Obstructed View Daily Facepalm 4.28.13 – The Matt Garza Trade Revisited 31 Comments
The Matt Garza trade, revisited
Bruce Miles has a piece looking back at the Matt Garza trade over at The Daily Herald. I still go back and forth on the trade myself. On one hand, it ...
Daily Facepalm 4.6.13 12 Comments
Cubs lose
The Cubs dropped the first game of their series against the Braves. Scott Feldman gave up four runs in 4 2/3 innings, and is lucky he didn't give up more than that. He ...
Daily Facepalm: 4/4/13 49 Comments
Did the Cubs win yesterday?
Minor League In
Cubs signed Donnie Murphy to a minor-league deal. He's a better option than Edwin Maysonet or Alberto Gonzalez in my opinion. Hopefully ...
Daily Facepalm – 3.5.13 172 Comments
MLBTR must be reading our comment section
They posted a "Where are they now" of everyone involved in the Matt Garza trade with Tampa. I forgot that the Cubs threw in Chirinos ...
Daily Facepalm 3.3.13 – Shark named opening day starter, Garza probably to miss a month 53 Comments
Matt Garza shut down, likely to miss first month of the season
Per Carrie Muskat, Garza experienced more pain related to his strained lat muscle during a throwing session today. ...
“Daily” Facepalm 2/28/13 37 Comments
All the muck that's fit to rake on this last day of February…
Good News!
Bleacher Nation's creator and all-around Good Dude Brett welcomes Clark Taylor into the world. ...
Cubs Swing And Miss on Sanchez No Comments
There 17 minutes where we were all pretty certain that the Cubs were going to sign Anibal Sanchez to a 5 year, 75 million dollar contract. Those were some great times…
Obviously, ...
Daily Facepalm – 11.8.12 41 Comments
The Cubs may or may not be discussing Justin Upton with the Dbacks.
It could go either way. Basically all there is to this report is Rosenthal saying that the Dbacks are having "active ...
Bimillenial Facepalm – 11.2.1 105 Comments
Cubs "losing" a bunch of players to free agency/waivers
Team MVP Shawn Camp was the only officially official free agent on the roster, but a few other players have opted ...
Random Facepalm (10-4): Thank the Good Lord That’s Over 67 Comments
The Cubs' season has mercifully ended and now things get interesting again as Theo continues his overhaul of the entire organization.
All Coaches Returning Next Year, Please Step ...
Daily Facepalm: Something I’ve Not Felt Since…. 143 Comments
There's been some unusual disturbances in the Force in the Cubs universe recently. Nothing on the scope of millions of voices suddenly crying out and being suddenly silenced, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Daily Facepalm – 1.13.12 20 Comments