What Theo didn’t say about Dale’s firing

What Theo didn’t say about Dale’s firing

Those of you who sleep under a rock probably just realized that the Cubs fired Dale Sveum yesterday.  You probably noticed because you rolled over and he wasn’t there. On Sunday night, Theo Epstein and Dale had a couple of beers and chatted for a couple of...
What’s really going to get Dale fired

What’s really going to get Dale fired

Last week was just one giant clusterfuck for the boy geniuses (geniui?) that run the Cubs.  Theo Epstein claims his remarks that no decision had been made on bringing Dale Sveum back for the 2014 season that he’s contractually obligated to manage, were just a...
An open letter from Dale Sveum

An open letter from Dale Sveum

Dear Cubs fans, I’m Dale Sveum, and I’m the manager of the Cubs.  We play baseball for a living, and we’re not winning a lot of games or nothing right now, but this is pretty much the best bunch of guys a manager could ever ask for and we’re...
Doubling down on dumb

Doubling down on dumb

I’m sure I’ll be accused of basically sitting out another Cubs season only to post when someone (usually Al Yellon) writes something so dumb that I can’t let it go without comment. That’s pretty much completely true. So on Monday, when Al wrote...
Logjammin’ at third base

Logjammin’ at third base

So the Matt Garza era is over in Chicago.  The man good enough to be traded for Sam Fuld, has been shipped off to Arlington, Texas where he’ll join a really talented team with a batshit crazy (and likely coked up) manager.  Garza will fit right in.  Though at...