Sep 23, 2003 | Andy
Today, we trot out the tiredest cliche of them all. This cliche isn’t tired, it’s exhausted, it’s passed out…it needs an IV. If you’d told me back in spring training that the Cubs would be tied for first place with six games to go,...
Sep 22, 2003 | Andy
Honestly, how was anybody able to be a football fan before they invented NFL Sunday Ticket? I don’t want to turn this into a commercial for the greatest invention of the last 100 years (have the Nobel people been alerted?), but this Sunday, like many Sundays before...
Sep 22, 2003 | Andy
Sometimes, the Cubs just look like the same old Cubs we’ve come to love and loathe over the past 30 years. In four games with the Pirates, they managed to morph between the same old Cubs and the new look Cubs. But in the end, they enter the last week of the...
Sep 19, 2003 | Andy
Here’s the thing about the sixth installment of Survivor (if my math is right)…the game is getting trickier and more unpredictable. But the people are just getting dumber and dumber and more motivated by doing stupid crap on TV. Granted the three naked...
Sep 18, 2003 | Andy
Because we’re not just Cubs fans, we’re Chicago sports fans, we’ve got two things going for us. Our day is made or destroyed by the actions of 25 (now almost 40) guys who probably aren’t bright enough to fill out a W-2 form. Our day is also...
Sep 17, 2003 | Andy
How do you like these tense pennant races, Cubs fans? Remember in 1998 when from August 15 to the last day of the season the NL Wild Card leader never had more than a one game lead? This one hasn’t been that close every day, but the Cubs have 11 games to go and...
