Stretched to the limit

Like many things in life (background noise, people talking during movies, stop signs, smoke alarms) I’ve largely learned to ignore the Cubs insistence on keeping the “celebrity” seventh-inning stretch shtick going.  It was created in 1998 to...

E-ramis is back, Kap’s still a dope

One of the more popular (though completely unsupportable) conspiracy theories of recent sports is that Michael Jordan didn’t “retire” in 1993, only to return in 1995, but that he was suspended for gambling by David Stern, and that Stern didn’t...

Cards add mid-30s utility player, now unstoppable

The National League Central race ended last night at around 10 p.m. Central time when word started to circulate that the Cardinals had added the most valuable player in the history of baseball.  Mark DeRosa, the 34 year old utility player that the Cubs traded to...

Gordon got the number of letters in the word right

According to Fox, Lou Piniella did apologize to Milton today for using a “four letter word” in their heated argument yesterday. There are plenty of four letter words that Lou could have used including punk, hack, dumb, goof, tard, and the most insulting of...

Pieces of huh?

Remember back in April when Sun Times douche Gordon Wittenmyer was espousing his “Cubs fans are racist” theories that we wondered if he was a) trying to cuddle up to Milton Bradley or b) trying to light Milton’s fuse? Yesterday in the after effects...

Soto, Sun-Times graphics person test positive for weed

BREAKING NEWS – The Tribune and Sun Times are both reporting that lethargic, overweight, sleepy-eyed Cubs catcher Geovany Soto tested positive for marijuana at the WBC this past March. Former Cubs left fielder Moises Alou was unavailable for comment, mainly...