A Record Held By a Chicago Cub is Being Threatened
Even though I never saw him play a game, Lewis Robert “Hack” Wilson has always been one of my favorite guys in Chicago Cubs history, and in general baseball. Not only was he a baseball player who was...
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An experiment in visualizing pitch sequencing
Author’s note: None of this would have been possible without the tremendous work done at Brooks Baseball and their Pitch F/X data. I love them dearly for the hard work they do. Foreward I’m fascinated...
View ArticleFor Monday’s Off Day Fun, a Hypothetical
If you have been following our FaceBook page at all, you would know that we really hate off days. We hate them so much, that we tend to post random questions to start discussions with our faithful fans...
View ArticleThe Biogenesis scandal
Ears tend to perk up when you hear the words “baseball” and “steroids” used in the same sentence. So it goes. MLB is seeking to suspend 20 players who were involved in the Biogenesis scandal. Among the...
View ArticleGUESTCAST Over But Low 1 – Alright so are we getting ready to do this then?
GUESS WHO’S BACK GUYS Andy and Moe make their comeback with special guest Rice Cube. We talk: Chicago White Sox and the Mariners play the longest game in podcast history Emergency White Sox...
View ArticleMan, we could’ve had Dan Haren…
There’s a line of thinking that if one event had occurred, the rest of the events that followed would be completely altered, sort of like a butterfly effect or that time in Back to the Future Part II...
View ArticleThe One Where I Actually Have a Question
I love the Chicago fan base, they are among the most passionate and loyal fans you will find. After all, when you consider the Chicago Bears have gone 28 years without a championship, the Cubs have...
View ArticleAll Canada is good for is some random dick jokes
Today, Roobs told me that the Toronto Blue Jays’ next starting pitchers were going to be Josh Johnson, R.A. Dickey and Chien-Ming Wang. You don’t have to have that much of a sense of humor to realize...
View ArticleFun With Google — Or, a Retelling of a Potential Nightmare
Most of these blog ideas start off with a weird tangent. In today’s case, Roobs made an off-hand statement that Cubs fans seem to prefer Ruben Amaro Jr. as their general manager. Amaro is now the GM...
View ArticleBall Park Tour: Comerica
As you know, I love the Chicago Cubs and everything about them. I love going to Wrigley Field for games to watch the boys in blue, I love the ivy walls and the manual scoreboard. There is something...
View ArticleSomeone actually wants Carlos Marmol?
A few days ago, the Cubs finally cried “uncle” and designated Carlos Marmol for assignment, effectively saying their farewells to one of the most dominant yet terrible relievers in Cubs history. There...
View ArticleRandom Twitter Thoughts by MRubio52
Presented with little comment from the mind of Mauricio Rubio: I see people are talking about the relaxed tone this baseball season has had in Chicago thus far. “Relaxed” meaning people aren’t...
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Luis Valbuena, eat your heart out
Luis Valbuena is the king of Cubs bat flips. Tonight, Home Run Derby champion Yoenis Cespedes did him several better. (h/t SB Nation) Long live baseball.
View ArticleA Tip of the Cap to the Baseball Writers
Tonight is the All Star game, the day when those who were chosen to take part in the midsummer classic go toe to toe for league pride, home field advantage in the World Series, and a chance to show...
View ArticleMy memories of Mariano Rivera
We had a podcast just now, but I thought it would be a good opportunity here, with the appearance fresh in my mind, to talk about Mariano Rivera. You may know him as the guy who has anchored the...
View ArticleA Heartfelt goodbye Soriano
Baseball is a funny game. Watching a ball game is roughly three hours of your life, some times longer, occasionally shorter. But for those three hours a day the team that you root for becomes a part of...
View ArticleHere’s raw audio of Alex Rodriguez getting booed.
I was at the White Sox – Yankees game last night to witness the return of Alex Rodriguez. I’ll have complete thoughts on this tomorrow but for now have raw audio of A Rod getting booed like a...
View ArticleBaseball Fans are Funnny
The following is not based on any statistical or measurable date that has been collected, but rather a collection of observational reactions from Twitter, FaceBook and Sports Talk Radio. I love my...
View ArticleThe Odd Stories That Could Only Happen to the Cubs: Wrigley Field
As our series on those supposed “Cubbie Curses” that have prevented the Chicago Cubs from winning the World Series all these years continues, one of the stops has to be Wrigley Field. After all, the...
View ArticleThe Odd Stories That Could Only Happen to the Cubs: The Evil Eye
As you should know by now, if you have been following this series I do not believe in curses, jinxes, hexes or anything along those lines. However, many people do and blame all that black magic for the...
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