Jan 11, 2016 | Featured, MLB
Remember back when the news that the Cardinals had been caught hacking into the Astros scouting database first came out and the Cardinals tried to act like some overzealous interns were just goofing around online in a crack house in Jupiter, Florida during spring...
Dec 30, 2015 | Cubs, Featured, MLB
If there’s one thing that all these years of being a Cubs fan have taught us, it’s that when you think the team is going to suck you have to convince yourself that somehow they can actually contend, and when you think the team is going to be good, you have...
Dec 28, 2015 | Cubs, Featured, MLB
Now somewhat lost amid the hubub over Jason Heyward telling the Cardinals to genuflect and cram “Baseball Heaven” to their nether regions and Ben Zobrist telling the Mets to spend their ill-gotten Ponzi fortune on someone else, the Cubs also signed John...
Dec 23, 2015 | Cubs, Featured, MLB, Oral Histories
We’re coming up on the anniversary of the worst trade in Cubs history. Â It’s a true testament to how good the 2015 Cubs were that they could win 97 games, and advance two rounds through the playoffs, despite being gutted just a few months before. After...
Dec 13, 2015 | Cubs, Featured
Someday, long in the future when historians are trying to decipher exactly when the St. Louis Cardinals reign of terror ended, they will have a few milestone moments to choose from. They’ll weigh the importance of moments like Kyle Schwarber parking a ball on...
Dec 8, 2015 | Cubs, Featured
We knew when the season ended with a thud in game four of the NLCS that it was last we’d see of THOSE Cubs. Â The free-wheeling, thrill-a-minute Cubs of 2015 would never be quite the same. We knew that last week when the Cubs signed 2012 Husband of the Year John...
