Crazy is as crazy does

The Chicago radio airwaves are filled with conflicting reports as to who the Cubs have offered the Los Angeles Dodgers for outfielder/board game magnate Milton Bradley. Whether it’s the useful Todd Walker or the useless Corey Patterson is the issue. Well,...

Crack pot

One of the things that is hard to do is to avoid the temptation of kicking someone you don’t like when they’re down. It’s hard. It takes a big man. Fortunately, nobody around here is that big. If you’re like me (and really, aren’t you...

Daily Dose: Pretty Buccin’ Good

You can tell we’re all Chicago sports fans, because here we are with an 8-3 football team, winners of seven games in a row (I should point out the Bears are unbeaten since three generations of Dolan men took in the Minnesota game in person) and owners of the...

Glutton for punishment

Back in early June, Cubs’ announcer Len Kasper threw caution to the wind and agreed to answer questions flung at him by you, the intrepid readers of Desipio. It was a tremendous interview, likely to get us our second Pulitzer Prize. There were no wrong answers...

Daily Dose: “A good day to be a Bear”

I’m pretty sure it’s impossible to blow a team out 13-3, but tell the truth, it felt like it yesterday, didn’t it? From the moment Chris Harris dove to break up the Panthers only shot at a touchdown with more than eight minutes to go,...

Daily Dose: Eyre you kidding?

Jim Hendry seems like a nice, earnest, guy. Sure he has some problems. He tends to fall down the stairs, he combs his hair with his hand and for his entire run with the Cubs, his bullpens have sucked. But, he’s not cheap when it comes to finding the sucky...