Tonight the Chicagos Cubs and White Sox began a three game set at Wrigley Field, with veterans Dallas Keuchel and Jon Lester taking the mound. How did it go? The Sox hit home runs like Chicagoans vote, early and often. They finished with six for the night en route to a 10-1 drubbing of the […]
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Brewers @ Cubs, 08/15
The Chicago Cubs welcomed the Brewers to Wrigley for game three of a four-game series. The Cubs started something called a Colin Rea that is 30 and hasn’t pitched in the bigs since 2016, when he pitched twenty games with an ERA of around 5. Woof. He was on a pitch count of between 50 […]
SouthSide Heat
The South Siders are caliente as the season continues to ramp up. After sweeping the Royals this past weekend they traveled up North, where they’ve got two come from behind wins to start the week. Tonight’s game was a pitchers duel from start to finish. Both Lucas Giolito and Brandon Woodruff allowed two earned runs […]
No Recess: Cubs 5, Kansas City 4
Make that 5 in a row. I guess that’s all that counts. If you figure 32-28 makes the playoffs, the Cubs just need to win 23 of the final 49. Three more home runs. More great starting pitching. And some other stuff. I decided on a delicious veggie pizza with some added Italian sausage from […]
CATCHER OF THE WEEK: Todd Hundley—Catcher ON The Rye
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 […]
New Faces Look to Establish Them selves in Cubs Bullpen
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, […]
Pay No Attention to Rules I-IV
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. […]
Why Wheeler ?
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 […]
Shitty Cubs Games: June 28th, 2002
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 […]
CANNONBALL! Sox make big splash, signing All-Star catcher Yasmani Grandal
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 […]
