The Odd Stories That Could Only Happen to the Cubs: The Billy Goat
As our series on the supposed “curses” that have prevent the Chicago Cubs from winning the World Series, we finally get to the most well known of the many fables. I am, of course, talking about the...
View ArticleNational League Central Conspiracy Theory
Tonight, the Cubs lost to the Pirates in not-so-surprising fashion (we’ll get to that later). Scott Baker was actually pretty good up until he gave up the home run to Jose Tabata. Still, he held the...
View ArticlePlayoff Chaos
As you know, the Cubs weren’t able to do any trolling today, losing to the rival St. Louis Cardinals. Starlin Castro had a pretty good game, though. That was nice. The unfortunate thing about being...
View ArticleCan’t Sneak In
I was just looking at this after the Dodgers lost to the Rockies to finish tonight’s slate of games. It seems that in 2013, every team that makes the playoffs from either league will need at least 90...
View ArticleOn Carlos Beltran and a Love For Baseball
Last night, we were treated to the Carlos Beltran Show. You may still be a bit pissed off about the “non-tag” at home plate when Beltran threw a strike to home plate and Yadier Molina sort of just sat...
View ArticleWorld Series Preview Thoughts
The Boston Red Sox just won the American League pennant, defeating the Detroit Tigers, and will host the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday. I don’t even remember the last time the two best teams in...
View ArticleOBSTRUCTION!
This World Series is fixing to be a good one as I had hoped when I previewed the championship round (kinda poorly, but I figured others could do better and I just wanted to see good games). It seems,...
View ArticleJonron Derby
Chicago is a cold and uninviting city during the winter months. The monolithic structures that dominate our skyline loom over streets dotted with orange phosphorous lights; silent observers who watch...
View ArticleReplay Experiment is Nigh
As Cubs prospects continue to blister the baseball in the Arizona Fall League, Major League Baseball is going to perform their own experiment with replay expansion. According to Jeff Passan of Yahoo!...
View ArticleBrad Ausmus goes to Detroit, thus signaling the end of the world
Tonight, we got some disappointing news: Say it with me now… FUCK! I wanted him here. RT @Ken_Rosenthal: Source: #Tigers to hire Ausmus as manager. First reported @AdamSpolane. — WorldSeriesDreaming...
View ArticleDamn Yankees!
As you may know, we at WSD are very interested to see whether the Cubs make good on the rumor that they are prioritizing the signing of Japanese super-pitcher Masahiro Tanaka. Dabynsky had previously...
View ArticleThe Exciting Adventures of the #SFBatKid
While I continue to procrastinating on grading this giant mound of papers (which probably will happen after I take the kid to Scouts and before tonight’s marathon Breaking Bad session to finish out...
View ArticleFree Agency and the Cubs
Jon Heyman just tweeted this about Giants starter Ryan Vogelsong: #SFGiants have an agreement with Ryan Vogelsong on 1-year deal. @hankschulman says wincentives it could be > $6.5M — Jon Heyman...
View ArticleWe interrupt your #handegg to bring you random baseball tidbits
In the wake of some exciting college football action (seriously, why is Duke so good this season?), there are still some offseason goings-on in the land of Major League Baseball. Let’s take a look at...
View ArticleI want to be a Macho man
I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while, but real life got in the way (no complaints here, I like real life). This actually has a lot to do with real life, however, so maybe a bit of...
View ArticleBetter to be Protected
I caught a bit of guff the other day after I suggested that MLB’s impending ban on home plate collisions was a good idea. With so much at stake now for players, even the most macho of players (and...
View ArticleGrant Balfour probably hates the Orioles
You may have heard that the Baltimore Orioles backed out of their agreement with former Oakland A’s reliever Grant Balfour after the physical examination. In a vacuum that shouldn’t be a surprise, but...
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New Year Hall of Fame Thoughts
The ballot you see here is from Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe, who got blasted by Jason Collette for only picking five names. One of those names happens to be Jack Morris, and if you’ve been on...
View ArticleGreetings Cub Fans!
Hi Everyone, I’m Jill, the newest blogger around World Series Dreaming. First, I would like to thank Anno and the rest of the crew for giving me this opportunity. I am looking forward to blogging and...
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Hot Sports Take, Countdown to Spring Training: #14
By tomorrow evening, we will have about 10 inches of snow on the ground, and I really apologize, I hate to continue talking about the weather, but that’s really the only exciting thing that is going on...
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