So long, dummy

Now that Ryan Theriot is mercifully on somebody else’s team, we can take a moment to remember a time when he wasn’t a terrible fielding, addle-brained baserunning, wiffle bat carrying douchebag. We can take a minute to remember when he bailed out the 2007...

Let’s dump some of these losers

I have one of those lame Cubs fact a day calendars on my desk and every morning, I tear off another day, I read the fact or the trivia question and then I unsuccessfully try to slit my wrists with the little piece of paper I’ve torn off.  Today, the trivia...

Castro overthrows Theriot

By now the world knows (maybe even Ron Santo) that the Cubs have called up their top prospect, Starlin Castro.  Castro will start at shortstop tonight in Cincinnati, moving Ryan Theriot 90 feet closer to the dugout. Not like the kid earned it or anything.  After...

Guest column: Theriot’s pretty good!

Dear people of the Internet, I’m Andy’s Uncle Marty and after arguing with him on the telephone last night for a good ten minutes about the merits of Cubs shortstop Ryan Theriot, he called me a smart guy and dared me to write down some of my thoughts on...

Cubs Report: Wait, is this the roster?

In less than a month the Cubs will commune in the desert to prepare for the 2010 season. I’m not sure if you’ve heard but it apparently has been 102 years now since they last won the World Series. Who knew? Somebody should make a big deal out of this. It...