Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
We have documented before on this website the pox that one Dick Stockton seems to have brought upon Chicago athletics any time he calls a game. Or at least any time he calls a Cubs game, as he did for both of their wildly unsuccessful postseason trips in 2007 and ...
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
As has been posted here before, we're not immune to believing in curses around here, no matter how crazy they may seem. This is especially true when it comes to the Chicago Cubs.
Many of us are true Cubs fans, not just the beer toting, partying variety.
Now, the Cubs have the ...
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
For the past 99 seasons, every Cubs team has had some form of kryptonite.
But this year, people are treating the Cubs differently. Try as they might, no one can find a serious flaw in this well-oiled machine.
Well, those people don't know Dick. Dick Stockton, that is.
Stockton is a familiar (ugly) ...
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008
Madden '09 hit store shelves today, and the best part is we don't even have to wait for the season to begin for the annual Madden Curse to come into effect. In a beautiful twist of irony, this year it is the game itself that's cursed rather than the player ...
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