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Jay Mariotti does not understand the Interwebs
According to Deadspin, former Sun Times columnist and all around douchebag Jay Mariotti has a new job. Remember that Jay quit the Sun Times last summer because he finally figured out that Interwebs were the wave of the f[...]
Where’s the Pulse?
Earlier this month when the baseball GMs convened in Las Vegas to collude and catch some Barry Pincus it looked like the Cubs were going to pull off a trade for Padres pitcher Jake Peavy. Those talks advanced far eno[...]
MLB Network: 24 hours of what?
At 5 p.m. our time (assuming you live in the Central Time Zone) on New Year’s Day, while most of Chicago has just finished up watching hockey for the first time…well, ever, and drinking away their hangovers f[...]
Time to bash once more
CHICAGO – Chicago Cubs broadcasters Len Kasper and Bob Brenly will team up outside the broadcast booth to host the third annual Len & Bob Bash on Thursday, January 15, 2009, at the House of Blues in downtown Chi[...]
More Gabor?
You know your irrational (and largely overstated) hatred for a player has become outsized when a beat writer from a Chicago area newspaper taunts you with news of that player’s return. Damn you Gabor Bako. Damn y[...]
So long, Greggie
Yesterday was a bittersweet day for Cubs legends. Ron Santo was denied entry into the Hall of Fame again, the fourth time his peers on the Veterans’ Committee have left him standing with the fat girls on the outs[...]
Andy Dolan
Podcast: Somewhere in there is an NBA preview
This week’s edition of the podcast includes special guest, Yahoo! Sports NBA columnist Kelly Dwyer. Kelly and the guys were supposed to do an NBA season preview. Instead it’s basically 86 minutes of stories about Stacy King, Herm Winningham, Bob Rohrman and Shane Victorino’s batting helmet. So pretty much, it’s the best NBA season preview ever. If [...]
An open letter to TBS Sports
Dear TBS Sports, Why do you hate sports so much? What did it ever do to you? Did the Rafael Ramirez/Bruce Benedict Braves teams of the ’80s sour you so much on sports that you have to try to torture innocent baseball fans all over America? Because, to put it elegantly, holy shit does your baseball coverage [...]
