Sep 11, 2017 | 20th Anniversary, Featured
Desipio is so old that when it started there wasn’t any social media. It’s not like Twitter made me more of a smartass, it just allowed me to inflict it on more people. Such is the price of fame that it occasionally comes back to bite people. Like when...
Aug 17, 2017 | 20th Anniversary, Cubs, Featured, MLB
It seems perfectly sensible now that Theo Epstein left the Red Sox to take on the task of rebuilding the Cubs, but at the time it was a complete shock. First, that Theo would want to come, and second, that the Ricketts didn’t screw it all up. Here’s the...
Aug 17, 2017 | 20th Anniversary, Featured, MLB
Remember in 2007 when Lou Pinella lost his shit and kicked dirt all over a third base umpire? He got suspended and the Cubs went on their first decent winning streak of the season. We did a running diary of game two of his suspension on June 4, 2007 against the...
Aug 7, 2017 | 20th Anniversary, Featured
In our twentieth year (no shit) we’re taking looks back at great moments in Desipio history. In our first installment we relived the Cubs winning the World Series.23 But today we revisit an absolute classic. We’re going back to February 9, 2011 when...
Jul 24, 2017 | 20th Anniversary, Featured
And they said it wouldn’t last. Actually, nobody said that because nobody knew it was around. On July 24, 1997 a little website popped up in an obscure corner of a still obscure thing called the Internet. The site wasn’t yet called Desipio, it was still...
Jul 13, 2017 | Cubs, Featured, MLB
There are many great traditions that Cubs fans have. Flying the W flag after wins. Throwing opponents’ home runs back onto the field. Checking out each other’s dongs at the troughs.32 And overvaluing prospects they’ve never seen play. Granted, the...
