Jun 14, 2013 | Cubs, Featured, Media Hacks
If you’re wondering why the visibility of @desipiodotcom on Twitter is so poor right now, all you kids watching from home, it’s Steve Stone’s fault. Sort of. Yesterday Twitter got flooded with more annoying spam tweets than usual. Â And I got one...
Jun 6, 2013 | Cubs, Featured
The night the Cubs have been waiting for, since this time last year is here. Â It’s the first day (night, actually) of the 2013 Major League Baseball Rule 4 Draft. Â The Cubs have the second pick in the draft thanks to being the second worst team in baseball...
May 31, 2013 | Cubs, Featured
Dale Sveum is not a mathematician. Â In fact, he doesn’t seem to be much of a thinker. Â So it’s unlikely that he understands that his fourth place Cubs really shouldn’t be bad. Â They ought to be mediocre. Woo! Â Cubs fever. Â Catch it. Â And die....
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...
May 16, 2013 | Cubs, Media Hacks
Yesterday was quite a day for the guy at Bleacher Nation, Brett Taylor. Â 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...