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  • The Cubs Are “Lucky” 13 Comments

    Brett at the Nation had a good article about the Cubs' horrid luck this year, and so did frequent commenter on that site Dr. Wimsey. I agree with the main thrust of both arguments. ...
    anthony rizzo

    Cubs Regression To The Mean 64 Comments

    The Cubs have been an enigmatic team this year in a few ways. I was looking earlier for reasons to be optimistic about the Cubs, and I found some; however, the Cubs have been equally ...
    javier-baez

    Myles’ Top 15 Positional Prospects List 37 Comments

    Now that I've done the AtP for all of the positional players, I've got my Top 15 prospects list ready. I did it all on my own, but the list is really similar to many of the ...

    DBacks Looking for SS, Veteran SP, 3B 6 Comments

    Awhile back we were kicking around trade ideas for Justin Upton from the Diamondbacks. GM Kevin Towers' postseason press conference confirms much of our speculation: Towers identified ...
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    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 ...
    SOLERHEART

    Daily Facepalm 2.14.2012 73 Comments

    Cubs May or May Not Have Added a Cuban We're still on Jorge Soler watch, which I suspect will result in a brand new member of the "Putting Cub in Cuban" club. All the ...

    How I learned to stop worrying and love the big contract 114 Comments

    Alfonso Soriano‘s contract was an idiotic move that sank the Cubs into an economic impasse. I’d like to congratulate myself officially for expressing that sentiment for ...

    Theo's First Mistake 122 Comments

    It’s still really early in the Era of the Super Friends, so the opportunities for Theo and the Wonder Twins to screw up have been minimal so far. Maybe you disagreed with the ...
    garza

    Who Goes Batshit Crazy Tonight? 183 Comments

    I got my money on this guy… Seriously, what the hell is Garza doing in that photo?  He looks like when Chandler can’t smile in “The One With the Engagement Picture.” Anyway… ...
    AirBud

    Cubs to expand into new, untapped talent pool in tonight's draft 92 Comments

    Fresh off the Cubs fruitful forays into scouting and signing players in baseball powerhouses like Korea, Morocco, Mongolia, and the Duchy of Grand Fenwick, the Cubs will further advance ...

    Opening Day in the Time of Cholera 219 Comments

    It’s Opening Day in Major League Baseball, one day before the Cubs officially begin to toy with our hopes in earnest. So I thought I’d take this opportunity to brace myself ...