Opening day without the old man

Opening day without the old man

My  nephew, my brother and I were looking for a pin for dad to wear on the lapel of his suit.  There were plenty to pick from, he had Cubs pins and lots of Notre Dame pins.  He had some on his Cubs hat, some on his Notre Dame hat and a bunch more in a drawer that...
WGN America might never come back to DirecTV

WGN America might never come back to DirecTV

Yesterday, on April Fools’ Day, no less, DirecTV subscribers all over the country woke up to a message on their TV that DirecTV and Tribune Company had not come to a new carriage agreement and as a result 23 Tribune owned local affiliates, and WGN America are no...
Meet the Cubs Pitchers!

Meet the Cubs Pitchers!

Yesterday we took a tour of the Cubs position players as we head into the 2012 season.  It wasn’t a pretty sight.  It was like coming up on a motorcycle accident and realizing that the driver wasn’t wearing a helmet or pants. Today, we hold our nose and...
The Genius goes to work

The Genius goes to work

Major League Baseball has officially hired recently retired Tony LaRussa as a “special advisor.”  LaRussa will be paid $2.5 million to handle “special projects” and will not have to hang out in the New York MLB offices. Pretty amazing that the...
Meet the Cubs!

Meet the Cubs!

Cubs functionally illiterate manager Dale Sveum has narrowed his 25 man roster down to 28 or so (nobody’s sure how high Dale can count), and it’s a sight to behold.  An outfield of four washed up guys and the plodding Joe Mather, an infield that’s...

Geo’s a little sensitive about his weight

The Cubs 30 Clubs in 30 Days is a gift that keeps on giving.  First we had Ryan Dempster going all assclown and doing his horrendous Harry Caray impersonation, then we got Starlin Castro trying to explain how he’s going to fix his fielding by actually looking...