Can’t stop Shawn Estes

May 14, 2008 | Andy

The Cubs had it all going for them last night.  The wind howling straight out, the Padres were starting Shawn Estes, a leadoff homer by Alfonso Soriano, two more runs in the second and Jason Marquis would only crap the bed in one inning.  Hey, how can you lose? Oh,...

Be afraid, be very afraid

May 12, 2008 | Andy, Karry Ling

The day that the Padres announced that they were releasing Jim Edmonds and his .178 batting average, his declining outfield range and his suitcase full of mascara I started to worry a little bit. Edmonds, so full of veteran moxie and gamertude that old-school GMs like...

Huh? What? Really?

May 7, 2008 | Andy

Something’s not right. I mean really not right. Last night, while watching the Cubs shut out the Reds, I started thinking about ways the Cubs should look to get Ronny Cedeno into the lineup more. Yeah, Ronny Cedeno. THAT Ronny Cedeno. A player so dumb that he...

Like power rankings, only different, still lame

Apr 30, 2008 | Andy

John Jackson wrote a column yesterday where he ranked the announcing teams, TV and radio, for each of Chicago’s five major sports teams (yes, even the Blackhawks). Now, I’m sure that when an editor gives a guy a story idea like this, and the writer has to...

The f@#$in’ changes that have happened are multifold

Apr 29, 2008 | Andy

Twenty-five years. It’s been 25 years since Lee Elia lost his mind in the manager’s office at Wrigley Field and unleashed one of the most profane, vile, hilarious and entertaining rants of all time. A rant so infamous that when Jay Johnstone published it...