Some of you shouldn’t be so excited to see Theo

Oct 22, 2011 | Cubs, Featured

Now that the deal is official, Cubs fans can get as giddy about their favorite team hiring a real talent to run their baseball operations as they’d like.  Make no mistake, that hiring Theo Epstein away from the Red Sox will finally enable the Cubs to start...

It can’t get worse, right?

Jun 14, 2011 | Cubs, Featured

By my unofficial count the Cubs currently have just over 1,200 players on the 15-day disabled list.  I might be off by a few, but whatever the actual number, it’s a lot.  In a previous job, I used to estimate Grant Park victory rally crowds for the Bulls. ...

What this James Russell crap says about the Cubs

May 12, 2011 | Cubs, Featured

Thanks to off days the Cubs have been able to put the James Russell Experience on hold.  The next time they need their fifth starter it’ll be salad tossing lefty Doug Davis.  Thirty-five year old, cancer survivor Doug Davis.  Thirty-five year old, cancer and...

Cubs add to all-nuthouse rotation

Jan 7, 2011 | Cubs

Today, the Cubs struck a blow for freedom of the press (or something.)  It was just three days ago that the pigment challenged beat writer of the Sun Times stuck his little pencil neck out and declared the Cubs the front runner to acquire the talented, but batshit...

Best .196 hitter money can buy

Dec 8, 2010 | Cubs

It was made clear to all of us that the Cubs did not have a lot of money to spend this offseason, and that they weren’t going to be trading prospects to get players.  So the chance to get any kind of meaningful player to add to the roster was pretty slim. So if...