Jan 26, 2010 | Andy
The Cubs got good news twice today. First, they beat out all the other teams just clamoring to sign two-time Tommy John Disease survivor Xavier Nady to share bunk beds in right field with Kosuke Fukudome. Then, they convinced Billy Beane and the A’s to get Ben...
Jan 24, 2010 | Andy
A lot of us raised eyebrows (well, not Mike Quade, he doesn’t have any to raise) when as kind of a footnote to the Cubs announcement that they were going to stay in Mesa, Arizona for the next 25 years, we learned that Interim Commissioner of Baseball For Life...
Jan 22, 2010 | Andy
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...
Jan 12, 2010 | Andy
Since it shocked no one, and I got in plenty of cheap shots yesterday, I wasn’t going to write again about Mark McGwire’s half-assed admission that he used steroids during his playing days in Oakland and St. Louis. But given the Ari Fleischer-fueled spin...
Jan 11, 2010 | Andy
Well here’s stunning news, gigantism survivor and former baseball slugger Mark McGwire has admitted to something everybody in the world already knew he did. Except for Tony LaRussa. In a statement to the Associated Press, McGwire admitted that he used...
Dec 31, 2009 | Andy
Last year, I was driving in my car on New Year’s Eve when I heard that the Cubs had signed Aaron Miles to a two-year contract. This year, I was in the car again, when I heard that the Cubs had signed Marlon Byrd to a three-year contract. Clearly, I need to...
