Goddamnit, they are fun to watch
Someday, you’ll be old like me, and things that you were sure would always be true will change and you won’t believe them. Given that I like drinking beer and eating food that I know is horrible for me, I figure I’m halfway to dead. I’ve…
Ten reasons why David Ross is the Cubs backup catcher
I may have written this for the Ivy Drip, and instead inspired Sam’s cartoon. Â So, if that’s the case, this is recycled content. What are you complaining about? Â Don’t cost nuthin’. When fans aren’t complaining about whatever Starlin…
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
I love Len Kasper more than the average man. Â I think we’re lucky to have such a good, entertaining, normal, analytical TV play by play guy working Cubs games. Â After seven seasons of Chip Caray, I never take Len for granted. But that doesn’t mean I…
Podcast Ep 2 – So, who really sucks?
In In the second episode since their return the guys are up to their typical nonsense. Â Kerm’s not too crazy about the name of the podcast, Andy’s explaining stuff he doesn’t really understand and they get to the bottom of which Cubs really suck….
How do you measure yourself against other teams? By height.
The Cubs are now in the roughest patch of schedule they’ve had yet this season.  They’ve split the first two games at home with the surging Washington Nationals, 2then three with the defending American League champion Royals3.  Then they’ll be off…
The podcast is back?
You asked for it 8, and since we are men of the people, we’re bringing back the podcast! It’s live from our brand new podcast studio (though Mike and I refuse to actually broadcast in the same room), and I really dressed up, and managed to sit all hunched…
Something out of left field
The 2015 edition of the Chicago Cubs cares not for your timetable. Â 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. Â They seem hell bent on pushing things up. Well, parts of the…
@POTUS Twitter account snubs @Cubs
The official Twitter account of President Barack Obama follows every Chicago sports team except the Cubs. Who gives a shit?
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…
Cubs Report – April 2015 – #wearegood?
If the playoffs started today, everyone would be surprised, no one would be ready and the Cubs would be in them. Â In fact, they’d be hosting Pissburgh in the Wild Card Game. The new manager is just as entertaining as we thought he’d be. Not only has Kris…
Looks like Cubs got bait and switched again
Remember a couple of Fridays ago when we were all excited that our big slugging rookie phenom third baseman was coming to the big leagues after a torturous 12 day wait? Oh, he came up alright and went hitless in five at bats and struck out three times. And but for a…
They’re only getting better
Last night, youngest of our beloved Cubs drubbed the Pirates of Pissburgh. Â Rookie Jorge Soler had four hits. Â Rookie Kris Bryant had three hits and drove in three runs. Â Twenty-five year old grizzled veterans Anthony Rizzo and Starlin Castro combined to get on…
Welcome to the rest of our lives, Kris Bryant
Being a Cubs fan means you have to be cool with waiting. We’ve been waiting for more than a century for a world’s championship and 70 years35 for a pennant. So we’re good at waiting. It’s kind of our thing. But that doesn’t mean we…
A vague sense of deja vu
If not for the man on the mound, the Cubs ninth inning comeback yesterday against the Rockies would have simply been fun. Â After going 0-79 last year in games they trailed in the ninth, it only took the Cubs three attempts this year to mount a successful comeback….
Hey Cubs fans, maybe try to enjoy the team you have?
Yesterday’s Cubs game was pretty entertaining. Â Any win over the Cardinals is a good one, but with Jake Arrieta dominating on the mound, the Cubs playing smart and taking advantage of Lance Lynn trying to pick off Anthony Rizzo36, and they got a clutch hit from…
Crane wants to see you in the bathroom
America was stunned to learn that a 100 year old stadium, under reconstruction, didn’t have an optimal number of restrooms to serve a crowd that had been drinking for eight hours before the gates even opened yesterday. By now you’ve heard the horror…
And, it begins again
We are a pretty sorry lot, by pretty much any definition. Â Whether it starts by choice or by birthright, we all end up at some point deciding to stick it out with the most hapless of all professional sports franchises. Â We are just simple farmers. Â People of the…