Great moments in unnecessary batflipping

May 9, 2014 | Cubs

If nothing else, the 2014 Cubs will be remembered for egregious use of bat flips.  I say “egregious” because I like to use words that look like they’re Latin for Gregory, but in fact I’d argue that these batflips are not unnecessary at all....

Cacti League Diary – A Day in the Life

Mar 11, 2014 | Cubs

Our next installment in a spring-long first-person account of the Cubs season by the greatest Cub of them all, Luis Valbuena.  How long into the season this goes…well, only God, Emilio Bonifacio and Rick(y) Renteria know for sure. The worst part of spring...

Cactus League Diary – The Greatest Double Play of All-Time

Feb 25, 2014 | Cubs

So sure, we got scooped last week by the dreamy Patrick Mooney, but that doesn’t mean we’re not going forward with it.  Today starts what is definitely a spring-long first-person account of the Cubs season by the greatest Cub of them all, Luis Valbuena....

Why trade Nate?

Jul 30, 2013 | Cubs, Featured

The trade deadline is fast approaching the Cubs have already done quite a bit of heavy lifting.  Matt Garza is off to pie people in Texas in the face.  Alfonso Soriano is the third youngest Yankee.  Scott Hairston it…wait, was he ever really even on the team?...

Logjammin’ at third base

Jul 25, 2013 | Cubs, Featured

So the Matt Garza era is over in Chicago.  The man good enough to be traded for Sam Fuld, has been shipped off to Arlington, Texas where he’ll join a really talented team with a batshit crazy (and likely coked up) manager.  Garza will fit right in.  Though at...