When mediocrities like George Ofman and Jesse Rogers started leaving the Score to go into the “future” of radio at Chicago Sports Webio, I was just glad they were leaving the airwaves I actually listen to from time to time.  What happened today isn’t something anybody deserves.

Just a few months after we were all reminded of what a Ponzi scheme is thanks to Bernie Madoff, several once prominent members of the Chicago sports media learned that lesson far too well.

David Hernandez, the founder of Chicago Sports Webio and the “defunct” Next Step Staffing, is a crook, and a cheat and a liar, and there’s no money to run the Web radio station, and unless North starts throwing some of his money into it, every employee there is screwed.

Why would North feel any pressure to sink his own money into it?  Other than the guilt associated with talking people into something that ruined them all financially–and at this point we all assume North was duped by Hernandez, too–probably just the fact that until this morning North was the senior vice president of Spectrum Entertainment Group, the parent corporation of Chicago Sports Webio, his wife Bebe was the chief operating officer and his old Score crony Jeff Schwartz was general sales manager.

Beyond the fact that all of the “talent” (talk about using that word loosely) would be out of jobs if and when this thing closes up shop, this can’t be good news for the morning TV show that North hosts with Dan Jiggetts on Comcast Sports Net.

A show almost completely devoid of viewers is profitable because of the sponsors that they so lovingly promote.  The biggest sponsors are NextStep Financial Services and NextStep Medical Staffing, the former business is the one that SEC (not the Southeastern Conference) says is not only “defunct” but was the corporation that Hernandez ran his Ponzi scheme through.

Thankfully, International Profit Associates is still around to sponsor the program.

Let’s just say that if were finally over the shock of waking up to Gail Fisher giving you head-lines every morning, you might get that again pretty soon.

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Tomorrow night marks the continuation of the “crosstown” rivalry between the Cubs and Sox.  Interesting that one of the two series is being held mid-week, and that it’s the Cubs, not the Sox who are hosting the only night game between the two this season.

By now I think we’re all a little tired of the hype that the media will try to kick up surrounding this series.  Ozzie Guillen will say something he thinks is hilarious about what a shithole Wrigley is (this year he claims he throws up every time he goes there), John Danks will say it smells like pee (something smells like pee John, and you’re in it, but it’s not Wrigley, it’s your pants), fans will scream at each other nonsensically, there will be fights, and in a month, nobody will be sure who won which games.

Interleague play is unnecessary, but not horrible, but the fact that the Cubs and Sox play six times, so that Bud’s puppet master can be guaranteed at least three sell outs every season, has sucked the life out of this thing.

Last year the Cubs were the toast of the National League and the Sox were just starting to figure things out, both teams swept in their own park, and both ended up in the playoffs.  That’s as good as it’s going to get, and honestly, it wasn’t that fucking great.

This year, it’s two mediocre teams, playing mediocre baseball.  They’re both contenders because every team in both of their Central divisions are flawed.

The Cubs have gone 5-5 in their last ten games, and incredibly have gained two games on both the Brewers and Cardinals.  The Cubs, the team that couldn’t score with an Olsen Twin, is one game back in the loss column.

Can’t you just feel the excitement?

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Because you just can’t bear to miss a single second of Desipio excellence, we have a Twitter feed now.  You can follow us at http://www.twitter.com/desipiodotcom.  You could follow us at /desipio, but it’s not us, it’s some guy who has only posted twice and has two of our intrepid readers as followers.  You know who you are, TJ and Slaky.

Despite the fact that I just pooh-poohed the Sox and Cubs series, we’re going to have a GameCast tomorrow night, just like we always do, right here.  But, I’ll also be posting occasional wit on the Twitter feed, so if you are away from your computer, you can follow on that.

First pitch is 7:05.  The first fight between a 260 pound dude in a Zambrano jersey t-shirt and a 280 pound chick in a Konerko jersey is scheduled for 6:45.