Dec 9, 2005 | Andy
The winter meetings are over (and we know this because Jim Hendry’s mini-bar is empty) and the Cubs have been busy seeding the clouds with ideas like, “Hey, we got Juan Pierre, all we need is a hack right fielder and we’re golden!” or...
Dec 7, 2005 | Andy
It was sometime before either game one or game two of the 2003 NLCS, and then Marlins’ centerfielder Juan Pierre was being interviewed by Fox and he commented that his biggest worry was that he would “run into that ivory on the wall and kill myself.”...
Dec 6, 2005 | Andy
One thing you might not know about the Baseball Winter Meetings is that it’s a convention. Just like the ones that regular working stiffs get roped into going to with their bosses. You stay in a hotel that could be a Sheraton, Hyatt or Marriott (they all look...
Dec 5, 2005 | Andy
It was a win over the hated Packers, at home, by 12 points, with Packers players routinely scooped up off the turf and carried to the sidelines. It was the first home win over the annoying cheesers in 12 tries. The Bears are 9-3, they have a two game division lead...
Dec 4, 2005 | Andy
We’re Cubs fans, we’re used to being disappointed. It’s part of the job. It’s actually on the job description just above delusional and right under drunk. So when we all found out that Rafael Furcal had spurned the Cubs’ alleged five year...
Dec 1, 2005 | Andy
You wrote them, he answered them. For the second time since he joined the Cubs, Len Kasper has thrown himself in front of the Desipio firing squad. ———- Hello Desipio, thanks once again for inviting me to answer some questions and maybe shed a little...
