Jun 14, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
By my unofficial count the Cubs currently have just over 1,200 players on the 15-day disabled list. I might be off by a few, but whatever the actual number, it’s a lot. In a previous job, I used to estimate Grant Park victory rally crowds for the Bulls. ...
Jun 6, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
After another fun time at the old ballpark gagging away a lead to the Cardinals, Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano decided to do something that apparently you just can’t do. He told the truth. He wasn’t ranting and raving like a lunatic, he was standing in...
Jun 2, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
You know something must be obvious when both David Huh and Rick Morrissey feel the need to write about it. Today, they both wrote about how the Cubs are bad (gee, thanks for the news flash). Huh’s take was even more laughably dumb than Morrissey’s was,...
Jun 1, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
The most interesting thing about the Cubs season so far is how mad some of the fans are that this team is bad. Didn’t we all expect that? Even if this team were healthy (and it is decidedly unhealthy) it just wasn’t going to be that good. If they...
May 12, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
Thanks to off days the Cubs have been able to put the James Russell Experience on hold. The next time they need their fifth starter it’ll be salad tossing lefty Doug Davis. Thirty-five year old, cancer survivor Doug Davis. Thirty-five year old, cancer and...
Apr 20, 2011 | Cubs, Featured
As the Cubs long, lumbering, two step progression towards 81 wins (four more than I expected, and just enough to make MLB Betting interesting) continues lots of things are surprising about this team. The starting pitching was supposed to be a strength, but other than...
