Hamstring, swine flu, what do you people have against pigs?

Judging by the response of talk show callers and the only man in America who looks worse in a turtleneck than Greg Maddux, when Carlos Zambrano tried to bunt for a single in the fifth inning of yesterday’s 6-4 win over the Marlins, it was the dumbest, most...

Three of the guys killing the Cubs

On Tuesday night in Phoenix, Len Kasper marveled that the Cubs were 9-9 on the season and had “exactly the same home and road records–five and five at home, four and four on the road.”  While fives and fours aren’t the same, Len is apparently...

Peter King leaves present at DFW

In today’s Monday Morning Quarterback on SI.com, NFL blogger Peter King… …wait, you mean he’s not just some doofus with a blog?  He’s a formerly respected NFL writer at the premiere sports magazine in the United States?  No, that...

Phil has powerful (and dead) friends

It seems like all we do these days is mock newspaper writers, but is it our fault when they keep putting stuff on the tee for us to whack at? I don’t think so. Last week, the Chicago Tribune announced layoffs that included one of our all-time favorites, John...

Gordo, unhinged

One of the more fascinating subplots to the Cubs early 2009 season has been the strange coverage of the team by Sun-Times beat writer Gordon Wittenmyer. Last week, Gordon wrote not one, but two stories where he used some interesting circular logic, and a handful of...