Now, the hard part

Sep 22, 2008 | Andy

Now that the easy stuff is over…yeah, all the Cubs had to do was win the biggest division in baseball, one that for most of the season had the teams with the National League’s three best records in it, all while playing two months without their...

Brewers still bad post-Yost

Sep 17, 2008 | Andy

And so, on day one of the rest of their lives, the Milwaukee Brewers did what they’d been doing all month.  They lost. It’s a dangerous time when the owner starts making personnel moves himself, and by all indications Brewers’ General Manager Doug...

The most interesting man in the world on hits. No.

Sep 14, 2008 | Andy

Nine innings.  110 pitches.  One walk.  One hit batter.  No f#$%ing hits. You’ve got to hand it to the Cubs, when things go bad, they go bad. But when they go good?  Holy crap, do they roll in it these days. After a couple of tense wins in St. Louis the...

Bull moosed

Sep 11, 2008 | Andy

Lou Piniella doesn’t just say stuff to say it.  So when he went off in his postgame press conference after Monday night’s loss to the Cardinals, and challenged his team to “roll up your damn shirt and kick somebody’s ass” he had to be...

Don’t call it a choke…yet

Sep 8, 2008 | Andy

It’s not just that Cubs fans are paranoid, it’s that over the years, the Cubs have given them so many reasons to be that way that causes the reaction the current edition is getting.  The Cubs have won 86 games, the most in the major leagues, and their...