Some Cubs fans are really cool

Feb 5, 2015 | Cubs, Featured

Not only does WGN do an excellent job actually broadcasting Cubs games, but every year at this time they put out a video that gets us all fired up for the season.  In recent years, we had this sickly feeling that the video was going to be as good as it gets.  This...

On second thought, let’s just play one

Jan 27, 2015 | Cubs

It’s great to see the sentiment, nationwide, after the passing of Cubs legend Ernie Banks.  He was a great man, a great athlete and for a product of the Negro Leagues, who came to the Cubs in the 1950’s to spend more than 60 years as the face of the...

107 reasons to look forward to spring training

Jan 26, 2015 | Cubs, Featured

I have been working on this for a while and I wasn’t sure whether to leave the original #1 reason in or start over.  Partly, because I’m still upset about the whole thing, but mostly because I’m too lazy to rewrite it, you’ll see what had me...

Cubs trade Valbuena; bail on another season

Jan 19, 2015 | Cubs, Featured

After letting one of their best players shoot off his mouth about winning the division this season, the Cubs wasted little time in sending an indisputable message of their own to their fans. “We hate you, and we want you to continue to suffer.” As though...

Cubs seeking radio pre and post game host

Jan 14, 2015 | Cubs, Media Hacks

One of the interesting things about the Cubs leaving WGN radio for WBBM is that apparently WBBM doesn’t have anybody hired yet to do pre and post game shows.  Hey, as long as it isn’t George Ofman, I think we’d all be happy. But they’ve...

The Sporting News is full of shit

Jan 9, 2015 | Cubs

If you missed it, and because it was in whatever is left of The Sporting News, you probably did, the once esteemed publication picked the Cubs to win the World Series. This season. I know.  Fuck them, right? The Cubs have made great strides in the last three years,...