We get it, old people love the Cubs

We get it, old people love the Cubs

WGN does a fine job with their season opening promos, and this year’s is…well…it’s not bad, but it doesn’t match teh awesomes of last year. This year’s seems to be a reminder that old people love the Cubs, and even the oldest ones...
Dusty loves him some injured pitchers

Dusty loves him some injured pitchers

It’s been a busy couple of days for Dusty Baker.  On Monday he finally decided to tell the epic tale of the day somebody took a dump in the spot where he liked to stand in the home dugout when he managed the Cubs.  Who am I to doubt the truthiness of...
Marking their territory

Marking their territory

The monumental Ricketts-Yellon sit down is over.  Al ran the third part of his largely uninformative,  unintentionally hilarious interview on Friday.  If you’re wondering why the Cubs would grant somebody like Yellon this access and not a real writer like...
Cubs want to be exempt from amusement

Cubs want to be exempt from amusement

Yesterday Al Yellon ran part one of his three part epic miniseries of pedantism, his interview with a guy he’s pretty sure isn’t the owner of the Cubs, Tom Ricketts. While part one consisted mostly of Al trying to get himself invited to the next...
Wait, who owns the Cubs?

Wait, who owns the Cubs?

Wednesday on his award-winning Cubs Web site (three-time winner of the Webby for dullest blog ever) Al Yellon posted the first of what he promises (threatens?) will be a three-part interview with Cubs “owner” Tom Ricketts. When it was first pointed out to...
Franchester needs a new act

Franchester needs a new act

Our old pal Franchester Martin Brennaman is at it again.  Everybody’s favorite tone deaf hack got paid to give a speech at Marshall University in West Virginia over the weekend and he gave the people what they came to hear. It was basically all of...