RE24 Update 5 Comments
If you couldn't tell, I'm back at work for the first time since Leah was born… so I have more spare time. Earlier in the season, I discovered that the Cubs barely had ...
WSD’s Rice Cube on MLB doing away with the draft 6 Comments
Here's a great article by frequent OV commenter Rice Cubs on his blog: Total Market Freedom.
If you’re a good software engineer or a good web designer, you get to work for ...
Jim Deshaies is Trying Not to Scare Anyone 2 Comments
Carson Cistulli has posted a short interview with new Cubs color commentator Jim Deshaies over at Fangraphs. In it, he talks about his transition to Chicago after 16 years in Houston ...
Jackie Robinson’s not so friendly departure from baseball 1 Comment
Great article on how alienated Jackie Robinson was from baseball at the end of his life. Very sad.
Robinson never bothered to hide his antipathy toward the game he had done so much ...
TOOTBLAN Tracker 1 Comment
The TOOTBLAN Tracker is up and running. Love it. Be sure to follow @TOOTBLANTime on Twitter.
WTF – March 22, 2013 – Wrigley Renovations, the Cubs Roster, and For Some Reason, Chone Figgins 11 Comments
Today on our Wrigley Talk Friday podcast, Adam, Julie and I discussed the Wrigley renovation saga as both Tom Tunney and the Cubs posture in the media, while Cubs fans kvetch over the ...
Poz on Theo and “The Cubs Way” 5 Comments
Great article by Joe Posnanski on Theo and changing the culture of the Cubs organization
http://www.nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/51282651
HP on Stephen Strasburg No Comments
Unless you read every word, you probably didn't see that defacto OV owner Harry Pavlidis has expanded his internet empire to the Washington Post, where he will write about pitch ...
WTF – February 22, 2013 – Wherein Tim & Adam Share Too Much For Everyone’s Comfort 5 Comments
Today on Wrigley Talk Friday, we hope we finally closed the door on Tony Campana discussion, reflected on Theo's honesty about where the Cubs stand, and admitted to some deep ...
All Time BA Top 100 lists 3 Comments
If you've got some time to kill, this is a fun trip down memory lane. Fun fact: the Cubs only had one player in the top 100 in 1993 and 1994….and it was the legendary Brooks ...
Best comment ever 1 Comment
Mish highlighted what has to be the best comment ever posted anywhere (comment number 4):
Son, we live in a world that has walls. And those walls have to be breached by men with bats.
I ...
WAR is more “widespread, threatening and serious” than actual war? 5 Comments
I was tempted to begin this column with the almost-obligatory lyrics from "War," a No. 1 hit song in 1970. But when Edwin Starr sang that war was good for "absolutely ...
Cubs Minor League System Ranked #10 by John Sickels 5 Comments
John Sickels has the Cubs minor league system rated #10 in his latest rankings. Last year they were 20th. The Cardinals are #1, the Pirates are #5, the Reds are #15 and the Brewers ...
Spring Training Broadcast Schedule Announced 2 Comments
Less than one month until Chicago Cubs baseball is on the air! WGN Radio will broadcast nine games. I wouldn't be surprised if most of the rest are covered on Gameday Radio, as ...
DBacks Want To Trade Upton or Kubel by Friday 6 Comments
Buster Olney is keeping tabs on the persistent logjam in the Arizona outfield. He has posted a few interesting tidbits via twitter today.
Folks involved in this process believe that ...
Talking Cubs/Mets on the Met Musings Podcast 4 Comments