Dec 9, 2014 | Bulls, MLB
The White Sox made a couple of late night moves to acquire former Cubs pitcher/wide receiver Jeff Samardzija and former Yankees closer David Robertson. So far, the Sox have been very active this offseason, picking up mostly a cast of mediocrities, so getting two...
Dec 8, 2014 | Cubs
Less than six months after trading him away, the Cubs have re-signed pitcher Jason Hammel. This time, Hammel gets a nice raise, a second guaranteed year and a third year option. I’m sure that’ll help console him next July when he’s packing his...
Dec 5, 2014 | Cubs
Just when everything seemed to be going so well. The Cubs offseason had included getting the best manager in the game, bringing back Hank White, adding Dave Martinez to the coaching staff, and making an ambitious run at Jon Lester. Hey, they’d even seen the...
Dec 3, 2014 | Cubs
The Cubs announced today that the big videoboard in left field (the one giving hokey traditionalists the vapors) that will debut sometime next season, will bear the name of Wintrust Financial. Apparently that is a bank, or some shit. My good friends in the Cubs...
Dec 1, 2014 | Cubs
Being a Cubs fan wouldn’t be all that bad if it weren’t for two things: 1) the soul-crushing losing 2) other Cubs fans. For the past three years we’ve had it pretty easy. The team has been purposely horrible (as opposed to the unintentionally...
Nov 26, 2014 | Cubs
Yesterday, the Cubs invited a gaggle of Cubs bloggers to sit down with Cubs Vice President for Business Mismanagement Crane Kenney. Apparently they didn’t have postal addresses for Hire Jim Essian or me. But, thankfully, our good friend Al Yellon did score...
