Maybe Pythagoras is just full of shit

May 31, 2013 | Cubs, Featured

Dale Sveum is not a mathematician.  In fact, he doesn’t seem to be much of a thinker.  So it’s unlikely that he understands that his fourth place Cubs really shouldn’t be bad.  They ought to be mediocre. Woo!  Cubs fever.  Catch it.  And die....

Can’t spell Most Valuable without Valbue(n)a

May 16, 2013 | Cubs, Featured

The Internet long ago identified me as the biggest Luis Valbuena jock sniffer on the planet, and to that, I can only say, “So?” Long, long ago, I founded the Hank White Fan Club and we, to this day, share glorious tales of Henry Blanco’s long (16...

Too quick to apologize

May 16, 2013 | Cubs, Media Hacks

Yesterday was quite a day for the guy at Bleacher Nation, Brett Taylor.  It started innocently enough: a recap of the exploits of the Cubs minor leaguers–written by a guy named Luke they are infinitely better than the ones at Al Yellon’s House of...

So are the Cubs broke, or cheap, or both

Apr 9, 2013 | Cubs

From today’s Sun Times it’s pretty apparent that Gordon Wittenmyer isn’t going to stop writing about how the Cubs: a) have no money b) have huge, crippling, staggering, suffocating debt c) can’t pay free agents d) refuse to pay free agents e)...

Reminder: David Haugh is the dumbest

Apr 7, 2013 | Cubs

So I was enjoying a rare sunny Sunday when I got direct messaged by someone in the Chicago media asking if I had read David Haugh’s column today. Consider Sunday ruined. We long ago established that Haugh is an idiot, and a terrible columnist.  Days like today...

Why Marmol should still be closing

Apr 2, 2013 | Cubs

Yesterday’s opener was a new experience for most Cubs fans.  Starting pitcher Jeff Samardzija was terrific, striking out nine and allowing only two hits over eight innings.  The defense, except for the first ball hit at human wombat Brent Lillibridge was also...