You do understand what rebuilding means, right?

You do understand what rebuilding means, right?

Cubs fans take a lot of shit, and most of it is undeserved. I said “most” of it is undeserved.  If the way many Cubs fans (not us, of course…we’re the brightest of a largely dull bunch) are reacting to the realities of watching a rebuilding...
Meet the Cubs!

Meet the Cubs!

Cubs functionally illiterate manager Dale Sveum has narrowed his 25 man roster down to 28 or so (nobody’s sure how high Dale can count), and it’s a sight to behold.  An outfield of four washed up guys and the plodding Joe Mather, an infield that’s...

Breaking: Starlin Castro to host Baseball Bunch

I love the fact that Starlin is doing interviews in English now.  I can’t imagine trying to do that in a foreign language.  But this segment with Harold Reynolds, between Starlin’s broken English and the fact that his “before” and...
Should the Cubs be willing to trade anybody?

Should the Cubs be willing to trade anybody?

Every time I see outrage on the Interwebs among Cubs fans I reflexively run to the side opposite the outrage.  The reason?  Cubs fans are idiots. What caused the idiot horde to take their rage out for a spin yesterday?  Busty Olney reported the Cubs would listen to...
It can’t get worse, right?

It can’t get worse, right?

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. ...