Before the panic, take a moment to savor this season
Soon enough, the panic will set in. We’re Cubs fans, and we have two default settings, anguish and doom. Occasionally we allow ourselves to get really excited about our team, but that doesn’t happen often, and it is always followed by a good, thorough soul…
Embrace the insanity
You are here most likely because you, long ago, for no good reason, made a conscious decision to root for the most inept professional sports franchise in America. I made that same decision, about 35 years ago. I was just a punk kid rooting for his dad’s favorite…
How Baseball Fans Can Make Money Online
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Bearly Pondered – Texans curb stomp Bears
Another exciting season of Bears football is underway and…well, OK, another season of Bears football is underway. The long slog towards 7-9 began in Houston, site of this year’s Super Bowl. As members of the NFL Players Association, Bears players can…
2016 Bears Preview
The Bears? I’m going to actually take the time to write about the Bears? Why yes I am. I get my outlet writing about the Cubs every Monday over at The Athletic. You guys know The Athletic, it’s that really good Chicago sports site that only like six of you…
Let it happen
At this point, it would be nice if the Cubs would just stop lying to us. It’s going to happen, we all know it’s going to happen, and it’s going to be awesome. So how about they just stop downplaying the possibility of it, and let us embrace its inevitability? No, I’m…
Hey Cardinals! We didn’t see you back there!
If you’re going to any of the games at Wrigley this weekend you really need to stop as you go into the park and buy a program. I know that you think you don’t need one now that you are actually paying attention to the games again, and because you can just look up both…
The Curious case of Tommy La Stella
When Joe Maddon announced on July 29 that Tommy La Stella hadn’t taken the news that he was being demoted to AAA Iowa very well, I think we all empathized with him. He was being sent to Des Moines only because he still had an option left, and the guy who was going to…
Cubs trade with Yankees: Welcome to the Cubs, Chapman!
The biggest news in Baseball today: The cubs have just acquired the star closer Aroldis Champan. In return the Cubs said goodbye to Gleyber Torres, Adam Warren, Rashad Crawford as well as Billy McKinney, who were exchanged in the trade with the New York Yankees. The…
Tiers of a clown: Cubs trade value rankings
This year the MLB non-waiver trade deadline is August 1. That’s a day later than normal. I’m sure it has something to do with July 31 being on a Sunday and nobody in the MLB Office wanting to work that day, or maybe it’s to give Kyle Schwarber an…
Mets-Cubs? Big whup.
The Cubs start a huge series tonight in New York against the Mets. It has to be huge, right? It’s four games—which is bigger than normal—and it’s against the team that unceremoniously knocked the plucky Cubs out of the playoffs last year, and…you know what? This…
The Cubs ship be sinking
It’s been a rough few days for the Cubs, but especially for those of us who really count, the Cubs fans. You remember us, right? We’re die hard! We preface every comment about our favorite team by telling you just how long we’ve been fans….
Willson!
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that after another game when Miguel Montero proved he really can’t catch right now (or maybe ever), that the Cubs finally fired the Cubs career of the great Tim Federowicz into the sun, and recalled their top prospect, Willson…
Cubs Report: Just 100 more to go
The Cubs have 100 games left in the season, so now seems as good a time as any to tour the roster and take stock of what’s going on. At 43-19, they have nearly as many wins as the Barves have losses. Yeah, that’s how good they’ve been. But don’t tell that to some Cubs…
Coghlan’s back? Ugh.
Things were going so well, weren’t they? The Cubs were cruising along atop the NL Central. Pissburgh keeps following every nice winning streak with a losing streak. The Cardinals are learning the hard way that Yadi’s finished, there’s a reason…
It may not seem like it, but Albert and Javy are right on time
One of the few (as it happily turns out) casualties of the Cubs three-years-wandering-the-desert-rebuild was our patience with some of the higher profile prospects. We were spoiled when Kris Bryant emerged fully formed, ready to sock dingers from the minute he signed…
Mailbag: What is with this Seattke thing?
Another week and another batch of insightful questions from you, the home reader. This week we answer a great mystery of Desipio “in-jokes”, catch up with Chuck McElroy, get an update on Wrigley Field Malt Cups and answer the eternal question Coach Taylor…
Mailbag: What three Cubs didn’t go to the no-hitter pizza party?
So I opened the old Desipio Mailbag again after a long respite and you guys filled it with some pretty interesting questions. Here are your answers. The mailbag will remain open, so anytime you think of something, send it over. Mike: How likely is it that I will be…