E-ramis has nowhere else to go

Nov 5, 2010 | Cubs

When the Cubs re-signed E-ramis Ramirez in the offseason after the wonderfully enjoyable final Dusty Baker year, it seemed like folly that they would give him a player option after the 2010 season.  Surely, E-ramis, one of the best third basemen in the game would at...

Welcome back, Kerry

Nov 2, 2010 | Cubs

It’s not official.  But we’re Cubs fans and we know how these things work. The New York Yankees had to decide whether or not to exercise an $11 million option on their second best reliever, and they decided not to. Even though he was 2-0 with an 0.69 ERA...

Cubs hire someone to coach the bench

Nov 1, 2010 | Cubs

The Cubs know talent when they see it and they waste not time locking it up. After signing super-smooth Mike Quade to a two year contract (with a club option) to manage the club, they had an opening on the staff to fill.  Alan Trammell left his post as bench coach to...

HIRED Mike Quade!

Oct 19, 2010 | Quade

It’s official.  The Chicago Cubs have HIRED our man Mike Quade as the manager of the Chicago Cubs. Today was a triumph for the little man.  The non-baseball All-Star who worked his way up through the minors, who spent 17 years riding buses and scrubbing Randy...

Fisted Foul Live! NLCS Game Three

Oct 19, 2010 | FistedFoul

Game three of the NLCS is conveniently being played today at 3 pm Central time and many of us are going to be stuck at work without any way of watching it.  (Except for on TV, or the Web, or listening to it, or watching a Gamecast or…oh, shut up, you know what...

Hire Mike Quade

Oct 2, 2010 | Quade

The Cubs 8-3 win over Houston on the second to last day of the season gave them their first series win (in six tries) against the hapless Astros.  It also pushed the Cubs record under interim manager Mike Quade to an impressive 24-12, and that includes an absurd 17-4...