Race to the Top (of the 2014 Draft)

In Commentary And Analysis, Major League Baseball by aisle42488 Comments

Welcome back to the 3rd installment of OV's annual Race to the Top series! This has become an extremely fun tradition where we flip the stadings upside down, reverse wins and losses and track the Cubs "progress" towards achieving the top draft pick in the next draft! We sure do know how to have fun around here! In previous years, …

A PEDs Apology I’d Love to See, But Won’t

In Commentary And Analysis by aisle42459 Comments

Well, Ryan Braun issued an apology. It was very apologetic. He apologized to everyone. Fans, teammates, the Brewers organization, sponsors, Bud Selig, the urine collector… anyone anywhere that has ever heard of Ryan Braun has now been apologized to. In a written statement. Personally, I don't care how he delivered his apology. He could have done it in skywriting or spelled …

George Ofman Doesn’t Like When You Draw Negative Conclusions About Him Based On Small Sample Sizes of His Work

In Commentary And Analysis by aisle42460 Comments

Yesterday, George Ofman wrote a post about Alfonso Soriano. I don't have time to fisk the whole thing, and to be honest, I don't really even want to. Soriano has moved on back to New York far away from the meatball lunatics that would boo him based on George's writings, so whatever. But even though it bugged me, I was …

Where Is Our Breaking Point as Cubs Fans?

In Commentary And Analysis by aisle42449 Comments

I went to the game last night to see the big Cingrani vs. Garza matchup that, while not exactly the pitching porn of a Verlander vs. Darvish or Wainwright vs. Kershaw matchup, I had hoped it would be at least a Cinemax softcore pitching porn display.  Unfortunately, it ended up being more of a pitching snuff film from the Cubs side as Garza …

Wrigley Talk Friday Podcast – Crosstown Cup, Run Differential and Whither Jeff Samardzija – 5/30/13

In Commentary And Analysis by aisle42419 Comments

Tim, Adam and Julie talk about the just concluded Crosstown Cup series, potential trades or extensions of our starting pitchers (particularly Jeff Samardzija), and wonder what the hell is going on with the Cubs having a +11 run differential and a record of 7 under .500.   Listen to internet radio with Wrigley Talk Friday on BlogTalkRadio

The Crosstown Classic: Two Teams, One Cup, Zero Fucks Given

In Commentary And Analysis by aisle42411 Comments

From what I'm seeing on Twitter, we're talking about the Crosstown Cup already. Oh goody. To borrow from the late, great Roger Ebert: I hate this series. I hate hate hate hate hate this series. Hate it. Hate every simpering stupid vacant fan-insulting moment of it. Hate the sensibility that thought anyone would still like it. Hate the implied insult to the fans by the belief that …

The Only Thing Tom Ricketts Threatened Was Some People’s Delicate Sensibilities

In Commentary And Analysis by aisle42418 Comments

The Cubs released more renderings of what they would like Wrigley to look like after the renovations they've been planning for four years are complete. There was nothing earth-shattering. We already knew what a jumbo video board would theoretically look like thanks to amateur fans with Photoshop skills. This version had lights on the top of it. Neat. Of course, …

Mr. Zambrano Goes to Wrigley (Maybe?)

In News And Rumors by aisle42413 Comments

ESPN free-lance reporter, and all-around good guy, Sahadev Sharma tweeted out one of the more interesting Cubs tweets I have seen in quite awhile: Big Z just pulled into Wrigley players parking lot. No joke. I'm assuming he's just visiting… or looking for a job. #zambranoforcloser — Sahadev Sharma (@sahadevsharma) April 17, 2013 HOW AWESOME WOULD IT BE TO HAVE …