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Regarding the "save" statistic 9 Comments
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past 36 hours or so, you know that Mariano Rivera got his 602nd save yesterday. As a former and currently-sometime Yankees fan ...
Next year's Bryan LaHair 189 Comments
If you’ve followed the Cubs closely long enough you can’t help but notice that some Cubs fans (many? most?) fall in love with a certain prospect each year who is going to ...
Roasting the 2011 Cubs 178 Comments
WARNING: Before we get started, I’m assuming most people who come to this site don’t need to be told this, but for those who are not familar with a roast, they are rude, ...
Why the hell do people care if so and so plays in September? 199 Comments
I’ve seen a lot of comments lately from Cubs fans upset that the Cubs are still playing the veterans (on other sites). Of course they are. What young player has pushed a veteran ...
Breaking Bad: Salud 28 Comments
I don’t see how this season comes down to anything other than this faceoff from last season resulting in the death of one of them.
What are the 2011 Cubs good at? 181 Comments
I wanted to look over various statistics to see what the Cubs were good at. It’s a bad team, but even bad teams excel at something. Right?
Batting average is a useless statistic, ...
Starlin Castro and 200 hits in season 142 Comments
Starlin Castro sits at 192 hits entering today’s games. There are 13 games remaining this season and there seems a good chance he ends up with 200 hits. That’s a big number ...
Mike Quade's Star Wars Nicknames 287 Comments
Have you ever wondered how Mike Quade would refer to characters in the Star Wars universe? Us too.
In honor of the upcoming Star Wars Night at Wrigley (and because we need another ...
Add Mark Shapiro's name to the list 4 Comments
Jayson Stark has heard from an executive that Indians President and former GM Mark Shapiro may have interest in the Cubs general manager job.
We’ve heard lots of famous names ...
Bud Selig is Mad Everyone Knows He's an Unfeeling Asshole 410 Comments
Bud Selig is none too happy with the Mets. Apparently, Bud wanted to deny them the ability to wear NYPD, NYFD, and other first responders’ hats in favor of the the MLB sanctioned ...
Aramis Ramirez and "performing when it counts" 121 Comments
The Cubs and Aramis Ramirez have a mutal option for 2011 at $16 million, but it’s unlikely he exercises that option. Ramirez is looking for more than a one-year deal and as the ...
The hunt for a new GM 152 Comments
Shortly after Jim Hendry was fired I wrote about why every big name GM, current or not, is a candidate for the Cubs job. If they are, so is everybody else. The reason I wrote that is ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (64-82) at Cincinnati Reds (71-75) 172 Comments
The Cubs played the Reds just last week, and five of the six starters from that series are pitching this series. I’m just going to make a few minor tweaks to the last preview ...
2011 Minor League Wrap Up, Part 2 No Comments
I figured now was a good time to post something about the Cubs top prospects since it’s past the midway point in the full minor league seasons. The short-season teams just ...
Series Preview: Chicago Cubs (62-81) at New York Mets (70-73) 138 Comments
Have the Cubs even played the Mets this year? I can’t remember (laughing). Apparently the Cubs took two out three from them behind strong performances from Demp and Z.
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Cubs Help George Lucas Continue to Ruin Star Wars 198 Comments
When I saw Star Wars when it first came out in 1977, I thought it was the best thing than man would ever do. As I grew up and saw the next two movies in the trilogy, it only solidified ...
WAR And Salsa 190 Comments
A lot of discussion started yesterday about WAR thanks a very thoughtful article on It’s About The Money, Stupid. Discussion followed in two article on The Book Blog (here and ...
