The end starts tonight

The end starts tonight

Cubs in three. There, I said it.  A sweep.  Two at Wrigley this weekend, then wrap it up with a beatdown of the humorless, wannabe cowboy, fun police captain on Monday night.  Crazy, you say?  These the are Giants!  They’ve won three of the last five World Series! ...
The podcast returns for the playoffs

The podcast returns for the playoffs

It’s been about 350 days since their last one but the dopes from Desipio and Hire Jim Essian sat down for 90 minutes of pure podcast goodness.  Or ramblings.  Or something. If you don’t want to look at them you can subscribe to it on iTunes.
Before the panic, take a moment to savor this season

Before the panic, take a moment to savor this season

Soon enough, the panic will set in.  We’re Cubs fans, and we have two default settings, anguish and doom.  Occasionally we allow ourselves to get really excited about our team, but that doesn’t happen often, and it is always followed by a good, thorough soul...
Embrace the insanity

Embrace the insanity

You are here most likely because you, long ago, for no good reason, made a conscious decision to root for the most inept professional sports franchise in America. I made that same decision, about 35 years ago. I was just a punk kid rooting for his dad’s favorite...
Let it happen

Let it happen

At this point, it would be nice if the Cubs would just stop lying to us. It’s going to happen, we all know it’s going to happen, and it’s going to be awesome. So how about they just stop downplaying the possibility of it, and let us embrace its inevitability? No, I’m...
Hey Cardinals! We didn’t see you back there!

Hey Cardinals! We didn’t see you back there!

If you’re going to any of the games at Wrigley this weekend you really need to stop as you go into the park and buy a program. I know that you think you don’t need one now that you are actually paying attention to the games again, and because you can just look up both...