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    Obstructed View Daily Facepalm 4.28.13 – The Matt Garza Trade Revisited 31 Comments

    The Matt Garza trade, revisited Bruce Miles has a piece looking back at the Matt Garza trade over at The Daily Herald. I still go back and forth on the trade myself. On one hand, it ...
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    Season in Review: Matt Garza 60 Comments

    Following the 2010 season the Cubs decided to trade a bunch of players to acquire an overrated middle of the rotation pitcher in Matt Garza. Then he surprised many of us by having the ...

    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 ...

    What the hell are the Cubs going to do this offseason? 46 Comments

    I started blogging about the Cubs after the 2003 season. Myself and a couple others eventually started our own blog, but even after the 2003 season the direction the Cubs were heading ...

    Some more thoughts on the Matt Garza trade 74 Comments

    Even though the Cubs are more known for their failures, mistakes and screw-ups, every once in awhile you have to give them credit. We probably should do so more than we have, but the ...

    Looking Back at the Matt Garza Trade 146 Comments

    I was none too happy when the Cubs traded for Matt Garza in the offseason. It wasn’t that I didn’t like Garza. He was a good pitcher about equal to Dempster and Zambrano ...

    Checking up on the Cubs top prospects 195 Comments

    I have always wanted to write more about the minor leagues, but whenever I start to do so I have failed to keep it up. As a result, I’ve mostly stopped writing articles about ...
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    Cubs Now Getting Beat in Marketing Overhype Department Too 91 Comments

    Just when I thought the Cubs were best at something, along comes another team to take away their prize.  I didn’t think any team anywhere could top the Cubs in over-hyping ...