Taylor Teagarden and the Miracle of GAB

Taylor Teagarden and the Miracle of GAB

There are signs, there are omens, and then…there are things that can only be explained as truly miraculous. The 20,000 or so people who actually stayed through the end of the second game of yesterday’s Cubs-Reds doubleheader at Great American Ballpark...
Starlin is a rough watch

Starlin is a rough watch

I’m pretty sure that I still like Starlin Castro more than most Cubs fans.  I’m pretty sure that if you like him “at all” it’s more than most Cubs fans.  We have history with Starlin.  He was a 19 year old rookie called up to a bad...
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...