Double barreled suck

On Friday, the Cubs trailed 8-0 in the third inning. On Saturday, Carlos Marmol provided all of the power needed so that Carlos Quentin could hit a check swing, opposite field homer to give the Sox the lead. Last night, the Cubs ran the bases like kindergärtners....

Cubs Live! — Orioles at Cubs, 1:20 pm, 6/26

Pitching matchup: Orioles: UncleRhemus Liz, 1-0, 6.27 ERA Cubs: Jason Marquis, 6-3, 4.43 ERA Lineups Orioles Brian Roberts, 2b Alex Cintron, ss Nick Markakis, rf Assclown, 1b Aubrey Huff, 3b Jay Payton, lf Adam “Q-bert” Jones, cf Somebody Quiroz, c Whoever...

Blatant Plug: NBA Draft Live Blog(s)

Because I’m a major celebrity (actually, I just think Rod Thulin was busy), I’ll be spending much of tomorrow live blogging NBA drafts past (1993) and present (2008) with the good folks at Yahoo! Sports. At 11 a.m. tomorrow Kelly Dwyer, Andrew Lawrence...

Ronny Cedeno swung at this, too

This is 93-year-old Loretta Dolan (my first wife, don’t ask, it didn’t end well, and the story is long, complicated and involves Georgie Jessel and a Union Pacific porter).  She threw out the first pitch at last night’s Cubs-Orioles game.  It only...

Cards new Josh Hancock tribute?

As we all know, the St. Louis Cardinals have a thing for immortalizing members of their pitching staff who die after Cubs games. The new Big Urinal Cake in St. Louis features the initials and uniform numbers of the late Daryl Kile (DK 57!) and Josh Hancock on the...

Bonertime!

Game winner on Friday, part of a NINE run fourth on Saturday. It’s Bonertime! And don’t forget: Only 150 tickets left….. Call Legends of the Field now to reserve your spot in line to meet the future All-Star!!! (847-855-2000) Go...