If nothing else, WGN gives good promo

Mar 15, 2013 | Cubs

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...

Podcast Ep 13 – Live from the Valley of the Sun…and trains

Mar 7, 2013 | Cubs, Podcast

In this week’s epsiode, the gang spares no expense and sends Kerm to the desert to watch the Cubs fail to take a lead in any game he attends, and they inexplicably have him stand outside of his hotel room overlooking the parking lot.  Andy apparently forgets to...

Podcast: You can’t unsee this

Mar 4, 2013 | Cubs, Podcast

Because you asked for it (no, no you didn’t) we’ve added video to the podcast and now you can see us as we talk about baseball…or at least talk about talking about baseball. As you’ll see, I got all dressed up in a nice black Oregon t-shirt, we...

Podcast: A Good Day to Campana?

Feb 21, 2013 | Cubs, Podcast

We actually podcasted on time this time, and posted it in a timely fashion, so many of our musings are still somewhat current. I don’t show up until 4:30 in, so feel free to just skip to that part, because that’s when the Podcast gold starts. So what do we...

Wanna watch Pope John Paul II hit in a batting cage?

Feb 13, 2013 | Cubs

  Of course you do. Donn Pall played for both the White Sox and Cubs, looks like they signed the wrong Pontiff.

Look at this gem: Hot Days of August!

Feb 12, 2013 | Cubs

YouTube is the greatest.  Check this out.  Here’s a commercial free version of a late season special produced by WGN-TV in 1984 recapping the rise of the Cubs.  You get Steve Stone in a leisure suit, Harry in a sissy blue sweater, Jim Frey creepily staring...