It’s easy to pile on LeBron
If LeBron James feels like the world has been picking on him since his ill-fated, ill-advised, decision to sit on a captain’s chair with Jim Gray and profess he was taking his “talents to South Beach” in July, there’s good reason. Because the…
Phil’s putting us on, right?
Some days you know Phil Rogers’ writing sucks because he was careless and used the wrong name for a guy, say for example the name of a dead Colombian drug kingpin instead of a Giants’ third baseman. Sometimes you know it sucks because he’s just not…
Todd says it fits
At a hastily thrown together press conference in the left field women’s bathroom at Wrigley Field that Todd Ricketts has dubbed “The Throne Room” the assembled media horde (me, the StreetWise guy and of course, George Castle), Todd refuted the idea…
Todd 2014
I really thought I had made it. Last night I got an e-mail inviting me to Wrigley Field for a chance to see a presentation given by one of the owners of the Chicago Cubs about the plans for changes and improvements to the old ballpark. I got to Wrigley Field this…
Everything’s for sale
I’m not going to pretend to be angered by the Cubs’ decision to paint the Wrigley Field marquee purple for this weekend’s epic tilt between a couple of middle of the road Big Ten football teams. I will say that it looks dumb, and that Northwestern…
Crane sucks at this
Remember back when the Rickettses took control of the team and we all just couldn’t wait for them to shitcan their Vice President for Douchebaggery and Asshattery, Crane Kenney? Yeah, well they never actually did that. Instead, they put Crane in charge of…
They’re going to suck next year, too
The offseason is a great time to be the fan of a bad baseball team. You can delude yourself into anything. Right now there are Cubs fans who are actually talking themselves into the idea that Tyler Colvin isn’t going to completely blow next year. Offseason…
Should we be worried where Joe will end up?
By now, every baseball fan in the world has heard the news. Joe Morgan will no longer be ruining Sunday Night Baseball on ESPN. They’re going to let Bobby Valentine do that instead. While it is truly great news that ESPN has finally, after 21 inexplicable…
In defense of the Todd
Mostly the Interwebs reaction to the Ricketts family embarrassment that was Todd’s appearance on CBS’ “Undercover Boss” has been the same. What a goddamned buffoon that guy is. On one side you have the people who couldn’t believe that the…
Undercover Douche
CBS was so excited about tonight’s episode of “Undercover Boss” that they rigged the Raiders-Chiefs game to go into overtime to push back the start time, hoping no one would remember it was on. But how could we pass on our chance to watch Todd…
Rose and Noah ride the pine
A lot was made of the end of the Bulls disappointing (and quite frankly, a little embarrassing) loss to the New York Knickerbockers last night. The Bulls, who played much of the game as if they’d a) never seen a pick and roll before and b) as though they assumed…
E-ramis has nowhere else to go
When the Cubs re-signed E-ramis Ramirez in the offseason after the wonderfully enjoyable final Dusty Baker year, it seemed like folly that they would give him a player option after the 2010 season. Surely, E-ramis, one of the best third basemen in the game would at…
Welcome back, Kerry
It’s not official. But we’re Cubs fans and we know how these things work. The New York Yankees had to decide whether or not to exercise an $11 million option on their second best reliever, and they decided not to. Even though he was 2-0 with an 0.69 ERA…
Cubs hire someone to coach the bench
The Cubs know talent when they see it and they waste not time locking it up. After signing super-smooth Mike Quade to a two year contract (with a club option) to manage the club, they had an opening on the staff to fill. Alan Trammell left his post as bench coach to…
Eleven years?
Today is the eleventh anniversary of the death of Walter Payton. That still sucks. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzPvzto8cdU]
DeLuca and Phildo try to out hack each other
In today’s Sun-Times editor/baseball “expert”/nincompoop Chris DeLuca reports that sometime last year the White Sox and Marlins discussed a trade of Marlins’ slugging outfielder Mike Stanton for Sox manager Ozzie Guillen. You read that right. …
Half-assed NBA Preview
Back before I became your favorite Cubs writer dude who infrequently posts, I was an NBA blogger who actually got paid for it. It’s true, I even had to claim that shit on my taxes and stuff. I had mostly quit the NBA writing thing until an ill-fated attempt to…
Phil aches for Ryno
When the Cubs passed over fan favorite Ryne Sandberg to hire Mike Quade as their new manager yesterday, it was sure to do two things. 1. Give the idiot horde reason to yell nonsensical things like, “The Cubs OWE Ryno a chance to manage!” or…