Sep 10, 2015 | Cubs, Featured
For 25 innings this week the Cubs dominated their inbred brethren to the southwest. They out hit them, they out pitched them, they out fielded them, and their fans out-toothed Cardinals fans three to one. The Cubs, who had last visited Bus(c)h Stadium in June,...
Aug 28, 2015 | Cubs, Featured
Tuesday is September 1 which means that summer came and went before we knew what happened. Â It also means Major League Baseball teams are allowed to inflate their active roster to an absurd 40 players. Â The reasoning is simple. Â Minor league seasons wind down...
Aug 25, 2015 | Cubs, Featured
We are all counting on 2015 being the first of a half-decade or so (or much longer, much longer would be nice) Cubs renaissance. The young players are sure to get better (most of them, anyway), more accomplished veterans should be added, especially to the pitching...
Aug 10, 2015 | Cubs, Featured
In many ways, we–you and me–are the worst possible people to determine just how good the 2015 Chicago Cubs are. We have a long history of loving this franchise and hating this franchise and wanting to hug them and wanting to punch them and everything in...
Aug 7, 2015 | Cubs, Featured
Yesterday, Jed Hoyer, the tiny little guy who Theo Epstein allows to pretend he’s the general manager, said that the Cubs are about to have some “fun” roster problems. Â Jed’s idea of fun needs some work. What he was referring to is the...
Aug 6, 2015 | Cubs, Featured, Media Hacks
I know times are tough in the newspaper business. Â Circulation is at all-time lows, people don’t want to pay for access to stories on the Internet. Â Advertisers see little value in print ads, and most don’t have a clue how to effectively advertise...
