Ricky’s getting off easy

Oct 31, 2014 | Cubs

With the Joe Maddon to the Cubs announcement due any time now, there is still some (not a lot, granted) hand-wringing about what this move says about the Cubs management.  Sure, they are spending big to hire the best manager they can get, but in the process they are...

Exclusive: Rick Renteria’s voicemails for Theo

Oct 28, 2014 | Cubs, Oral Histories

Since the news broke last Friday that former Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon had opted out of his contract, the Cubs have been intriguingly silent about the job status of their manager Rick(y) Renteria.  Ricky has not been, however.  He issued a statement through his...

So, it’s gonna happen

Oct 27, 2014 | Cubs

On Friday, it seemed like another blow (in a bad way) to the crotch of the Cubs plans to dominate the National League for a decade or two.  Just days after Andrew Friedman left the Tampa Bay Raymonds for SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR to vice president and generally...

Time to start thinking big

Oct 17, 2014 | Cubs

This October has been different.  At least it feels different.  Maybe it’s because I have returned to the land of my birth from a short exile into the wilds of northern Michigan, maybe it’s because nothing in baseball seems to make any sense.  The past...

Tom Ricketts fires up the fans

Oct 10, 2014 | Cubs

It’s that time of year again.  Cubs season ticket holders got their annual love letter from Tom Ricketts, where he thanks them for supporting them through thin and thin and reminds them that things won’t always this be this bad and asks them if they need...

The Cubs are going to have to save baseball

Oct 9, 2014 | Cubs

It’s a tradition unlike any other.  It seems like every fall baseball gets ruined for me.  I love baseball, it’s my favorite sport.  I think it would have to be for me to devote as much time as I do to the Cubs.  But for going on 15 years now I just...