Cubs manager David Ross (yeah, that still sounds weird) confirmed that Kris Bryant will be the Cubs’ leadoff hitter to start the 2020 season. He didn’t dance around the issue, saying it made sense to him to have his best hitter getting the most at bats. Of course, having a leadoff hitter whose worst on […]
Today, a couple Cubs beat writers let it be known that Cubs bullpen coach Lester Strode was given his walking papers. Strode had been with the Cubs for 31 years, and had been the bullpen coach since 2007, having served in that capacity under Lou Piniella, Mike Quade, Dale Sveum, Rick Renteria and Joe Maddon. […]
News broke via the usual suspects (Jesse Rogers & Dave Kaplan) that the Chicago Cubs have decided to hire David Ross to manage the team, replacing Joe Maddon, who has already found a new home next to Disneyland. Of course, if you ever want to know just how much anything sucks there’s no better place […]
The Angels announced, to nobody’s real surprise, that they were hiring Joe Maddon for three years to be their manager. It really doesn’t seem like Joe spoke to any other teams (surprising, since the Padres certainly look like they’re the closest thing to the Cubs team he took over), and the Angels had Buck Schowalter […]