Hard Knocks (sort of): Notre Dame 2003

ESPN has announced that they will be following the 2003 edition of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in a weekly series, every Tuesday night called “The Season.” It might not exactly rival “The Season: Oakland Raiderettes” but it should come darn...

Daily Dose: Who wouldn’t pay for the insight of David Huh?

As you know, this site has had its moments with ChicagoSports.com over the years. They don’t like us, and we think they’re wasting some pretty cool resources. Honestly, if you had access to the Chicago Tribune’s sports columnists and sports stories,...

Daily Dose: Big Z to the rescue

Unlike some sites on the ‘net, we’re rational Cubs fans here. (If there is such a beast.) You and I both know that the odds of seeing October baseball with this current bunch are right up there with Lyle Lovett marrying Julia Roberts. OK, bad example....

Daily Dose: Looking for a Heartbeat! Beating like mine!

This is the stuff that makes us love baseball. This is what sucks you in and never lets go. The Cubs, buoyed by a trade that filled their two biggest holes have gone out and made a statement in the National League Central. Unfortunately, that statement is,...

Daily Dose: Well, that certainly helped

Jim Hendry stood in the dugout and told the reporters who had come to lick his shoes that you can’t judge a trade for a few years. Well, I’m not a patient man. If I was a patient man I certainly wouldn’t eat as much of this crap as I do. So all I...

Daily Dose: Is it E-ramis or Aramis?

I had the surreal experience last night of having Pat Hughes and Ron Santo tell me that the Cubs had finally made a big trade. It was surreal because as I sat there, Pat explained the trade very slowly and I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop. Kenny Lofton and...