Feb 10, 2012 | Cubs, Featured
Our good friend at Big League Stew, Kevin Kaduk, thinks it’s funny that I loathe Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster so much. Â And I can see why. Â Dempster’s been a Cub since 2004 and there have been much bigger louts and disappointments to root against in that...
Feb 9, 2012 | Cubs, Featured
The Cubs equipment truck is on its way to Mesa, which can mean only one thing…hijack that puppy and get all the clean jock straps you can stuff in your shorts! Â No, wait, it means Spring Training is on the way. Â You know what else says that? Â A fucking...
Jan 11, 2012 | Cubs, Featured
Some days it doesn’t pay to be busy. Â I was tied up all day, and so this morning, when I read Al Yellon’s open letter to Theo Epstein and Jed Hoyer about re-signing Kerry Wood, I tried the old, “clear my calendar, THIS is all I’m doing...
Jan 5, 2012 | Cubs, Featured
Despite the hand-wringing of the usual gaggle of dolts who write about the Cubs when Theo Epstein said it would be a “trust but verify” situation that could get Carlos Zambrano back on the mound for the Cubs this season, it was never going to happen....
Dec 28, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
You remember, because nobody could ever forget, that last year, Al Yellon had a sitdown with Cubs “owner” Tom Ricketts, where he asked Tom 100 questions, and 94 of them were “Who owns the Cubs?” After a thorough grilling like that it’s no...
Dec 22, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
Our good friend Dave Kaplan breathlessly tweeted yesterday “Breaking Cubs news: Cubs to completely rebuild.” That was breaking news in the same way that “Breaking Bears news: Caleb Hanie still sucks,” would be breaking news. Â Did I miss...
