Aug 10, 2015 | Cubs, Featured
In many ways, we–you and me–are the worst possible people to determine just how good the 2015 Chicago Cubs are. We have a long history of loving this franchise and hating this franchise and wanting to hug them and wanting to punch them and everything in...
Aug 7, 2015 | Cubs, Featured
Yesterday, Jed Hoyer, the tiny little guy who Theo Epstein allows to pretend he’s the general manager, said that the Cubs are about to have some “fun” roster problems. Â Jed’s idea of fun needs some work. What he was referring to is the...
Aug 6, 2015 | Cubs, Featured, Media Hacks
I know times are tough in the newspaper business. Â Circulation is at all-time lows, people don’t want to pay for access to stories on the Internet. Â Advertisers see little value in print ads, and most don’t have a clue how to effectively advertise...
Jul 28, 2015 | Cubs, Featured
The Cubs had taken things and moved them from the folder that said ‘bad’ to the one that said ‘worse.’ Â After rallying back from a 4-0 deficit to eventually lead 7-4, they not only blew the lead, but trailed the mighty Colorado Rockies 8-7...
Jul 27, 2015 | Cubs, Featured
Dear Cubs fans, Knock it off. Â Just quit it. Â What is wrong with you?5 There’s no right or wrong way to be a fan. Â But you’re doing it wrong. Yes, it sucks that this team hasn’t played well since Jhonny Peralta dumped one in the basket a few weeks...
Jul 24, 2015 | Cubs, Featured
F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said, “There are no second acts in American lives.”  But what did he know?  And besides, if the Cubs had brought E-ramis Ramirez back for a two and a half month swan song, E-ramis is Dominican, so we can ask Colin Cowherd if...
