More Monday Grabass

If it’s Monday and the Cubs have the day off, it’s time for more Monday Grabass! I actually write that as though this is or would ever become a regular feature.  Instead, it’s just my chance to catch up on the stuff that was happening last week when...

Fan mail from the insecure

There’s an interesting dynamic going on over at the new Chicago Now blogs.  It’s almost as if the guys who are running the place, and blogging there, have never actually written or even seen a blog before. Every media group who decides to do “one of...

And you thought we were rid of him

We’ve been so used to celebrating great things happening to Jay Mariotti, that this news is a real kick to the groin. First, we had this glorious day last August when Jay threw a hissy fit after the Olympics and quit his job at the Sun Times.  He said it was...

Monday Grabass

The Cubs have a second straight day off today (what, you mean they weren’t off last night?) and so it gives us some time to catch up on things that might not be directly Cubs related, and some things that are. After Sam Zell shook things up by alluding to the...

Enjoy the I-Cubs, they’ll be here all summer

If you were frustrated by the Cubs losing 2-1 to the Dodgers on Thursday night, despite having runners at first and second and nobody out in the eighth and the ninth and not scoring any of those four runners, you might just want to embrace that feeling.  Because...

Alert the Iowa National Guard – Cubs shuffling crap

As our good friend Paul Sullivan just reported this morning, the Cubs have sent some crap to Iowa and brought some crap back.  The difference this makes is going to be huge. No, wait.  No it’s not.  But hey, it’s something.  Right? The Cubs have...