Apr 15, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
Back before the season started, some sage looked at the Cubs first 12 games (home series with Pissburgh and Arizona, road trips to Milwaukee and Houston) and declared that they’d better go at least 7-5 or else. I’m not sure what I meant by or else, but...
Apr 9, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
There really is no more hit or miss assignment in TV or radio than the man on the street, and we have this new classic from WBEZ where a bald guy with a beard (always looks like their head was installed upside down) interviews a drunk Cubs fan. She’s the perfect...
Apr 7, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
If you didn’t know Chris Deluca still had a job at a Chicago newspaper, you’re not alone. But sure enough, there he was on Sunday twatting away about how the Cubs were going to ruin Starlin Castro just like they ruined Corey Patterson. Apparently, Deluca...
Mar 29, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
Opening day for the Cubs is April 1 this year, which really seems appropriate. Regardless of when Opening Day is, it always makes you think. How many things does it make you think? Well, that’s a ridiculous question. But just off the top of my head (and...
Mar 27, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
WGN gives good promo and they did a nice job this year with some “testimonial” ads. Here’s a preview of them, and one of these guys is going to change his mind before his real promo airs. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg1mKSKgqfs]...
Mar 22, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
Opening day is next Friday (April Fool’s Day, appropriately) and the Cubs are getting to the serious business of figuring out what 25 guys will be on that roster. Granted, the roster that starts the season normally looks nothing like the one that ends it, but...