Return of the Tweetbag

Return of the Tweetbag

So, you know what you do when you’re procrastinating about starting a subscription newsletter? You come up with content for the newsletter and then don’t do the newsletter. But the good news for you is that the Tweetbag is back! Did you miss it?...
Dave Brown – Pointless Exercise Podcast

Dave Brown – Pointless Exercise Podcast

Baseball writer Dave Brown joins Andy to talk about how excited they are to talk to each other, baseball, Mark Grace, the programming on the Marquee Network, the ’98 Cubs, why the Cubs have an off day in Milwaukee on the second day of the season, rules changes,...
Monday Morning Cubbin’ Down

Monday Morning Cubbin’ Down

If you didn’t hear the news, my weekly Cubs’ column on The Athletic is no more. But that doesn’t mean the Monday morning fun has to stop. You know, I didn’t get a chance to name my column over there, and now that you’ve seen the name of...
Why I’m leaving The Athletic

Why I’m leaving The Athletic

So, I’ve got some news. It might be bad news, or it might be good news, depending on if you subscribe to The Athletic and if you actually like(d) my weekly Monday morning Cub o’ Coffee column, which I wrote every week from March 2016 until about a month...
Marquee is here – Did you miss anything?

Marquee is here – Did you miss anything?

At 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 22 as promised–even though nobody asked for it–the Cubs launched their team owned (mostly) and operated TV network.  They’ve been supposedly planning for this network for nine years and have been dreaming about it even...