Ricky’s getting off easy

Oct 31, 2014 | Cubs

With the Joe Maddon to the Cubs announcement due any time now, there is still some (not a lot, granted) hand-wringing about what this move says about the Cubs management.  Sure, they are spending big to hire the best manager they can get, but in the process they are...

Exclusive: Rick Renteria’s voicemails for Theo

Oct 28, 2014 | Cubs, Oral Histories

Since the news broke last Friday that former Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon had opted out of his contract, the Cubs have been intriguingly silent about the job status of their manager Rick(y) Renteria.  Ricky has not been, however.  He issued a statement through his...

So, it’s gonna happen

Oct 27, 2014 | Cubs

On Friday, it seemed like another blow (in a bad way) to the crotch of the Cubs plans to dominate the National League for a decade or two.  Just days after Andrew Friedman left the Tampa Bay Raymonds for SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR to vice president and generally...

The State Of Being a Red-Assed Cubs Fan

Apr 14, 2014 | Cubs

There are dozens…no, probably hundreds of people who take the time to write, at least occasionally, online about the Chicago Cubs.  Some of them are entertaining, some aren’t, some are pretty good and some are terrible.  But for some reason, one stands...

Does anybody like anything the Cubs are doing?

Jan 14, 2014 | Cubs

In an effort to needlessly remind us how incompetent they are at pretty much everything, the Cubs, to their own astonishment, unveiled a new mascot yesterday and everybody hated…him?  It?  Whatever.  Clark the Cub is meant to hug the shit out of little Cubs...