Jun 20, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
It was bad enough when they did it the first time. The second was gratuitous, and caused me to ruin a Father’s Day Eve party with a uncontrollable stream of expletives focused at the poor, innocent television. Ryan Dempster’s Harry Caray...
Jun 14, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
By my unofficial count the Cubs currently have just over 1,200 players on the 15-day disabled list. I might be off by a few, but whatever the actual number, it’s a lot. In a previous job, I used to estimate Grant Park victory rally crowds for the Bulls. ...
Jun 6, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
After another fun time at the old ballpark gagging away a lead to the Cardinals, Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano decided to do something that apparently you just can’t do. He told the truth. He wasn’t ranting and raving like a lunatic, he was standing in...
Jun 2, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
You know something must be obvious when both David Huh and Rick Morrissey feel the need to write about it. Today, they both wrote about how the Cubs are bad (gee, thanks for the news flash). Huh’s take was even more laughably dumb than Morrissey’s was,...
Jun 1, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
The most interesting thing about the Cubs season so far is how mad some of the fans are that this team is bad. Didn’t we all expect that? Even if this team were healthy (and it is decidedly unhealthy) it just wasn’t going to be that good. If they...
May 12, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
Thanks to off days the Cubs have been able to put the James Russell Experience on hold. The next time they need their fifth starter it’ll be salad tossing lefty Doug Davis. Thirty-five year old, cancer survivor Doug Davis. Thirty-five year old, cancer and...
