Soul crushing flashback: Cubs-Padres Game 5, 1984

Feb 11, 2013 | Cubs

All winter long I’ve been tempted to take the time to watch the replay of game five of the 1984 National League Championship Series between the Cubs and Padres.  Why?  I mean, I know how it ends, and it’s ugly and painful.  But I was 11 years old when it...

Podcast 9 — Kegel Convention?

Jan 28, 2013 | Cubs, Podcast

This podcast has actual breaking news in it. Well, it would have if we didn’t wait five days to publish it. We lament the addition of yet another Hairston. And, we talk about Candy Maldonado. Well, why wouldn’t we? Oh, and Pre, I talk about your extra long...

Conventional wisdom

Jan 21, 2013 | Cubs

In case you didn’t notice (and judging by the attendance, you didn’t), the Cubs Convention was this last weekend.  Loveable LoserFest had a new home, this time the Sheraton hosted the events, and the first thing Cubs fans did was complain that the...

Rejected by the Muskbox: Big Z, uniforms and gainful employment

Jan 14, 2013 | Cubs

A tradition unlike any other.  Dumb Cubs fans ask Carrie Muskat questions for her Cubs.com column, Hire Jim Essian makes fun of them, and then, Carrie sends me the ones so dumb they didn’t even make it in, in the first place. There’s no time to waste (she...

Podcast: Episode 8 – Hall of Shame

Jan 11, 2013 | Cubs, Podcast

Back from our long holiday hiatus, our heroes are reunited to talk about 40th wedding anniversary Alaskan cruises, Jeff Bagwell’s batting stance, Barry Bonds’ growing cranium, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the meet up for this year’s Cubs...

Valbueno

Jan 7, 2013 | Cubs

Move over Call of Duty 7: Global Disembowelment of Friend and Foe, here’s the newest best-selling game of all-time. This means, this game probably drops to the second half of the all-time top 10.  But Hank’s still playing, so there’s time to get...