OV Turns Two: Something Terrible This Way Comes. 117 Comments
Two years ago, having been conceived in the minds of commiserative suffering and gestated in the womb of indignant hope, Obstructed View was born. We celebrated the cerebral ...
5 levels of Cubs involvement No Comments
Hi. I'm AC, AndCounting for long, and I am a Cubs blogger. It's been two months since my last post. I stayed clean for as long as I could, but I decided that it was time to ...
Daily Facepalm 9.13.2012 41 Comments
Alfonso Soriano is an interesting chap. He had a big day at the plate and in the field. He's going to have a great counting stat year, probably ending the year with 30+ homers, ...
Daily Facepalm – 9.12.2012 132 Comments
The Cubs lost to the Astros 1-0 in what quite possibly could be the worst game of baseball ever played. Between the two teams there were ten hits, six errors, and one meager run. The ...
Daily Facepalm 9.8.2012 175 Comments
The Cubs beat the Pirates 12-2 for the irony alone, a day after declaring a five-run lead "piling on." But we've probably beat that dead horse enough.
Play of the Day
Brett ...
Top Ten Formerly Unwritten Rules for Cubs 72 Comments
There has been much talk in recent nadirs on the Cubs' undulating saga of suck years about the unwritten rules of baseball. Don't steal when you're up by ten runs. Don't ...
Daily Facepalm, Literary Appreciation Edition – 9.5.2012 109 Comments
If a writer of prose knows enough about what he is writing about he may omit things that he knows, and the reader, if the writer is writing truly enough, will have a feeling of those ...
Daily Facepalm – 9.4.2012 15 Comments
The Cubs lost to Walgreens in their special Labor Day uniforms, shocking the world yet again. With that defeat, the Cubs have now dropped 49 of their last 66 road games. Yeah. They ...
Daily Facepalm, Labor Day Miracle Edition 19 Comments
The Cubs lost to the Giants yesterday after Carlos Marmol toyed with a mixture of wildness and hittability to blow a ninth-inning tie. That's probably the nail in the coffin full ...
Cheers! 76 Comments
I recently stopped in at a local dive called Ritz Klub in Michigan City, Indiana. I had heard their burgers were the best thing ever to happen to dead cattle, so I had to see for myself. ...
Random Facepalm – 8.31.2012 34 Comments
Did the Cubs Shift Gears Yesterday?
Yes. They won.
Miscellaneous
Of players with at least 80 Plate Appearances, Brett Jackson leads the Cubs in wRC+ (113). (h/t, mb21) He's also ...
What would make you give up on the Cubs? 70 Comments
Aisle 424 wrote last week about the paucity of fans at U.S. Cellular at the conclusion of the White Sox' sweep of the Yankees, and it got me to thinking. It got me to thinking so ...
The Cubs and Starlin Castro Finalize Contract Extension 2 Comments
Castro's deal with #Cubs is done
— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) August 28, 2012
Of course, that probably means it's actually not done, but until we hear differently, ...
Congratulations to our finalists – 2 Days Left to Vote 154 Comments
As we've said before, the finalists for the OV Slogan Contest are in, but we haven't officially officially announced who came up with those five fabulous slogans. They all win ...
Slogan Contest Update: Ten Tips to Help You Win 34 Comments
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Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (40-57) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (53-46) 149 Comments
The Cubs and Cardinals resume their rivalry while many St. Louis fans are still holding their brooms from last weekend, and not just the witches, maids, and crack addicts. The Cardinals ...
Contenders in Need of Alfonso Soriano 1 Comment
One team's lazy is another team's OPS upgrade in left field, or so MLBTR speculates. Alfonso Soriano might have rekindled the burning fires of hatred among Cubs fans this weekend, ...
Kerry Wood: Portrait of Cubness 63 Comments
Kerry Wood isn't the greatest pitcher ever to take the mound at Wrigley Field. Well, for one day (just over two hours, really) he was. But now that his career is over, it's ...
Opening Day Facepalm – 4.5.2012 17 Comments
Is there a Cubs game today?
Does hope spring eternal . . . ish?
Did my son proclaim, in response to my question yesterday evening about what tomorrow would hold, "It's ...
A Two-Week Season: The Dale Sveum Chicago Cubs 43 Comments