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Tom Calls Theo 221 Comments
The Red Sox have apparently granted the Cubs permission to speak with Theo Epstein about their vacant general manager position. Paul Sullivan has reported that his best friend’s ...
Chicago Tribune is now accepting hearsay from random people 212 Comments
Per NDB Paul Sullivan, some dude wearing a purple tshirt thinks he saw Theo Epstein at a Chicago Starbucks. True to form, he managed to work in a completely unrelated dig on Zambrano. ...
Cubs GM Search Update: Day 77, Still No Update 112 Comments
Holy mother of God, would something just happen? The way things are going, I assume man will be living on Mars before the Cubs have a new GM.
They have been without one now for almost ...
On Theo 261 Comments
The following comment by Smokestack Lightning was such a good one that it deserves to be highlighted on the front page.
Quoting dylanj:
Friedman is my first choice simply because I ...
Shameless self-promotion 2 Comments
Hi guys,
My friend Anno Catuli and I set up a new blog site and added you to the blog roll. Please check it out and let us know what you think. Thanks for letting me hang around ...
Cubs ask Red Sox for permission to talk to Theo 296 Comments
I don’t have anything to add, but figured since we knew this was coming it may as well be a post of its own.
Globe colleague Dan Shaughnessy has learned from a team source that ...
Breaking Bad: End Times 96 Comments
Walt, left just over the edge of sanity from the events of last week, is left with too little money, too little leverage and too many people to protect.
Series Preview: St. Louis Cardinals (90-72) vs Philadelphia Phillies (102-60) 169 Comments
St. Louis squeaked its way into the playoffs thanks to a late-season collapse by the Braves. Again, I find it crazy that there are 2 NL Central teams in the playoffs.
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A thought or two about Carlos Marmol 178 Comments
I didn’t make it a secret that I thought the Cubs 3-year extension given to Carlos Marmol last offseason wasn’t a wise decision. Despite that, I made it clear that Marmol ...
Series Preview: Arizona Diamondbacks (94-68) vs Milwaukee Brewers (96-66) 30 Comments
Milwaukee is already up 1-0 in this series but these things take too damn long for me to write to have this up before that happened (laughing). It’s hard to believe that there ...
Series Preview: Detroit Tigers (95-67) vs New York Yankees (97-65) 188 Comments
This series already began in disappointment, as the marquee matchup between extremely likely Cy Young winner Justing Verlander and C.C. Sabathia was suspended due to rain in the second ...
Terry Francona to leave Boston? 41 Comments
Terry Francona may be out as manager of the Red Sox as early as today so reports a lot of people with sources. I for one would be very happy if the Cubs targeted him as their manager. ...
Series Preview: Tampa Bay Rays (91-71) at Texas Rangers (96-66) 120 Comments
I’m going to write my usual previews for each of the playoff series. I’ll say flat out that I don’t follow the AL at all, so any of you Rays fans who aren’t ...
Carlos Zambrano was NOT added to the 40-man roster 45 Comments
Pitchers Justin Berg and Brian Schlitter were designated for assignment by the Cubs on Thursday, and pitcher Carlos Zambrano was added to the 40-man roster. Zambrano was taken ...
That's Baseball 114 Comments
As Ron Santo always liked to say: That’s baseball.
Congratulations to the Rays and Cardinals. If the postseason is only 4.38% as exciting as last night was, it’s going to ...
Cubs at Padres game thread 218 Comments
It’s been a while since we had one of these (and I can’t even write more than that one sentence and will make mb21 do the rest).
Although Carlos Zambrano is not with the ...
Offseason Preview: Trade Candidates 87 Comments
Without even knowing what the Cubs general plan is going to be this offseason, it’s very difficult to look ahead to the offseason with any confidence of what they may do. They ...
