Are we enjoying this enough?

Are we enjoying this enough?

Old Ma Nature decided to give us all a little mental break last night, and she rained out the Cubs regularly scheduled win against the San Diego Padres.  I think we all needed it.  I was asleep by nine o’clock—on the couch, no less—mostly because our beloved,...
Dusty’s back!

Dusty’s back!

Baseball’s best team returns home tonight after just about as thorough a pants-ing of the next best team in a division that you’re ever going to see.  After falling behind 1-0 in the first game of the three-game sweep of Pissburgh, the Cubs kicked the...
Wrigley’s never looked better, just in time

Wrigley’s never looked better, just in time

With Opening Night (why are the Cubs opening at night…again?) just hours away, we’re getting our first good looks at the renovations to Wrigley Field that were mostly made on the outside this offseason. Quite frankly, the park has never looked better....
Buy the ticket, take the ride

Buy the ticket, take the ride

It was inevitable that whenever the Cubs rebuild showed promise that the world would jump on the bandwagon.  When dozens of “experts” pick the Cubs to win the World Series, like they have this year, it’s as much for the story as it is the team. The...
Cubs Preview: The pitching is deeper than Nietzsche

Cubs Preview: The pitching is deeper than Nietzsche

Later today we can get to the predictions that are sure to be terribly wrong, but right now we’ll cover the entire pitching staff.  With these Cubs, that’s no small feat.  For the first time since…ever, the Cubs appear to be well armed not only...
Cubs Preview: Our outfielders are bigger than yours

Cubs Preview: Our outfielders are bigger than yours

Part two of our preseason preview extravaganza takes us to the outfield, where the Cubs have decided that if you don’t weigh 220 pounds or more you have no business out there.1 People are worried about the outfield defense, since the current outfield assemblage...