rf Michael Barrett, c Ramon Martinez, ss Greggie, p...

Daily Dose: Fear and loathing at home plate

This isn’t Paul Bako’s fault. Really. But he sure isn’t helping things. How can a guy be a productive player when he’s batting .175 with two RBI. The team is 4-6 when he catches, 21-13 when Michael Barrett does it. He’s completely useless...