Tom Ricketts fires up the fans

Tom Ricketts fires up the fans

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

The Cubs are going to have to save baseball

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...
Things are about to get interesting

Things are about to get interesting

I’ve been around long enough to have seen some shit.  As a Cubs fan, it’s mostly all I’ve seen, to be honest.  In the last four decades the Cubs have been good approximately eight times. Eight. Oh, how humiliating. For the last three years they...
A referendum on dumbasses

A referendum on dumbasses

Last night’s trade of Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel to the A’s for Addison Russell, Billy McKinney and Dan Straily is basically functioning as a referendum on which Cubs fans are the dumbest.  Not surprisingly it’s a several million way tie....
It’s about time Luis got his due

It’s about time Luis got his due

With a 3-4 night in Pissburgh yesterday, our boy Luis Valbuena pushed his season slash line to .288/.394/.456/.850 and his OPS plus to 132.  He splits his time between second and third base, and oh, by the way, he’s currently the most productive player at...
The Daily Dose: Half-assed Don Zimmer tribute addition

The Daily Dose: Half-assed Don Zimmer tribute addition

And you thought you’d never see it again! With 1989 manager of the year, and all-around beloved figure Don Zimmer passing last night, how about we turn back the clock and do a Daily Dose just for old time’s sake? Here’s the great Vin Scully on the...