Cubs report continued: How many more years until they try?

On Monday we took a rambling tour of the Cubs pitching staff for 2013 and with the season starting for realsies on Monday, I’d better run through their awesome (cough, cough, gag, cough) offense today. Let’s face it, this offense was shitty last year, and...
Rejected by the Muskbox: Hereditary defense

Rejected by the Muskbox: Hereditary defense

It’s been a while, but Carrie Muskat sent me a Muskbox rejection today, and it’s a good one: @desipiodotcom A #Cubs fan asked if Scott Hairston could play 3B because his father & brother did. Care to answer? — Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) March 25,...

Cubs Report: How many more years until they try?

Another long baseball season, full of excitement and promise and good times is right around the corner.  Not for the Cubs, but for some teams.  For the Cubs, 2013 is year two of the “Hey we haven’t won in a long time, but at least now we’re trying...

Phil Rogers wants to do away with outdated things

Several times per week (hell, twice a day, sometimes) baseball dumbass Phil Rogers writes mind-numbingly dumb things that he deserves to be ridiculed for.  So just how dumb must something he writes be, to have him be completely self-aware about how dumb it is?...

If nothing else, WGN gives good promo

Still a shitload of snow on the ground up here, but Cubs games on TV this weekend will remind us…well, probably what a long assed season it’s going to be. Still, I’m going to miss these WGN promos when the Cubs bolt for a TV partner who isn’t...