An oral history of the Yu Darvish press conference

Feb 14, 2018 | Cubs, Featured, MLB, Oral Histories

There’s really no better way to get the inside story on something than to do in-depth interviews with the people involved and let them tell their story in the form of an oral history.  A crucial part of that is to let the event breathe, and age, so you can give...

An oral history of the Luis Valbuena trade

Dec 23, 2015 | Cubs, Featured, MLB, Oral Histories

We’re coming up on the anniversary of the worst trade in Cubs history.  It’s a true testament to how good the 2015 Cubs were that they could win 97 games, and advance two rounds through the playoffs, despite being gutted just a few months before. After...

Six questions with Jon Lester

Mar 4, 2015 | Cubs, Featured, Six Question Interviews

ESPNChicago.com’s Jesse Rogers has been doing “Five Question” interviews sporadically at Cubs camp this spring.  So I figured, “I’m better than Jesse.  I’ll do SIX question interviews.” Today, the series starts with new Cubs...

What to watch for in Cubs spring training

Feb 13, 2015 | Cubs, Featured

It’s officially less than a week until the start of spring training.  The Cubs will be christening their newly named, year-old ballpark by giving away game used urinal pucks to the first 14 fans who attend the first workout. If you get one, don’t...

Not everybody wants to play for your favorite team

Dec 1, 2014 | Cubs

Being a Cubs fan wouldn’t be all that bad if it weren’t for two things: 1) the soul-crushing losing 2) other Cubs fans. For the past three years we’ve had it pretty easy.  The team has been purposely horrible (as opposed to the unintentionally...