Archive for the ‘Chicago Cubs’ Category
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
It's just been one of those years.
My favorite football team's biggest rival won the Super Bowl and still hasn't lost a game in 2011. My favorite baseball team's biggest rival won the World Series. Both got into the playoffs thanks to wins over that rival in the final week of ...
Posted in Chicago Cubs | 1 Comment »
Thursday, November 3rd, 2011
Well, well, well.
Those a-holes from St. Louis are already back at it.
Just days after I clearly warned the universe that I would blow it up in the case that this happened, the St. Louis Cardinals confirmed that Ryne Sandberg will be one of "less than 10 candidates" interviewed for the ...
Posted in Chicago Cubs, MLB | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
So will they end up calling it The Curse of Theo, or The Curse of Tito?
According to media reports from all corners of the country -- well, maybe not the southwest corner -- Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein to the Cubs is essentially a done deal. It's just another ...
Posted in Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, MLB | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
I'm embarrassed. Hopefully we're all embarrassed. Because we're just as human as he is.
"He" is Steve Bartman, who went from being a normal guy to the world's most infamous fan to having ESPN air a documentary, "Catching Hell," that recalled the whole unfortunate thing. And "we" are Cubs fans.
Most likely, ...
Posted in Chicago Cubs, Steve Bartman | 2 Comments »
Sunday, August 21st, 2011
The Chicago Cubs finally did the inevitable on Friday, announcing the firing of general manager Jim Hendry a mere one month after actually firing him.
Wait, what?
According to Cubs owner Tom Ricketts, Hendry was actually canned on July 22. However, it somehow took until August 19 for Hendry to turn in ...
Posted in Chicago Cubs, MLB | 5 Comments »
Monday, June 6th, 2011
The beauty of the Chicago Cubs is the simplicity of their design. Just when you think they've lost in the crappiest way you could ever imagine, they find a way to do something even worse the very next day.
That was the case on Sunday, as the Cubs got swept by ...
Posted in Carlos Zambrano, Chicago Cubs, MLB | 2 Comments »
Monday, December 6th, 2010
For three days, I have struggled to figure out how to write this blog post. This is what I finally came up with.
It wasn't a surprise when I woke up to the texts on Friday morning. Ron Santo, the face -- or at least the soul -- of the Cubs ...
Posted in Chicago Cubs | 3 Comments »
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010
When former Cub fan favorite Ryan Theriot was traded to the Cardinals from the Dodgers on Tuesday, the response amongst myself and friends was a universal "Shit."
Even if he hits .120 against every other opponent next season, none of us had any doubt in our minds that Theriot will bat ...
Posted in Chicago Cubs, MLB | 2 Comments »
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010
So, the Cubs hired Mike Quade to be their manager for the next two seasons and the immediate reaction amongst Cub fans has not been to shoot off fireworks and start playing the 1812 Overture. (Which is the perfect song of celebration since 1812 is closer to the last Cubs ...
Posted in Chicago Cubs, MLB | No Comments »
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
There's filthy, and then there's filthy.
A 48-year old chain-smoking, Atlantic City cocktail waitress toting a purse filled with Valtrex is filthy.
The mess two honeymooners leave between the bed sheets qualifies as filthy, as well.
But ladies and gentlemen, let me bring to your attention a whole other type of filth. That ...
Posted in Carlos Marmol, Chicago Cubs, General, MLB | 1 Comment »
