These Duquettes are pretty awesome

Jan 22, 2013 | MLB

As a frequent listener of MLB Network Radio, I have come to appreciate the level headed analysis of former Mets and Orioles GM Jim Duquette (he’s the cousin of current Orioles GM Dan).  This summer, Jim was gone for a while, because his ten year old daughter...

Conventional wisdom

Jan 21, 2013 | Cubs

In case you didn’t notice (and judging by the attendance, you didn’t), the Cubs Convention was this last weekend.  Loveable LoserFest had a new home, this time the Sheraton hosted the events, and the first thing Cubs fans did was complain that the...

Rejected by the Muskbox: Big Z, uniforms and gainful employment

Jan 14, 2013 | Cubs

A tradition unlike any other.  Dumb Cubs fans ask Carrie Muskat questions for her Cubs.com column, Hire Jim Essian makes fun of them, and then, Carrie sends me the ones so dumb they didn’t even make it in, in the first place. There’s no time to waste (she...

Podcast: Episode 8 – Hall of Shame

Jan 11, 2013 | Cubs, Podcast

Back from our long holiday hiatus, our heroes are reunited to talk about 40th wedding anniversary Alaskan cruises, Jeff Bagwell’s batting stance, Barry Bonds’ growing cranium, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, the meet up for this year’s Cubs...

Valbueno

Jan 7, 2013 | Cubs

Move over Call of Duty 7: Global Disembowelment of Friend and Foe, here’s the newest best-selling game of all-time. This means, this game probably drops to the second half of the all-time top 10.  But Hank’s still playing, so there’s time to get...

My Hall of Fame ballot

Dec 31, 2012 | Cubs, MLB

I never knew that I got a Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, but after seeing the Chicago Tribune list of guys on their staff who do (Fred Mitchell, Phil Hersh and Teddy Greenstein, for three) I’m pretty sure that I must have one.  So I went to the Internets and...