No MRI! No MRI!

Of all of the strange things that have happened to and been done by Cubs over the years, the news yesterday that Carlos Zambrano’s MRI results weren’t available because Carlos ran from the medical building like a nine year old trying to avoid the dentist...

Stop it, you pansies

Stop freaking out about a 4.5 game divisional lead in September and a nine game lead in the race for the wild card if needed. Stop freaking out about a four game losing streak.  You know how far back you have to go find a World Series team that lost four in a row in...

The Cubs have no MVP candidate. Really?

The media love to talkabout how neat it is that the Cubs have the best team in baseball, and yet they don’t have a bona fide MVP candidate.  In their way of thinking, it makes the Cubs more of a “team.”  Because apparently, in order to be an MVP...

The Dose: Finding things to freak out about

Jay Mariotti’s been gone for one day and suddenly it’s a race to see who can take his place as the most annoying newspaper writer in Chicago.  Both Maude and Gordo made strong opening arguments, and honestly, I’m not even sure who to ridicule first....

Our long civic nightmare is over

As if manna from heaven, news spread tonight that the biggest boil on the ass of Chicago sports has had himself lanced. For more than a decade I’ve longed to write these words. Mariotti puts down the doughnut, to resign. It should come as no shock, given that...

The Carloses know bowling

I don’t really know what Mouthpiecesports.com is, other than it bills itself as the “Voice of the Athlete” and we all know that athletes aren’t worth listening to.  But they sent Mitch Robinson (nice career move, Mitch) and something named...