Cubs at the break: By God, they are actually good!

Cubs at the break: By God, they are actually good!

Sports fans are the worst, aren’t we?  If, back in spring training, you were assured that the Cubs would go into the All-Star Break seven games over .500, in the lead for the last playoff spot in the National League, and that Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo would...
Coghlan’s a good man, and thorough

Coghlan’s a good man, and thorough

Circuitous flyball route taker and world champion strikeout pouter Chris Coghlan’s production should actually continue to go up now that (for a brief moment, at least) Chris Denforia and Jorge Soler are actually healthy at the same time.  Coghlan and Denorfia...
Goddamnit, they are fun to watch

Goddamnit, they are fun to watch

Someday, you’ll be old like me, and things that you were sure would always be true will change and you won’t believe them.  Given that I like drinking beer and eating food that I know is horrible for me, I figure I’m halfway to dead. I’ve...
Ten reasons why David Ross is the Cubs backup catcher

Ten reasons why David Ross is the Cubs backup catcher

I may have written this for the Ivy Drip, and instead inspired Sam’s cartoon.  So, if that’s the case, this is recycled content. What are you complaining about?  Don’t cost nuthin’. When fans aren’t complaining about whatever Starlin...
You don’t get to act like this isn’t a big deal

You don’t get to act like this isn’t a big deal

Dear Best Fans in Baseball, I realize that when you cross into Missouri you set your watches back 40 years, but even by primitive forms of communications you’ve probably heard that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is formally investigating allegations that...
Automatically sending home a runner is dumb

Automatically sending home a runner is dumb

I love Len Kasper more than the average man.  I think we’re lucky to have such a good, entertaining, normal, analytical TV play by play guy working Cubs games.  After seven seasons of Chip Caray, I never take Len for granted. But that doesn’t mean I...