Daily Dose: Break up the Brewers!

You know what the St. Louis Cardinals look like? They look like what the Cubs used to. They’ve got a couple of very good hitters, surrounded by schlock and with an absolute crap pitching staff. So far in two games they’ve scored 11 runs in two games and...

Cubs Report: Boundless promise

You can tell that Cubs fans…nay, the world…doesn’t have much practice in dealing with a good Cubs team. We have one, you know. They play their home games in a quaint little ivy covered ballpark on Addison. But instead of actually trying to enjoy the...

Daily Dose: Wire-to-wire

There are perfect days once and a while. Yesterday happened to be one of them. A nice, warm, sunny day. The Cubs scoring early and often in a 7-4 win. The Cardinals getting jacked by Scott Podsednik and Ben Grieve. The Astros being victimized by their own manager in a...

GameCast: Cubs Live! Opening Day, Cubs at Reds

The Chicago Cubs are on the air! Today it’s Kerry Wood v. Cory Lidle and the best news…the Cubs aren’t wearing those stupid blue jerseys. Today’s lineup for the Cubs: 1. Mark Grudzielanek, 2b 2. Corey Patterson, cf 3. Sammy Sosa, rf 4. Moises...

Daily Dose: It all starts today

The winter was long, and mostly, it sucked. When the last memory of your favorite baseball team’s season includes a punchless catcher hitting a meek fly ball to left field while a 10 year old baseball team celebrates another pennant…well, that’ll...

Baseball Preview

Monday starts a big seven-day period for Desipio and you, the loyal reader. On Monday, we have the first GameCast of the season, live at 1 p.m. as the Cubs open the season in Cincinnati. Join us, or die! On Tuesday, you’ll get your first Cubs Report of the...