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    Handling Starlin Castro 99 Comments

    The other day in San Francisco Starlin Castro lost track of the number of outs and failed to complete the second half of what may or may not have been a double play. As you'd expect, ...
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    Daily Facepalm 2.29.12 150 Comments

    Cubs go from maybe thinking about extending Garza to thinking about extending Garza. Or possibly cloning him. It's not clear. Hoyer (via Orange Guy): “We have a good relationship ...
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    Fates of the Cubs Coaching Staff 218 Comments

    Ever since Jim Hendry was fired last summer, most of us assumed that Mike Quade was fired as well, he just didn’t know it yet. Perhaps Ricketts gave Quade’s pink slip to ...

    Cubs next manager 299 Comments

    The day we learned Jim Hendry was fired, I talked about how listing general manager candidates would be lazy. The reality at that time was that there wasn’t a general manager ...

    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, ...

    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 ...
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    Mike Quade Has Lots of Excuses 34 Comments

    Yesterday we learned from Mike Quade that the Cubs lost a game 9-1 because Starlin Castro wasn’t focused on a pop fly which set a bad tone for the entire rest of the game.  Not ...

    Is Mike Quade in over his head? 91 Comments

    I’ve argued with Mercurial Outfielder on here that there’s no reason to think Mike Quade is in over his head. Hardball Talk now has an article up titled Cubs manager Mike ...

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    Mike Quade, You Are A Dumbass 42 Comments

    It’s the bottom of the 8th inning on Saturday night and I had sat in Kaufmann Stadium and watched the Cubs and Royals play a very good game. It was well pitched. The umpires, ...

    Was Zambrano Being Punished? 193 Comments

    The Cubs lost to the Phillies and Roy Halladay on Friday evening, which wasn’t a surprise.  What was a surprise, and what has most people talking/tweeting/cursing/throwing ...
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    Phil Rogers is Still Wrong – Because He HAS TO 305 Comments

    MB, you ignorant slut. As someone who has been around the Cubs blogosphere for as long as you have, you should know damn well that Phil Rogers is never right about anything.  I’m ...

    Should Starlin Castro move off shortstop? 45 Comments

    After Starlin Castro‘s 3-error inning the other day a lot of talk began again about moving the 21-year old to 2nd base. It’s even been suggested that Darwin Barney (also ...

    11 Cubs Sure To Disappoint 115 Comments

    I should have written this about ten days ago, but I didn’t so I’m going to do it now. Early season stats mean absolutely nothing to me so there’s no risk of them ...
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    Searching For a Ray of Sunshine on an Otherwise Craptastic Day 80 Comments

    Today has been a rough day to be a Cubs fan.  Everything got off to a bad start this morning as we awaited word on Andrew Cashner’s MRI results.  But we can look to ...

    The Stats We Use: Baserunning 97 Comments

    Believe it or not, baserunning is a relatively simple aspect of the game to quantify. If you think for a moment about the possibilities in baserunning, there aren’t really that ...

    Obstructed View Opening Day Roundtable – part 1 77 Comments

    Your fearless Obstructed View Executive Chairmen got together to discuss various topics related to the 2011 Cubs season. Here’s part one of our roundtable, that focuses on the ...

    Quade realizes the Cubs have no speed, backs off aggressive baserunning talk 88 Comments

    It’s nice to see the team back off from another dumb policy. At the beginning of spring training (and IIRC the offseason) Quade said that the Cubs were going to be more aggressive ...

    Mike Quade Has Tiger Blood. Hooray? 118 Comments

    There are two basic schools of thought about Mike Quade’s recent comments on Carlos Silva: 1) Mike Quade is the greatest, toughest, smartest son of a gun in baseball; 2) Mike ...