Sep 16, 2010 | Cubs
At and around the trade deadline the Cubs, wallowing in fifth place, traded away their best starting pitcher, their opening day shortstop, a second baseman, their All-Star first baseman and their manager retired because frankly, going home to a sick mother was a more...
Sep 13, 2010 | Cubs
For any other team, this development would be manna from Heaven. An overpriced, overemotional pitcher who the team had completely written off has turned himself back into one of the best pitchers in the National League with a stretch run that has taken his trade...
Aug 26, 2010 | Quade
Exclusive footage of the reaction of the Official Mike Quade Fan Club hearing the news that he would be named interim manager of the Cubs. The tension builds as Jim Hendry announces the ten candidates for the interim job, and the guy who looks like Geovany Soto gets a...
Aug 23, 2010 | Cubs
So Lou Piniella called it a career yesterday. After 48 years as a player, general manager and manager, he took off his uniform for the last time and headed home to Tampa to take care of his mother. I’m sure a lot of people don’t believe that’s...
Aug 18, 2010 | Cubs
A month after professing his undying love for the Cubs and refusing to forsake them for a team with a chance at the pennant, Derrek Lee agreed to be traded to the Atlanta Braves. Presumably he had to sign the agreement while lying face down on a massage table,...
Jul 31, 2010 | Cubs
Now that Ryan Theriot is mercifully on somebody else’s team, we can take a moment to remember a time when he wasn’t a terrible fielding, addle-brained baserunning, wiffle bat carrying douchebag. We can take a minute to remember when he bailed out the 2007...