Maybe the whole NL Central sucks

May 15, 2014 | Cubs

Don Zimmer, that baseball sage best known for having a metal plate in his head (and looking like a gerbil) used to say that 40 games into any season you have a pretty good idea of how good teams are.  Any team that is .500 or better probably has a chance to contend,...

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,...

What’s really going to get Dale fired

Sep 24, 2013 | Cubs, Featured

Last week was just one giant clusterfuck for the boy geniuses (geniui?) that run the Cubs.  Theo Epstein claims his remarks that no decision had been made on bringing Dale Sveum back for the 2014 season that he’s contractually obligated to manage, were just a...

Matt Holliday — still dirty

Oct 16, 2012 | MLB

Apparently the Cardinals and Giants played game two of the NLCS last night.  I wouldn’t know because Cardinals games are not broadcast where I live. Even when I move. But in that alleged game, Matt Holliday allegedly took out Marco Scutaro on a throw at second...

So it’s funny when the American forgets how many outs there are?

Jun 21, 2012 | Cubs

Just a couple of weeks ago in San Francisco, Starlin Castro thought there were two outs when there was only one, and he ate the ball and started to trot off the field when he should have tried (though it was unlikely to have worked) to turn a double play.  A run...