Daily Dose: Where’s the broom? Edmonds is sitting on it.

Just because we’re Cubs fans doesn’t mean we’re all masochists. We don’t just blindly follow this forsaken baseball team because we enjoy the kick to the groin feeling they hand out so regularly. There has to be something that keeps our...

Cubs Live! — Cubs Home Opener, Satanic Fowl at Cubs, 1:20 pm, 4/7

Pitching Matchup: Satanic Fowl: Jeff Suppan, 0-0, 0.00 ERA Cubs: Greggie, 0-0, 0.00 ERA Lineups Satanic Fowl (3-0) The Garden Gnome, ss Juan Encarceration, rf Grandpa Pujols, 1b Lassie, cf Scott Rolen, 3b So What?, lf Gary Bennett, c Aaron Miles, 2b Jeff Suppan, p...

Daily Dose: Will he ever catch on?

Yesterday, during the early part of the Cubs’ pantlode of a loss to the Reds, I was in my car and so I had XM on and was listening to Marty Brenneman’s call of the game for the Reds. He talked about “the Cubs’ excellent young catcher, Michael...

Cubs Live! — Cubs at Reds, 11:35 am, 4/5

Pitching Matchup: Cubs: Glendon Rusch (0-0), 0.00 ERA Reds: Bronson Arroyo (0-0), 0.00 ERA Lineups: Cubs (1-0) Lucky Pierre, cf Disgusted Bat Flip, 2b MV Lee, 1b E-ramis, 3b Jock Jones, rf Catcher Number Two, c Matt Murton, lf Ron(ny) Ce(deno), ss Glendon Rusch, p...

Baseball Preview: NL Scouting Reports

I understand the basic concept that a baseball preview should be run before the season starts. I’m on board with the concept. I just didn’t bother to follow it. So a day after the Senior Circuit went to work, without Nomar–what a surprise. It’s...