Six questions with Starlin Castro

Mar 5, 2015 | Cubs, Featured, Six Question Interviews

The next installment of our Six Question interview series is with Cubs All-Star Shortstop Starlin Castro1. At some point after the All Star Break, you’re going to get your 1,000th hit.  You don’t even turn 25 until March 24.  How many hits do you think...

Boring is for suckers

Nov 4, 2014 | Cubs

It took all of about 180 seconds yesterday for Joe Maddon to do two things…get about a tenth of the way through his press conference preamble, and for the world to see his appeal.  If you could just hire any competent manager and hand him the Cubs roster and...

Ricky’s getting off easy

Oct 31, 2014 | Cubs

With the Joe Maddon to the Cubs announcement due any time now, there is still some (not a lot, granted) hand-wringing about what this move says about the Cubs management.  Sure, they are spending big to hire the best manager they can get, but in the process they are...

Bienvenido, Senor Renteria!

Nov 7, 2013 | Cubs, MLB

So the Cubs finally have a new manager.  I for one was getting pretty antsy about the whole thing.  Mostly because they have a game coming up…in four months. They have hired Rick Renteria.  Renteria has served the last few years as the Padres bench coach,...

The Cubs have never had an innovative manager?

Oct 14, 2013 | Cubs, MLB

Our buddy Al Yellon took a break from his annual vacation on Fire Island to voice his depression that Theo Epstein FAILED AGAIN and couldn’t talk Joe Girardi into dumping the New York Yankees for the Cubs.  Al says he’s going to write just a few words,...