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OV Pic of the Day: Marlins Do a Funny Bit 84 Comments
Those funny, funny Marlins. They’re a hoot.
They out-Cubbed the Cubs and saved Carlos Marmol from getting lynched.
I hope they do an encore tomorrow.
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Cubs Pic of the Day – Look! A Dewayne Wise Sighting! 181 Comments
I tried something last year over at Aisle 424 that I called the Play of the Day that substituted a game recap. My reasoning was that everyone with a Cubs blog that wanted to be ...
Series Preview: Florida Marlins (43-48) at Iowa Cubs of Chicago (37-55) 148 Comments
After three days of not losing, the Cubs are back in the saddle again to play out the string on the rest of the season.
The Marlins have had a roller coaster of a season so far. As ...
A Tale of Two Sluggers 145 Comments
It was the worst of times, it was the best of times.They were the suckiest of sluggers, they were the strongest of sluggers. They couldn’t hit, they couldn’t be retired. ...
About Nothing In Particular 93 Comments
The all-star game was last night. We heard a lot from former players about how it’s a disgrace to not go to the game if you’re chosen. The game isn’t the same as it ...
Obstructed View Demographics Survey 230 Comments
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Home Run Derby Thread 36 Comments
No idea who is even particpating in the Derby this year, but it’s tonight. Enjoy.
3 balls and 2 strikes? 13 Comments
How about instead of 4 balls and 3 strikes baseball went to 3 balls and 2 strikes? For one thing, it would shorten the game, which I’m in favor of. It would almost certainly eliminate ...
Mid-Season Good and Bad: Position Players 94 Comments
Last year over at Aisle 424, I decided that grading players on a scale of objectivity was ultimately dumb and subjective. But since it’s like a blog law that you have to do ...
First Half Mercifully Ends 213 Comments
The first half of the Cubs’ season draws to an end today in Pittsburgh, thus leading us to wonder: It’s only the fucking All-Star break?!
Starlin Castro has managed to play ...
Are even the best relievers unreliable? 86 Comments
Carlos Marmol blew a save last night so it naturally sparked discussion about whether or not you should sign relievers to longterm contracts. Carlos Marmol is a very good relief pitcher ...
Midseason look at the Cubs top prospects, part 5 146 Comments
Below is a form for you to enter your top prospects. There are 30 players listed. I don’t expect all of you fill out all 30, but I’m hoping all of you can fill out 10. I’ll ...
Can Rosenbloom out-stupid Rosenbloom? 107 Comments
Steve Rosenbloom’s streak of semi-reasonable articles came to a screeching halt yesterday (we’re all regression fans here, so we saw this coming) with his “thrashing” ...
Series Preview: Iowa Cubs of Chicago (36-53) at Pittsburgh Pirates (45-42) 145 Comments
I was going to write a longer preview for this series, but I saw the Cubs probable pitchers and gave up.
Friday: Rodrigo Lopez
Saturday: TBA
Sunday: Ramon Ortiz
Saturday will probably ...
Midseason look at the Cubs top prospects, part 4 113 Comments
Over the last week we’ve looked at the top 20 Cubs prospects according to John Sickels and how they’re performing this season. We’ve also looked at 15 or 16 additional ...
Cubs Sign International Free Agents Mark Malave and Ricardo Marcano No Comments
Terms aren’t yet available, but the Cubs have signed two more international free agents. Scouting reports for the players are below. Malave is the 8th ranked international free ...
D'oh! Cubs, D'oh! 250 Comments
The Cubs have had injury problems. This is not a secret. Tom Ricketts will tell anyone with a camera or a microphone about the injuries and how they ruined a perfectly good ...
Midseason look at the Cubs top prospects, part 3 119 Comments
We’ve taken an extensive look at the top 20 Cubs prospects this season by Sickels so it’s time to look at some others who weren’t ranked.
John Gaub
Gaub is coming ...
Midseason look at the Cubs top prospects, part 2 143 Comments
A few days ago we looked at Sickel’s Cubs prospects ranked 11-20 entering the season and how they’ve done so far. This time we’ll look at the top 10.
10) Alberto ...
Tom Ricketts and Player Acquisition 83 Comments
Tom Ricketts has been vocal since buying the Cubs about the need to strengthen the minor league system. It’s getting harder to doubt his sincerity given the construction of a new ...
