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 too long ago, he went off on the umpires for being horrible. Before that, he was on board with Tom Ricketts’ assessments that the team …
OV Pic of the Day: Dempster Doesn’t Have a Good Poker Face
So, I’ve been at work and wasn’t able to pay much attention to the rubber game against the Phillies today. With Ryan Dempster going up against rookie starter, Vance Worley, you had to figure the Cubs had as good a shot as they could expect to take the series from the best team in the National League. How’d it go, …
OV Pic of the Day: Are We Having Fun Yet?
The Cubs lost to the Phillies 4-2 after blowing a 2-0 lead and another outstanding pitching performance by Matt Garza. After the game, Garza said he is still having fun: “It’s baseball,” Garza said. “If it was a given, it wouldn’t be that fun, would it?” (Chris Sweda, Chicago Tribune / July 19, 2011) It certainly looks like you’re having …
African-Americans in baseball
This Texas newspaper story has been circulating around the blogosphere for a while so I thought it deserved a bit of attention. I think most everyone is aware that the number of star-quality or even major league-caliber African-American players in MLB has dwindled in recent years. The article does mention how the population of African-Americans in basketball and American …
Carlos Marmol and Kerry Wood working on stuff
I’m not sure why it made me laugh, but I saw on cubs.com today that Kerry Wood was working on stuff to regain his form. CHICAGO — Kerry Wood has been a little inconsistent, but Cubs manager Mike Quade said the right-hander is healthy and just needs time. “He’s obviously capable of dominating and pitching a lot more efficiently than …
OV Pic of the Day: Halladay Beat by Cubs (or Heat?)
As far as I can tell, the heat opened up a parallel universe where Roy Halladay is mediocre and Rodrigo Lopez is awesome. Or something. The heat definitely played a role as Halladay was forced from the game in the 5th inning after already allowing three runs on seven hits… or so the Phillies would have us believe. (AP Photo/Charles …
Series Preview: Philadelphia Phillies (59-35) at Whitney Young Dolphins (38-58)
Technically, the Phillies have the best record in MLB. And technically, the Cubs have the second worst. So technically, the Phillies should slaughter the Cubs. But on artistic merit, the Cubs have a clear advantage and should dominate the series. Paul McCartney is playing Wrigley at the end of the month, so I really don’t know what can stop the …
OV Pic of the Day: Crushing Loss (in Soccer)
Unlike alot of the viewers of the Women’s World Cup finals, these folks seem pretty prepared for a crushing defeat. Never say being a Cubs fan doesn’t have its benefits. (Photo by Brian Kersey/Getty Images)
Breaking Bad Season 4 Premiere
Figured we should start a thread for this if anyone wants to talk about so we’re not spoiling anything for those who haven’t seen it. So if you haven’t seen it, don’t read this thread. If you do, don’t complain about hearing stuff you didn’t want to know.
Bruce Levine’s 5 most likely to be traded, yo
Happy Breaking Bad Day … bitch! After xoomwaffle posted this link to Levine’s article earlier today I started writing something and then lost interest about a half sentence in. That’s been happening a lot lately. I started writing something yesterday and lost interest about 3 paragraphs in. A few days ago I began writing something where I was comparing Starlin …