Jun 16, 2016 | Cubs, Featured, MLB
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that after another game when Miguel Montero proved he really can’t catch right now (or maybe ever), that the Cubs finally fired the Cubs career of the great Tim Federowicz into the sun, and recalled their top prospect, Willson...
Jun 14, 2016 | Cubs, Featured, MLB
The Cubs have 100 games left in the season, so now seems as good a time as any to tour the roster and take stock of what’s going on. At 43-19, they have nearly as many wins as the Barves have losses. Yeah, that’s how good they’ve been. But don’t tell that to some Cubs...
Jun 10, 2016 | Cubs, Featured, MLB
Things were going so well, weren’t they? The Cubs were cruising along atop the NL Central. Pissburgh keeps following every nice winning streak with a losing streak. The Cardinals are learning the hard way that Yadi’s finished, there’s a reason...
Jun 9, 2016 | Cubs, Featured, MLB
One of the few (as it happily turns out) casualties of the Cubs three-years-wandering-the-desert-rebuild was our patience with some of the higher profile prospects. We were spoiled when Kris Bryant emerged fully formed, ready to sock dingers from the minute he signed...
May 25, 2016 | Featured, Mailbag, MLB
So I opened the old Desipio Mailbag again after a long respite and you guys filled it with some pretty interesting questions. Here are your answers. The mailbag will remain open, so anytime you think of something, send it over. Mike: How likely is it that I will be...
May 24, 2016 | Cubs, Featured, Media Hacks
Twitter is announcing some big changes they’re going to roll out over the next few weeks. Once they are complete you’ll be able to post photos, videos and .gifs without it taking up your character count. You’ll be able to spam the shit out of people...