Mr. Zambrano Goes to Wrigley (Maybe?) 13 Comments
ESPN free-lance reporter, and all-around good guy, Sahadev Sharma tweeted out one of the more interesting Cubs tweets I have seen in quite awhile:
Big Z just pulled into Wrigley players ...
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 ...
Even Greg Maddux May Have Trouble Getting Into the Hall of Fame Next Year 63 Comments
Recently, we’ve talked in the comments a little about how much harder it is going to be to get anybody into the Hall of Fame in future ballots because the BBWAA has clogged it ...
2012 in Review: January – When We Were Stupidly Kind of Optimistic About Stuff 28 Comments
2012 was pretty painful to live through as a Cubs fan, and even more so as a Cubs blogger who felt obligated to pay even more attention than is normally considered safe for human beings ...
C’mon, What’s Ol’ Gil Gotta Do to Get a Bunch of Overpaid Players on the Cubs? 42 Comments
The Patience Plan that the Cubs are executing was first met with wide appeal when Theo and Jed first arrived on the scene about a year ago. They came in and stated quite clearly that ...
It Turns Out Chet Coppock Still Exists and He Doesn’t Like Theo 194 Comments
Sometimes I just can't help myself. I'm a weak man. I admit it. I know I shouldn't always order my cheeseburger with bacon on it, but I do. I know I could do just as well ...
Sox Fans Are Weird 58 Comments
I'll never understand how Cubs fans and White Sox fans can technically be from the same city. Last night, the Sox had Chris Sale taking the mound as they went for the first ...
Castillo has MCL Sprain, Koyie Hill returns to Cubs 6 Comments
Welington Castillo has a MCL sprain and will get an MRI today. He could be out 4-7 days.
Carrie Muskat reports on twitter that the Cubs acquired Koyie Hill from the Reds for cash considerations, ...
Welcome Back, Welington? 40 Comments
So here we all were, basking in the glory of defeating Roy Halladay and minding our own business, and suddenly the Cubs Twitterverse is abuzz about a tweet. The tweet causing ...
Projecting the 2012 Cubs: Jeff Samardzija 58 Comments
Since Jeff Samardzija is now a "near-lock" to make the rotation, per Dale Sveum. Let's take a look at his projections for 2012. Just about everyone projected him as a ...
Cubs Mesh Corporate Sponsorship and a Veiled Reference to Pubic Hair Into Cubs Convention 127 Comments
The Cubs Convention is now a time-honored tradition almost as sacred in the world of Cubs fans as day baseball, the manual scoreboard, the ivy, the urinal troughs, and the years and ...
Hoyer and McLeod to Cubs officially official? 113 Comments
Jed Hoyer is expected to be named the new GM of the Cubs sometime next week. Jason McLeod will presumably become the Assistant GM. I won’t tell you about the post I had ready ...
Not Everyone is Happy About Theo Coming to the Cubs 266 Comments
I am used to seeing some pretty awful stuff written in the Sun-Times. After years of employing Jay Marriotti, you pretty much just expected ooze to seep from the newspaper, but ...
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, ...
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 ...
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” ...
Top Ten Rejected 2013 Cubs Slogans 107 Comments