The Immortals

The Immortals

Of course, they made us wait. A four run lead in the fifth wasn’t enough.  A three run lead in the eighth wasn’t enough.  The Cubs couldn’t, wouldn’t and maybe, they shouldn’t have, made it easy on themselves or on us.  It took almost...
This is just the greatest damned thing ever

This is just the greatest damned thing ever

I’ve been accused of beating a joke into the ground (Hank White Fan Club, Luis Valbuena: superstar, Al Yellon is awful) oh, wait, not that last one.  But when I predicted and continued to predict1 that Kyle Schwarber’s season wasn’t really over when...
Podcast: World Series (no, really) preview

Podcast: World Series (no, really) preview

Since that little event called the World Series starts Tuesday night, if we were going to cram in a podcast we figured we’d better do it quick.  Last week when we signed off we knew the only way we’d back this week is if the Cubs won the pennant.  Well,...
Same place, different time

Same place, different time

My wife knows nothing about baseball 4 and so this morning she asked me, “How many more games do they need to win to go to the World Series?”  When I told her that they just need to win one more, either Saturday or Sunday she said, “Oh, good.  That will be fun.” And I...