Maybe the whole NL Central sucks

Maybe the whole NL Central sucks

May 15, 2014 | Cubs

Don Zimmer, that baseball sage best known for having a metal plate in his head (and looking like a gerbil) used to say that 40 games into any season you have a pretty good idea of how good teams are.  Any team that is .500 or better probably has a chance to contend,...
Great moments in unnecessary batflipping

Great moments in unnecessary batflipping

May 9, 2014 | Cubs

If nothing else, the 2014 Cubs will be remembered for egregious use of bat flips.  I say “egregious” because I like to use words that look like they’re Latin for Gregory, but in fact I’d argue that these batflips are not unnecessary at all....
The State Of Being a Red-Assed Cubs Fan

The State Of Being a Red-Assed Cubs Fan

Apr 14, 2014 | Cubs

There are dozens…no, probably hundreds of people who take the time to write, at least occasionally, online about the Chicago Cubs.  Some of them are entertaining, some aren’t, some are pretty good and some are terrible.  But for some reason, one stands...
Johnny, what do you make of this?

Johnny, what do you make of this?

Apr 1, 2014 | Cubs

No regular season game gets more overanalyzed than the first one.  It’s only natural, we have nothing else to compare it to.  On Wednesday, the Cubs will play again, and we’ll have yesterday’s game to compare it to (spoiler alert: it probably...