Pat Caputo and the Hall of Fame 12 Comments
I had never heard of Pat Caputo before this morning, but found a link on The Book Blog and had to check it out. Tango highlighted how Caputo won't vote for Craig Biggio because, ...
One of the Finest Days in Cubs History: September 27, 2003 99 Comments
Here we are, in a Cubs baseball season that was deposited into the septic tank of history approximately 150 days ago. If you can name the Cubs current starting rotation, well, ...
Worst Cubs offense ever? 114 Comments
I was checking out Starlin Castro's disappointing offensive season on Fangraphs and thought I'd check to see where the Cubs rank offensively as a team. I didn't realize ...
Player Behavior 22 Comments
I don't know how many times I've said I don't care about the players in any other way than their performance. Over the years I have stressed this so many times I've ...
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, ...
The Highs And Lows of Kerry Wood’s Career 46 Comments
Chris Jaffe does an excellent job highlighting the best and worst of Kerry Wood's career on The Hardball Times. It's a long list and a fun read. I'll quote one here.
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Ballhawks can take 2012 off 69 Comments
One thing I've noticed while looking over the projections the past couple months is just how little power the Cubs have. Their starting lineup is practically filled with singles ...
Daily Facepalm 2.23.12, Position Players report 194 Comments
Position players report to spring training today
Speaking of which, Mets manager Terry Collins is bitching yet again about players not reporting earlier than their report date. Pouliot ...
The future Cubs 180 Comments
In a couple years the Cubs infield will include future stars like Hee Seop Choi, Bobby Hill and Brendan Harris. Sammy Sosa will be joined by Corey Patterson and David Kelton. Before ...
Winter Meetings Day 3 Open Thread 191 Comments
In 2001 the Cubs were just a little better than average offensively. The only reason they were that good was because of Sammy Sosa‘s career year. The one thing I’ve always ...
Aramis Ramirez and "performing when it counts" 121 Comments
The Cubs and Aramis Ramirez have a mutal option for 2011 at $16 million, but it’s unlikely he exercises that option. Ramirez is looking for more than a one-year deal and as the ...
Sammy Sosa’s Pinterest Page is Exactly What You’d Expect Sammy Sosa’s Pinterest Page to Be 30 Comments