Feb 5, 2016 | Cubs, Featured, MLB
In late July of 2004 the Red Sox still-young General Manager Theodore Epstein traded an iconic Boston superstar to the Chicago Cubs. Â Boston was stunned. Â People wept. Â A pall fell over the city. Oh, in the same trade, Theo also got rid of Nomar Garciaparra. Matt...
Jan 28, 2016 | Cubs, Featured, MLB
Current titleholder of “Worst Twitterer in the Universe” Bruce Levine wrote a surprisingly coherent piece for The Score where he touted the Cubs as the “most likely landing place” for Dexter Fowler. We all liked Dexter. Â He did a nice job,...
Jan 22, 2016 | Cubs, Featured, MLB
The baseball owners are going meet this weekend at Del Boca Vista to discuss how filthy rich they all are, and for the Wilpons to screen the new “Madoff” mini-series. Among the other things they’re going to discuss1 is bringing the designated hitter...
Jan 14, 2016 | Cubs, Featured, MLB, Oral Histories
Nobody does oral histories quite like we do, and that’s especially true here. Â We’ve gotten so good at this, that we’re doing an oral history of the 2016 Cubs Convention before it even happens. CRANE KENNEY, President of the Shit That Doesn’t...
Jan 12, 2016 | Featured, MLB
Jan 11, 2016 | Featured, MLB
Remember back when the news that the Cardinals had been caught hacking into the Astros scouting database first came out and the Cardinals tried to act like some overzealous interns were just goofing around online in a crack house in Jupiter, Florida during spring...
