Oh, goody, Ryan Dempster’s back

Oh, goody, Ryan Dempster’s back

Dec 5, 2014 | Cubs

Just when everything seemed to be going so well.  The Cubs offseason had included getting the best manager in the game, bringing back Hank White, adding Dave Martinez to the coaching staff, and making an ambitious run at Jon Lester.  Hey, they’d even seen the...

This is just the kind of stuff we miss

Aug 12, 2012 | MLB

Now that the 90th greatest Cub of all-time is off to Texas, look at the hilarity we are missing: I love MLB Network, but if someone would invent a Kevin Millar filter that would change the channel whenever he’s about to come on, they’d make a billion...

A Desipio oral history of the Ryan Dempster trade

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.  Theo [Epstein, Cubs President of Baseball Operations]...

They don’t did a trade

Jul 25, 2012 | Cubs, MLB

Twitter is a pretty great place, and these are the salad days. In the past three days I’ve gotten into a Twitter argument with my old nemesis @jacquejones11 (here), I predicted to the second when Chip Caray (@kapaya1234 – here) would Twitter ban me, and...

My side of the story — by Ryan Dempster

Jul 25, 2012 | Cubs, MLB

Hello again, everybody, it’s your old friend Harry Caray here to talk to you about a really important subject…drinking Budweiser! Nah, just kidding, it’s your old pal Demps.  How’s it going?  Had you going there didn’t I?  I...