Don’t force us to root against you

You just knew this was going to happen, didn’t you? Jim Hendry finally gets fed up enough to unwittingly let the media know that he’s getting ready to drop the much overdue axe on Dusty Baker and his pathetic coaching staff, only to have the Cubs win four...

The Dose: Comings and Goings

After long years of suffering, two of Chicago’s suffering fan bases saw glimpses of light over the weekend. The Bulls signed the best free agent available, and did it in a very un-Chicago kind of way. They backed up their, “We want you, and we’re...

Corey hasn’t learned a damned thing

In today’s Chicago Mouthpiece Tribune, Missy Isaacson writes what I thought would be an interesting piece on the success that Corey Patterson has enjoyed in Baltimore, once freed of the tutelage of the Cubs’ clownish coaching staff.  I was looking...

The Dose: Fire up that extension!

Oh, what a weekend it was for the Cubs.  After that thrilling win on Saturday, which featured a game-winning homer by Jock and a game-ending 1-6-3 putout on glacially slow Ross Gload, the Cubs rode homers by powerhouses Carlos Zambrano, Neifi Perez and two from...

Inevitable Frustration: White Sox at Cubs, 1:20 p.m., 6/29

Ooh, cross town humiliation. Brought to you by: Pitching matchup: White Sox: Matt Karchner…no, wait, Jon Garland, 6-3, 5.76 ERA Cubs: Sean Marshall, 4-6, 5.13 ERA Lineups Pablo Escobar, lf (Where is Scotty Fabulous? BC will be so hurt.) Todd Iguchi, 2b Paul...