Aug 11, 2016 | Cubs, Featured, MLB
If you’re going to any of the games at Wrigley this weekend you really need to stop as you go into the park and buy a program. I know that you think you don’t need one now that you are actually paying attention to the games again, and because you can just look up both...
Aug 10, 2016 | Cubs, Featured, MLB
When Joe Maddon announced on July 29 that Tommy La Stella hadn’t taken the news that he was being demoted to AAA Iowa very well, I think we all empathized with him. He was being sent to Des Moines only because he still had an option left, and the guy who was going to...
Jul 15, 2016 | Cubs, Featured, MLB
This year the MLB non-waiver trade deadline is August 1. That’s a day later than normal. I’m sure it has something to do with July 31 being on a Sunday and nobody in the MLB Office wanting to work that day, or maybe it’s to give Kyle Schwarber an...
Jun 30, 2016 | Cubs, Featured, MLB
The Cubs start a huge series tonight in New York against the Mets. It has to be huge, right? It’s four games—which is bigger than normal—and it’s against the team that unceremoniously knocked the plucky Cubs out of the playoffs last year, and…you know what? This...
Jun 24, 2016 | Cubs, Featured, MLB
It’s been a rough few days for the Cubs, but especially for those of us who really count, the Cubs fans. You remember us, right? We’re die hard! We preface every comment about our favorite team by telling you just how long we’ve been fans....