Oct 28, 2014 | Cubs, Oral Histories
Since the news broke last Friday that former Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon had opted out of his contract, the Cubs have been intriguingly silent about the job status of their manager Rick(y) Renteria. Ricky has not been, however. He issued a statement through his...
Jul 29, 2013 | Cubs, Featured, Oral Histories
Over the weekend, Al at bleedcubbieblue.com really stepped up his game and wrote about 10,000 words on the different start times of Cubs games at Wrigley Field over the years. Â Now, everyone knows that Al and I are regular chums and I only pretend to give him a hard...
Aug 3, 2012 | Cubs, MLB, Oral Histories
Predictably, on his way out to Texas (where he proved his value by allowing 8 earned runs in 4 1/3 IP last night), Ryan Dempster took the time to take out a full page ad in one of the local papers. Â Much to the chagrin of Sun-Times hack Gordon Wittenmyer (who gets a...
Aug 2, 2012 | Cubs, MLB, Oral Histories
Ryan Dempster, Cubs pitcher 2004-2012 I said all along that all I wanted to do was help the Cubs, and if I could help them by being traded to a contender for some supergreat prospects, then I was happy to do it. Â Theo [Epstein, Cubs President of Baseball Operations]...
Apr 27, 2012 | Cubs, Featured, Oral Histories
The current edition of the Cubs is awful. They’ve won six of their first 18, which is awful. But the Cubs know awful better than anybody else. And so, here’s the start of a short series titled: Terrible Cubs of a Recent Vintage, a (fake) oral history of...
Oct 12, 2011 | Cubs, Featured, Oral Histories
After what seemed like an ill-fated two month courtship, the Chicago Cubs have actually hired Theo Epstein away from the Boston Red Sox to become President and General Manager. Â Epstein is one of the highest regarded GMs in the game, which makes his desire to work...
