Dec 2, 2008 | Andy
In early December every year, Major League Baseball holds winter meetings in an exotic locale. It’s part flea market, part convention and part drunken orgy. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen Wayne Krivsky and Chuck LaMar wearing their ties like...
Nov 26, 2008 | Andy
With Thanksgiving upon us, we take the time to be thankful for all of our blessings. Nah, mostly we’re all still pissed that the Cubs couldn’t win a single playoff game. But right now, let’s reflect on one of the finest radio promotions of all time,...
Nov 19, 2008 | Andy
The Cubs signed Canadian funster Ryan Dempster yesterday to a four-year $52 million deal. Other than the fact the contract is too long, and for too much money, it’s not too bad. Oh, and I’d rather it was for a different pitcher, other than that,...
Nov 14, 2008 | Andy
This is not the way the Kerry Wood era was supposed to end. It wasn’t supposed to end on the eve of free agency with a trade of a rotund prospect to the Marlins for a mediocre closer, signifying the Cubs desire to have somebody else pay Kerry Wood. No. We...
Nov 12, 2008 | Andy
The Baseball Writers of America don’t know much, but they know handsome guys in pinstripes, apparently. Just two days after Cubs’ rotund catcher Geovany Soto was named the team’s fifth ever rookie of the year, his boss, Lou Piniella became the...
Nov 11, 2008 | Andy
The Jake Peavy to the Cubs rumors will not die, and today they took a turn for the interesting. A source within the Padres organization claims that it’s “basically a done deal” (whatever basically means) that Peavy is headed to Chicago, and that the...
