As good as it gets

As good as it gets

Today was Ron Santo’s funeral, and three men gave eulogies to Ron, and Pat Hughes, his longtime broadcast partner went last, and honestly, they just don’t get any better than this.

Best .196 hitter money can buy

It was made clear to all of us that the Cubs did not have a lot of money to spend this offseason, and that they weren’t going to be trading prospects to get players.  So the chance to get any kind of meaningful player to add to the roster was pretty slim. So if...
The Hendry Postulates

The Hendry Postulates

The Baseball Winter Meetings start today in Orlando, Florida and rumors will fly, deals will be made, and frantic phone calls will be placed to double check that “pay per view movie titles really don’t appear on the bill, right?” What you might not...
So long, Big Boy

So long, Big Boy

The toughest man ever to play for the Chicago Cubs is gone.  After a 50 year fight with diabetes, a Hall of Fame worthy playing career, and an interesting and mostly entertaining two decade stint in the Cubs’ radio booth, Ron Santo is dead at the age of 70. I...
Open letter to Cardinals Nation

Open letter to Cardinals Nation

Dear mouthbreathing hillbillies of the world, I want to congratulate you on your favorite baseball team’s recent acquisition of Ryan Theriot to play…(pardon me while I try not to laugh and urinate at the same time)…shortstop for you next season....
A musky Winter Meeting Preview

A musky Winter Meeting Preview

The Baseball Winter Meetings are being held next week in the very place that I got married just four short years ago.  No, they’re not being held in the rumpus room at Del Boca Vista, but rather at the Swan and Dolphin Resort at Walt Disney World in Orlando....