In my 40 years of following the Cubs, I have seen a great many men come through town while donning the tools of ignorance—they collectively comprise a tapestry that ranges the entire characteristic gamut. From the outstanding (our current catcher, one Willson Contreras, who after these past 40 years is well on his way to […]
After being completely quiet in the offseason the Cubs have finally started to make some moves to restructure their bullpen leading into spring training. Last Friday hours before the 2020 Cubs Convention kicked off for the weekend. the Cubs worked out a deal with the Dodgers in which the Cubs acquired right-handed pitcher Casey Sadler, […]
The last day of the annual MLB winter meetings is generally filled with all the excitement of a Sunday morning at a frat house after a killer bash. The first three days were filled with all sorts of fireworks as record-setting contracts for Stephen Strasburg, Gerrit Cole, and Anthony Rendon we announced on each day. […]
Forgive me if I don’t understand the hype and disappointment at missing out on Zachery Wheeler. This isn’t Manny 2.0 or season 2 of True Detective. Ya Rick and co. out bid Philly but there are always going to be extenuating circumstances. Family in this case and as I saw on twitter when you factor in the […]
This edition of Shitty Cubs Games I’ve Attended does not involve a trip to Clark & Addison, but rather, 10 stops south on the red line at Sox Park (I have no idea if Comiskey Park had been re-branded as US Cellular Field by 2002 and I don’t care enough to look it up). Heading […]
White Sox fans have been poking the front office with a metaphorical stick since the day the World Series ended to do something to improve a team that just finished its 7th consecutive losing season. They started the offseason by retaining the services of Jose Abreu, and today, GM Rick Hahn put down his churros […]
In this feature, we will help you acquaint yourself with some of the finest practitioners of the most thankless task in baseball to ever don the “tools of ignorance” for our beloved Chicago Baseball teams. This week we feature Barry Foote. In my musings about the Cubs–both internal and out loud–I often view my fandom […]
The names on the 2020 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot were released, and the one new name of local interest is former White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko. Which led to this gem: If Phildo has blocked you, he basically said Konerko is unfairly rated by WAR, and he’s the same basic hitter as Edgar […]
A look back before we see what the future holds, or saves. The 2005 White Sox starting pitchers were exactly what they needed to be to win a World Series. Wait, what that’s not exactly high praise. But I think it is, they were a combined 72-42 (for those of you not math majors) that’s […]
I’ve been a Cubs’ fan for just over twenty years – a little unusual considering I’m in my mid-forties, but then baseball wasn’t really a thing where I grew up. These days, I live in the Netherlands, where although baseball is relatively widely played, the dearth of Dutch players in the Major Leagues* shows only […]