Better up the Geritol dosage

You have to be pretty petty to enjoy someone else’s pain. I, apparently, am petty as hell, because watching Albert Pujols limp off the field Saturday was the most satisfying thing I’d seen in a Cubs’ game since…well, I suppose the Scott...

Better late than Nevin

Proving he has a pulse (no matter how feint), Cubs GM Jim Hendry made a Blockbuster trade today, sending Jerry Hairston the Lesser to Texas in exchange for Phil Nevin a preowned copy of the Chronicles of Narnia DVD and a jumbo box of Junior Mints. Nevin, tearing up...

Outstanding in their field

You have to hand it to the Cubs.  Few teams lose with the kind of panache the Cubs do.  How many teams spoil their own no-hitters by losing a flyball in the sun?  How many teams can roar back to score four runs in the ninth inning only to lose the game two...

Pointless Exercise: Braves at Cubs, 1:20 p.m., 5/26

Today’s GameCast brought to you by: Pitching matchup: Braves: Tim Hudson, 4-3, 3.95 ERA Cubs: The Lawnmower, 3-2, 3.53 ERA Lineups Braves Marcus Giles, 2b Edgar Rentererror, ss Larry Wayne Jones, 3b Andruw, cf Adam LaRoche, 1b Jeff Francouer, rf (Watch,...

Those cheatin’ Mets

You’ll have to excuse Jim Hendry if he’s a little confused these days.  After spending most of April and all of May to this point trying to patiently explain to us that he couldn’t fill the gaping hole left by the injury to Derrek Lee, because...

Tony Womack coming Friday, Friday, Friday!

With Photoshop you can do a lot of things. Unfortunately, I didn’t need to Photoshop Tony Womack into a dragster. Nope, this is really him. This is the man Jim Hendry thinks will save the Cubs. This is the same Tony Womack who played so miserably for the Cubs in...