Cubs Live! — Cubs at Reds, 11:35, 4/5

Pitching matchups: Cubs: Marquis de Suc, 0-0, 0.00 ERA Reds: Kyle Lohse(r), 0-0, 0.00 ERA Lineups Cubs (1-1) Alfonse, cf Big Red, lf MVLee, 1b E-ramis, 3b Jock, rf Almost Batting Champ, c Mark Of The Rose, 2b Little Cesar, ss Marquis de Suc, p Reds (1-1) Old Lady Face...

Cubs Live! — Cubs at Reds, 6 p.m., 4/4

We don’t normally do these for night games. But Hillary insisted we Gamecast every game until the Cubs win one. Wow, this could be weeks. Pitching matchup: Cubs: Theodore Roosevelt Lilly 0-0, 0.00 ERA Reds: Franklin Delano Arroyo, 0-0, 0.00 ERA Lineups: Cubs...

Dusty still loves his guys

Because I’ll watch just about any televised baseball game I can find, I sat down to watch some of the Orioles-Twins on ESPN2 last night, and what to my soon to be bleeding ears did I hear?  The announcing “team” of Dave O’Brien, Rick...

Cubs Live! — Cubs Opener at Cincinnati, 1 p.m., 4/2

Pitching matchup: Cubs: Carlos Zambrano, 0-0, 0.00 ERA Reds: Lemon Harang, 0-0, 0.00 ERA Lineups Cubs Alfonso “Which one is center field, again?” Soriano, CF Big Red, lf MVLee, 1b E-ramis, 3b Jock, rf The guy who “almost won the batting title last...

Fearless Predictions

Every year I sit down for hours and think about the baseball season ahead.  I ponder what might happen, who might break out and have a great year, who might disappoint.  I pour over preview magazines, STATS, Inc. books and I put on my fake Bill James beard and...

Sour Grapes: A Message from Mark

Let’s chat, shall we? Please, sit. Please. No, really. I insist. I know I’ve had some problems as of late, but frankly, you unsupporting internet tough guys are starting to annoy me and a lot of other people who are valuable members of this franchise....