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...
Something out of left field

Something out of left field

The 2015 edition of the Chicago Cubs cares not for your timetable.  This is supposed to be the year they sniff around .500 get us all excited and then next year they contend for a bona fide playoff spot.  They seem hell bent on pushing things up. Well, parts of the...
The Cardinals don’t matter

The Cardinals don’t matter

Major League Baseball saw fit to pair the Cubs and Cardinals up seven times in the first six weeks of the season, including a rare four-game set at Bus(c)h Stadium this week.  Much angst has been had about how the Cubs struggles to hold a lead in the first three games...