Lou: March…sadness?

You guys are all pretty brave around here, saying that we shouldn’t worry that Kerry Wood is hurt, because we weren’t counting on him anyhow. But it’s gotta just stick in your craw that Wood is injured again. It’s sticking in mine. Let’s...

What’s so mad about March?

Madness means insanity, right? So by billing their postseason men’s basketball tournament as “March Madness” isn’t the NCAA showing the same insensitivity to batshit crazy people as some member institutions were by having a drunk 19 year old...

Guest Dose: Dempster still the closer for now

Lou Piniella is sticking with his story that Ryan Dempster is his closer, even with Kerry Wood seemingly ready to take the reigns should Dempster struggle. With the numbers Dempster has been putting up during Spring Training, can you blame him? While all the hype has...

Lou: For the record, I REALLY hate Ozzie Guillen

I woke up this morning annoyed, and I’ll tell you why. Ozzie Guillen really burrows under my skin, lays eggs, and then scratches at me until my skin breaks open and a bunch of venomous spiders runs down my body straight toward my balls. Seriously, you guys have...

Guest Dose: Do they have towels in Iowa?

Didn’t Spring Training feel good for a few minutes there? Every day, there was a new story about how Prior and Wood were both healthy, Wade Miller was coming along, and Alfonso Soriano and Lou Piniella were happily shampooing each other’s hair and...

Guest Dose: A New Sammy?

Sammy Sosa has apparently not only learned English in the time since the steroid hearings, but he’s also learned only the right English words. Sosa has been all smiles, humility, and “team first” attitude in his Spring Training tryout with the Texas...